Paris Saint-Germain travel by bus to play at a local football game. Kylian Mbappe, Christophe Galtier caused a media storm with their absurd climate change jokes.
The PSG boss and his star player drew criticism from Paris’ mayor and even French president Emmanuel Macron when a tone-deaf reaction to a question about private jets went viral in September.
Before the interview, the duo were asked about their environmental concerns. Champions League clash with JuventusThey have travelled 340 miles in a plane to get to their previous Ligue 1 win against Nantes.
Galtier responded: “This morning we talked about it with the company which organises our trips and we’re looking into travelling on sand yachts,” which Mbappe leftYou can laugh all the way around.
However, the issue dubbed ‘Sailing Gate’ quickly escalated when Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo Tweeted: “Are you serious, responding like this??? Get up, guys!?”
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire then added: “I love Mbappe – we can all have the giggles at the least opportune moment and it really was the least opportune moment. But we all have to take climate change seriously.”
Even PSG fan President Macron was then involved saying: “Everyone has to do their bit.”
After it was revealed that the manager and the player flew to 19 of their Ligue 1 away games in the 2021/22 year, they were even more miserable than before.
Reims feature Arsenal’s goalscoring loanee Folarin Balogun, and are only 88miles from Paris, with a one-and-a-half hour journey making it the least necessary for a flight this season.
And having learned their lesson, Galtier’s team will be travelling by bus for the first time since Lionel Messi arrived at the Parc des Princes.
“We are going to travel by bus, even if the bodies are tired,” Galtier said in reference to an away trip to Lisbon last match.
“It’s close to our house, we’ll be fine in our bus.”
