Kylian Mbappé “disagree” with PSG on the use of his image for renewals
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Towards a new crisis at PSG? Kylian Mbappé expressed his disagreement on Thursday with the use of his image for the Parisian club’s 2023-2024 season renewal campaign. “PSG is a big club and a big family, but it is certainly not Kylian Saint-Germain,” wrote the football star on his Instagram account.
“Not the Kylian Saint-Germain”: Mbappé publicly displayed, on Thursday April 6, his disagreement with the use of his image for the renewal campaign for the 2023-2024 season of Paris Saint-Germain, already mired in a sporting crisis .
Late Thursday afternoon, the video, which was to be intended only for Parc des Princes subscribers, was visible on YouTube, where it is displayed as “unlisted” and therefore not available in search results. It had been made unavailable Thursday afternoon before being unavailable again, without modifications.
This video was “not validated by the PSG communication department” before being published, a source familiar with the matter told AFP, adding that explanations had taken place in the afternoon with the entourage of the captain of the Blues.
“PSG is a big club and a big family, but it is certainly not Kylian Saint-Germain,” wrote the star of the Parisian club after seeing the promotional campaign where he is featured.
“At no time informed”
“At no time was I informed of the content of the interview with my interlocutor,” he added, and “it looked like a basic interview during a club marketing day. agree with this posted video”.
The French striker claims that he was never told that this interview would be used for this purpose, knowing that other players were also interviewed that day, his entourage told AFP.
“This is why I am fighting for individual image rights. PSG is a big club and a big family, but it is certainly not Kylian Saint-Germain,” the player concluded in a press release.
Mbappé is the only one to speak in the promotional film for the renewal campaign for the 2023-2024 season, which does not feature the other Parisian megastars, Lionel Messi, who could leave the club held by Qatar at the end of his term. contract in June, nor Neymar, injured.
The promising Parisian “Titis” Warren Zaire-Emery, Ismaël Gharbi and Ilyes Housni as well as the Portuguese international Nuno Mendes appear in the clip, as well as the gardener of the stadium.
Filmed, sitting alone in the stands of the Parc des Princes, Mbappé evokes the supporters. “The 12th man is what brings us additional strength to fight our battles,” he said in particular. “Being Parisian means being proud of what you are, of what you represent (…) and never forget where you come from.”
Kylian Mbappé had already taken a stand to defend the individual image rights of internationals in the France team.
In March 2022, he had refused to participate in a photo session with the sponsors of the French team, because he denounced the convention which obliged the selected players to submit to the advertising operations of the FFF. He reiterated his remarks at another rally in September 2022.
At PSG, this is not the first time that the French striker has made media outings against his club. In October, after stressing that he preferred his role in the France team, much freer, than the one he himself calls “pivot” at Paris SG, he had given a small layer of it by writing this word on Instagram -key: “#pivotgang” in the wake of the lackluster match at Reims (0-0).
After two consecutive defeats in Ligue 1 against Rennes and Lyon, PSG, which is only six steps ahead of Lens and Marseille, travels to Nice on Saturday.
With AFP
