Foden’s ‘Are you ready’ post to Mbappe on Twitter backfires
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.99/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 16/04/2021 (1804 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MANCHESTER, England – A post on Twitter between high-profile soccer players after a Champions League game has backfired, highlighting the perils of sports stars handing over control of their social media accounts to third parties.
After scoring the goal that sealed Manchester City’s progress to the semifinals, Phil Foden appeared to throw down the gauntlet to Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe.
“Are you ready,” read a post from Foden’s Twitter account directed at Mbappe in anticipation of City’s match against PSG.
It was later deleted and the company that manages the social media accounts of Foden, among many other leading players, looks to have had its partnership with the City player ended.
Hours after the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Foden had parted ways with Ten Toes Media, the company posted a statement on Twitter on Friday saying it was “saddened with the current situation.”
“Phil Foden is a special person and footballer and we wish him the very best going forward,” the statement said.
Ten Toes Media didn’t respond to emails and calls by The Associated Press about the situation.
Without directly referencing Foden, the company, whose clients have also included England internationals Harry Kane and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior, said it has always had a process “which requires all posts to be approved in advance” by the athletes it manages or their representatives.
“No exceptions,” it said. “They always have been approved — that has been true for 4 years and is still true today.”
Foden has nearly 500,000 followers on Twitter. Mbappe has almost 6 million.
City manager Pep Guardiola didn’t address the tweet directly but said Friday that Foden and others should do their talking “on the grass.”
“It’s not about what we believe in the past, it’s what they show on the grass,” Guardiola said in press conference ahead of City’s game against Chelsea in the FA Cup semifinals at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
“Footballers have to show every single day. The journalists will talk a lot about the past, talk a lot about the future — and football is present. It doesn’t matter what we have done. It’s what you have to do today. Today, everybody’s involved, talking, talking and social media … you have to talk on the grass.”
___
More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports