Kylian Mbappé has sued the owner of a kebab shop for using his name in the description of one of his sandwiches.
Mohamed Henni, an influencer based in Marseille and well known in the world of football in France, has opened a kebab shop.
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The description of their Klüb kebab is that it is made with a “round baker's bread, as round as Mbappé's skull.”
Henni, a Marseille fan with 1.8 million followers on Instagram, received a certified letter on Wednesday morning, seen by ESPN, from Delphine Verheyden, Mbappés' lawyer, on behalf of KMA, the company created by the player to deal with with all its sponsors. , merchandising and image rights.
The letter demands that Henni remove Mbappé's name from his menu within eight days before taking him to court for using his name without his consent for commercial purposes.
The influencer, clearly shocked by Mbappé's performance, reacted on his Instagram.
“Aren't you ashamed? Don't you have anything else to do? Sue me for something so useless? It's incredible. I can't believe it!” Henni told his followers.
Dimitri Payet, former Olympique de Marseille and West Ham star, who currently plays for Vasco da Gama, is also part of the description of a sandwich: “A crepe as loaded as Payet.”
