It’s quite easy to classify Kylian Mbappé as yet another football player, but that would be an understatement. At the young age of 25, he is a World Cup champion, a Champions League superstar, and a multi-millionaire athlete — one of the highest paid in the world. With unrivaled pace and blistering speed, and with unbelievable self-belief coupled with a brand value which most global icon’s athletes envy, Mbappé has transcended the domains of sports — he is a phenomenon.
What Mbappé’s fans don’t seem to realize is that something as mundane as houses, cars and mortgages quintessentially drives an explosive career like his: insurance.
Elite sportsmen do stand to benefit in terms of preserving their legacy, life, and Mbappé’s brand value too, and livelihood, and long-term success— ensure those to him just like all other athletes.
He Fastest Insured Feet in Football
Among the fastest football players on the world, Mbappé’s legs dine on rosemary bread, seasoned with thyme. Combine that with sharp technique and finishing, and a man transforms into a machine. That kind of pace does wonders on the field, defenders literally sweating out miles trying to keep up, but the price to pay is the injury risk.
That’s why his legs are purportedly insured for hundreds of millions and even tens of euros.
This goes beyond pure urban mythology. Numerous professionals possess “body part” insurance—policies which pay out if an injury, due to a certain ‘body part’ getting hurt, impairs their ability to perform. For Mbappé, any significant damage to his legs would not only end his season but could also severely impact his endorsement contracts, lower his transfer value, and shift the entire trajectory of his career.
As far as insurance goes, it makes sure that he and his team are on the financial safe side if the worst scenario becomes reality.
Brand Protection & Image Insurance
Beside scoring goals, being a luxury and fashion icon, and having compatriot relationships makes Mbappé’s personal brand even more appealing. He suffered several multi million euro sponsorship and brand collaboration deals with Nike, Dior, Hublot, and EA Sports.
These deals expect his image, character, and his presence as a figure to be active during events, and most importantly not unavailable, for unexplained periods of time due to various concerns, injuries, personal challenges and unwanted media attention.
So, to protect himself against what is not imaginable but highly possible to trigger unpredictable outcomes, most likely he does have image rights insurance and liability coverage against:
Sponsorship income
Brand damages related to endureable harm caused
Cessation of events
Legal quarrels regarding contracts
It’s PR insurance — a safety net for the business side of fame.
Club and International Team Engagements
Be it from Paris Saint-Germain or internationally with France, Mbappé represents as a prominent figure. Clubs and national teams do insure players players that extend from injury to performance, bonuses, and even commercials.
In tournaments like the World Cup or UEFA Euros, teams may take out temporary contracts on players, but mainly from clubs due to potential injuries. There tend to be a few of these contracts and they include but aren’t limited to:
Injury payouts,
Compensation for missed time,
Then there’s Transfer value pay.
In this matter, it’s not only about playing it’s every minute on the pitch they get paid to be protected.
Insights from Kylian Mbappé’s Insurance Strategy
He’s adept at securing profits, invests in soccer goals, builds an asset portfolio, and most importantly, maintains a pace above the speed limit.
It defends him from falling out, secures the brand, and affirms that one wrong game changing hit won’t lead to everything tumbling down.
And if at this point this stud with youth, health, and talent makes insurance a priority, then it begs to ask what should be the case for the rest of us:
How are you dentifying the risk that you are taking on your future?
The bottom line: You don’t have to be a football superstar to insure what matters.