France Football Chief Backs Real Madrid’s Mbappe After China Apology
Diallo said Mbappé did not mean to offend China and should move on after apologizing, as brands and broadcasters cut ties.
- On Thursday, French Football Federation President Philippe Diallo defended Kylian Mbappe, stating the player's apology should end the controversy surrounding his comments about Mao Zedong.
- Sparked by a video on a French podcast, the controversy involves Mbappe discussing a meme where his face was superimposed on a figure he described as a Chinese dictator.
- Chinese state media outlet China Daily reported the remarks triggered a backlash among his Chinese fans, threatened his lucrative commercial relationships and offered a sharp reminder of the limits of celebrity influence.
- Liga president Javier Tebas established a crisis unit and met with Chinese ambassador to Spain Yao Jing on Wednesday, while Real Madrid also issued apologies to contain the fallout.
- Satire regarding Mao Zedong remains a social taboo in China, where commercial partnerships face significant risks that can alienate Chinese fans and damage the French Federation's interests.
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After the exhumation of a video in which Kylian Mbappé describes Mao Zedong as a dictator, relations between China and the attacker have become particularly tense. Lukas Aubin, research director at Iris and author of "The War of Sport: A New Geopolitics", deciphers the stakes of this case.
The president of the French Federation steps into the Mbappé and China crisis: the controversy is bigger than it should be
Philippe Diallo, the president of the French Football Federation, has entered the controversy surrounding Kylian Mbappé, the captain of the France national team and Real Madrid star, over statements linked to Mao Zedong and China, considering that the crisis has gone beyond its limits and that the player's apology should be enough to bring the matter to an end.
There are memes that make you waste a few minutes watching nonsense on your cell phone and others that can make you lose sponsors, markets and millions of viewers.
The president of the French Football Federation Philippe Diallo intervenes in defense of the attacker of Real Madrid after the polemics for having defined Mao Zedong as a "dictator." Despite the apology, three important Chinese brands interrupt the commercial collaborations and the state broadcasters suspend the transmission of the matches of the Liga. A joke pronounced during a podcast has [...] The article Mbappé in the storm in China for the …
In the turmoil after triggering a diplomatic crisis with China, Kylian Mbappé saw the FFF fly to his rescue....
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