Dozens of professional football players no longer hesitate to invest in innovative young companies. There are the headliners like Kylian Mbappé or Antoine Griezmann, investors in the French NFT unicorn Sorare.
And more discreet profiles attracted by the intellectual challenge as much as by entrepreneurship. “Footballers who invest in tech do not systematically put themselves in danger,” says Laurent Mesnil, managing partner at Elite Patrimoine and wealth advisor for athletes. ‘We have very good investments in tech underway,’ notes the financial expert.