2023-09-11 22:03:43
This is a subject of ongoing dispute for several months, between the French Football Federation (FFF) and the players of the French team. The FFF and the players have reached an agreement on the management of the image rights of the Blues, the Federation announced Monday September 11.
“A new agreement between the players of the French team and the French Football Federation has been agreed. It reflects a common vision between the players and the Federation around the values of the French team and the importance of its influence in the service of the development of the practice of football in France.she said in a press release.
“This new framework will allow a balanced and clear relationship with regard to the management of the image rights of the team and the players who compose it and will establish a concerted framework for the evolution and monitoring of the implementation of the agreement »she adds, without further details.
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The “Mbappé affair” as a trigger
The question of the image rights of French internationals was put on the table in March 2022 when the superstar of the Blues Kylian Mbappé refused to participate in a marketing operation with several sponsors, during a gathering of the team of France at Clairefontaine, denouncing the terms of a convention that he considered obsolete.
The new convention, which sets out the rights and duties of internationals on the use of their image by the Federation’s partners, has been under negotiation since this date, without an agreement having been found, nor before the 2022 World Cup. in Qatar, nor since.
“I would first like to salute the spirit of responsibility of the players, the quality of our discussions and the climate of trust in which they took place”commented the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, in a press release sent to Agence France-Presse.
“The players of the French team, in particular the captain, Kylian Mbappé, and the vice-captain, Antoine Griezmann, are perfectly aware of the role that is theirs in the selection and that they play for the influence of French football”he continues.
“It is under these conditions that we were able to find a compromise which takes into account the legitimate requests for development that they had formulated and which preserves the interests of the Federation and its partners. This agreement is extremely important for French football. We are moving hand in hand towards the Euro, in a climate of trust and transparency, and I am delighted about it”added the leader.
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