PSG at the heart of the controversy

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P.-Y. Salique, L. Lempereur, B. Véran, S. Giaume, R. Mathé, J.-J. Buty, L. Houel, C. Dewaegeneire – franceinfo

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PSG coach Christophe Galtier and his player Kylian Mbappé are the subject of strong criticism, particularly from the government, after they took a question about their ecological footprint in a press conference in a mocking tone.

The stars of PSG in a private jet to go to Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), the weekend of September 3. The journey is however doable in two hours by TGV, as proposed by the SNCF. Was it unreasonable to fly? Monday, September 5, at a press conference, Parisian striker Kylian Mbappé cried with laughter. His trainer, Christophe Galtier, seemed to him to find the idea absurd. “We’re trying to see if we can’t get around in a sand yacht“, he quipped.

When a journalist asked Kylian Mbappé what he thought of private jets, the striker’s only answer was: “I don’t think anything“. On social networks, the reactions are countless. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has tackled the attitude of the coach and the striker of the Parisian club. “I think it’s important that they realize what world we are in, that they realize that there is a climate crisis“, she said. The supporters of the club, they forgive them more easily. “It was awkward“, relativizes a supporter.


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