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Mbappé at PSG, Haaland at City: symbol of a changing geopolitics of football

2022-05-23T22:46:52.571Z


DECRYPTION – The two most courted young attackers in the world have joined club-states. Anything but a coincidence. A symbol and a confirmation.


With Kylian Mbappé's extension, PSG is entering "

a new era

", according to the person concerned.

"

My story is not over here

," justified the 23-year-old world champion on Monday at a press conference, claiming to have "

still beautiful chapters to write

" on the banks of the Seine and, more generally, in France.

In fact, it's not just PSG that is entering a new era.

With Mbappé's extension to Paris (2025) and the transfer of Erling Haaland to Manchester City, "

we have confirmation that football has entered a new era and also its geopoliticization

", as Jean-Baptiste Guégan asserts, consultant in the geopolitics of sport and co-author of “

La République du foot

» (Amphora editions) with Clément Pernia.

Mbappé and Haaland are indeed the two superstars of tomorrow, the two most promising and courted footballers on the planet, those who are promised to succeed Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the front of the world stage and the highest honors …

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Source: lefigaro

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