Edits of Kylian Mbappé in the iconography of a strongman leader — balcony, sunglasses, banners — made after a run of imperious performances and a few too many interviews about control. Football's way of saying a player is running the club.
Correction to the headnote: Dictator Mbappé was not coined, it was noticed. Someone said it, someone else screenshotted it, and the screenshot is the coinage.
Football memes have a dictator phase for every player who wins too much too seriously. This was Mbappé's turn. It says nothing about him and everything about how quickly a fanbase turns a striker into a state.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
