FFF: "Kylian tries to have a clear line in his choices" (D. Verheyden, lawyer for Kylian Mbappé)

"It is important that the players are in tune with the advertisements they are involved in. They are role models for their young audience. This role must be handled with care. After the World Cup (won by the French team in Russia in 2018), Kylian has tried, despite the incredible number of offers received, to always have a clear line in his choices," said Delphine Verheyden, Kylian Mbappé's lawyer and specialist in image rights, to the French sports daily L'Équipe on 28/03/2022.

Kylian Mbappé refused to take part in a marketing operation intended for the partners of the French Football Federation (Volkswagen, Uber Eats, Orange, Xbox, Coca-Cola, Konami) and organised at the National Football Centre in Clairefontaine (Yvelines, FRA) with all French national team players on Tuesday 22/03/2022.

The 2018 world champion and his entourage are challenging the 2010 agreement relating to the transfer of collective image rights, which contains, in particular, the obligations of all international footballers vis-à-vis the FFF's partners. This agreement binds the player from his first cap until…