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Can I show her the pictures where we kiss or not?
“Asked Noël Le Graët to the press officer, when we asked him about his relationship with Kylian Mbappé.
The relationship between the French Football Federation, and particularly its president Noël Le Graët, and the striker of the France team has proven to be very tense during the year 2022.
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Mbappé had pushed several times for a renegotiation of his image rights, even those of all the Blues, to the point of considering a boycott of the commercial operations of the FFF.
The PSG player also regretted Le Graët's lack of consideration for the racism he allegedly suffered, after his missed shot on goal against Switzerland in the round of 16 of Euro 2020 (3-3, 4-5 to shoot to the net).
In an interview with Figaro from Qatar, Le Graët reassured about his links with Mbappé, "
an exceptional guy
" and one "
of the best in the world
".
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Everything is going very well together, there were problems with the commercial contracts, but it was not him directly,
clarifies Le Graët.
How not to admire Kylian?
I would be at fault.
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