France ‘retains’ Mbappé

Diplomacy and politics are also tools within the great scenario that is the future of Kylian Mbappé. His continuity in Paris not only continues to generate despair at PSG, it is also a matter of debate at the highest levels of the French Republic. Almost state. From France they point out that Emmanuel Macron continues to show in the cabals of power that he would like Mbappéand more seen his exhibition against Real Madrid that begins to build his candidacy for the Ballon d’Or 2022, stay in France. His predecessor in office, Nicolas Sarkozy was one of the guests in the Parc des Princes box last Tuesday, where he was able to see Mbappé’s great goal and make lobby for him to stay. A movement thinking not so much of the French team as in Ligue1.

This interest in ‘retaining’ the great French jewel is not new. In June 2021, on the eve of the European Championship, Macron got wet in the soap opera Mbappe. “PSG is a great club that has been able to make him grow and I think it’s important that he stays in that team. For the club and for the French championship”, assured the President of the Republic. Mbappé is the great image of Ligue1 outside the French borders and the one who, since before the arrival of Messi, has maintained interest in that competition.

More or less covert political positions (on occasion Macron himself has admitted that he would never “pressure” a footballer not to leave the country) that join PSG’s new and aggressive attempt to make Mbappé turn 180 degrees on the path that led him to Real Madrid. For the Qatari property of the French entity, it has become a transcendental issue that the one who everything points to a great figure in the Qatar 2022 World Cup is still a PSG footballer. A question of marketing for a club that is essentially an international image operation for the royal family of that Arab country. France and PSG team up to convince Mbappé…