AI slop: Can players and football clubs do anything about it?

In these AI generated images, Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is shown on a skiing holiday with a turtle

You do not have to look far on social media to find images and videos of footballers in unlikely or bizarre situations.

Scroll through TikTok and you may soon stumble across Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo cutting each other's hair, or boarding the Titanic in Edwardian dress. You might even see Kylian Mbappe on a ski-lift with a turtle.

This is the result of the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI). Or, more precisely, AI 'slop'.

AI can be asked to deliver pretty much anything. By anyone. The tools are becoming ever more sophisticated and easily accessible.