End of the soap opera convention between the FFF and the players of the French team. The French football body announced Monday evening the signing of a new agreement, long awaited, through 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 Convention . Thus, the relationship of trust and constructive exchanges which governed the negotiation of this Convention will be continued. »
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 France team in Clairefontaine, denouncing the terms of an agreement which he considered obsolete.
“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.
“Hand in hand towards the Euro”
This new agreement, 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. , nor since.
“The players of the French team, in particular captain Kylian Mbappé and 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,” added the leader.