Present in Clairefontaine for the gathering of the Blues, Kylian Mbappé sent AFP a press release in which he explains his intention to boycott an official photo session scheduled for Tuesday due to a conflict with the French Football Federation (FFF) on the issue of image rights.
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But Monday evening, the FFF announced that it was finally going to renegotiate its image rights agreement concerning the players of the French team, thus giving weight to the fight that the striker is leading in the French team as well as at Paris Saint Germain.
Sports law lawyer Delphine Verheyden, who has been advising Kylian Mbappé since 2015 when he was only 16 and had no professional appearances, explained the position of the native of Bondy:
“Times change, athletes too.
The younger generation is no longer ready to compromise when the older one saw it as a matter of zeros.
My job is to ensure that we do not dispossess athletes of their image rights, fundamental to personality, “
said the lawyer in the columns of
West France.
Often pointed out, she defends herself from taking advantage of the player, recalling the trust placed in her by Fayza Lamari, Kylian Mbappé's mother:
“I listen to the athlete and help him unfold what he thinks.
That some want to pass me off as the great puppeteer, that's up to them.
Me and my client, we know that is not true,”
concluded Delphine Verheyden, who represents many athletes such as Teddy Riner, Kevin Mayer or Martin Fourcade.