Earlier this year, when Kylian Mbappé was asked if he had ever considered becoming the President of France, the national team captain laughed. “No,” he confirmed. “I’m already hated enough as it is.”
Despite this attempt to distance himself from the world of diplomacy, the very act of presenting oneself as apolitical could be viewed as a political move. Mbappé duly found himself pulled between both sides of a contentious divide this week by simply trying not to take a side.
