On vacation in Dubai, Kylian Mbappé was undoubtedly not unhappy to turn his back on 2024. The year was indeed particularly complicated for the Bondynois. If he made his dream come true by joining Real Madrid, it sometimes turned into a nightmare between a stormy divorce with PSG and a difficult start under his new colors.
And 2024 was also tricky with the French team. A broken nose as soon as the Blues entered the fray first spoiled their Euro and in the fall, their impasse at the October rally and their escapade in Sweden with a complaint for rape as a result – finally closed without follow-up – caused him a big controversy. So many events which damaged his image with the public.
Overtaken by Antoine Griezmann
Reading the Top 50 of the French’s favorite personalities is edifying for this purpose. At the foot of the podium in 2022 at the end of the World Cup in Qatar concluded with his incredible hat-trick in the final against Argentina, only ahead of Jean-Jacques Goldman, Thomas Pesquet and Omar S’y, the former Parisian does not ranks this year only 36th. After losing 18 places in 2023, it drops another 14 this year.
This decline meant that he was no longer the most popular French player. A status which goes to Antoine Griezmann, who certainly also has six positions but ranks in 32nd place. But when it comes to football, the French public’s favorite personality remains Zinedine Zidane, 17th in the ranking.
For other sports, the Olympic effect played a major role. While Teddy Riner took third place on the podium, Léon Marchand made a sensational entry in fifth place and Antoine Dupont followed in eighth position. Even the Lebrun brothers have a say with a 31st place.
