Mbappé, Vinícius and Konaté criticised for hiding Ceuta support message
The La Liga president criticised Mbappé, Vinícius and Ibrahima Konaté for partially rolling up a T-shirt supporting Ceuta, hiding the message "We are all from Ceuta", amid a migration crisis and social tension in the city.
La Liga president Javier Tebas criticised three Real Madrid players, Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Júnior, and Ibrahima Konaté, for not fully wearing a commemorative T-shirt supporting the people of Ceuta. The T-shirt, which features the message "We are all Ceutans," was intended to show support for the Spanish autonomous city hit by a migration crisis.
However, Mbappé, Vinícius, and Konaté partially rolled up the sleeves, effectively hiding the message. Tebas expressed his disapproval, stating that wearing the shirt halfway is the same as not wearing it at all. The initiative for the players to wear the T-shirts came from business leaders in the Valencian Community, but La Liga did not organize or approve the proposal.
The controversy has sparked criticism from supporters' club president Miguel Ángel Montaño and a Real Betis player, Abde Ezzalzouli, who defended the gesture as an expression of social support, regardless of nationality.
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