rich 1.0 French football writer Phiippe Auclair discusses his latest book, The Mbappé Project: Making a Football Superstar, about the careful orchestration of the career of France icon Kylian Mbappé. Philippe explains how Mbappé’s family and a tight-knit group of advisers have set a professional and commercial course from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, and discusses how the complications of that club career have affected perceptions of the FIFA World Cup-winning striker. He also explores the differences between Mbappé’s public profile and those of earlier French heroes – including the likes of Eric Cantona and Thierry Henry, subjects of previous Auclair biographies – and what that might tell us about footballers and the media in 2026. Outlines is presented, produced and edited by Eoin Connolly. Instagram: @outlines_podcast (https://www.instagram.com/outlines_podcast/) Threads: @outlines_podcast (https://www.threads.com/@outlines_podcast) Bluesky: @outlinespodcast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/outlinespodcast.bsky.social) TikTok: @outlines.podcast (https://www.tiktok.com/@outlines.podcast) Check out the newsletter: Outlines – notes in the margins of the sports industry (https://open.substack.com/pub/eoinfconnolly/p/marty-supreme-with-a-side-of-fries) Theme music from Upbeat: Crush - Kaleidoscope Outlines - a podcast about sport, stories and the media https://audioboom.com/channels/5157029-outlines-a-podcast-about-sport-stories-and-the-media Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43643313/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8902806/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>