One more honorary title.
Kylian Mbappé
is, according to
L'Équipe
, the personality who has done the most in French football in 2021. The Parisian takes back the place he had ceded to Stéphanie Frappart in 2020, after two first places in 2018 and 2019. The daily newspaper underlines the resilience of Bondynois, who recovered from a summer punctuated by a missed penalty at the Euro against Switzerland and an aborted transfer to Real.
Behind him,
Karim Benzema
signs the best progress of the year, going from 20th to 2nd place.
The former pariah of the French team was decisive at the Euro and in the League of Nations.
He also stole the record for club goals from Thierry Henry, with a bar set at 365 which will increase further in the coming years.
Lionel Messi
completes the podium and enters this circle.
Arrived at PSG from FC Barcelona this summer, the "Pulga" continues its - slow - integration into the club of the capital.
His discretion and his humility are appreciated within the workforce, who know that he can do much better in the coming months.
The daily gives a good part to the coaches since three are found in the top 10.
Christophe Galtier
(4th) and
Franck Haise
(7th) are rewarded for their good year in Ligue 1, while
Didier Deschamps
(5th) remains a major player with the title in the League of Nations.
The biggest regressions of the top are for women.
Stéphanie Frappart
, 1st last year for being the first female referee to reach the highest level, goes to 18th place.
The fall is even more dizzying for
Corinne Deacon
, who falls from 11th to 29th place.
The coach of the French women's team is probably paying for her quarrels with key players in the workforce.
Maxime Saada
, president of Canal +, is no longer on the list.
He was 4th last year, first involved in the allocation of TV rights after the Mediapro fiasco.
Conversely,
Dimitri Payet
(6th),
Burak Yilmaz
(11th),
Peter Bosz
(19th) or even
Thierry Henry
(23) make their entry into the 30.
A total of 11 players, 8 coaches, 5 club owners or presidents, 2 members of national bodies, 2 consultants, 1 agent and 1 referee appear on the list.
/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/AOBMHOXPJJDWVDCPFI74HQWVNE)
