Mbappe at the France training camp.
As the World Cup approached, the French team once again ushered in negative news-Mbappe refused to attend the team photo due to differences in portrait rights.
On September 19, Beijing time, according to Agence France-Presse and other media reports, due to concerns about his portrait rights, Mbappe, who had arrived at the training base of the French national team, refused to participate in the national team originally scheduled for Tuesday local time. Group photo session.
Deschamps also relies on Mbappe to score goals.
Agence France-Presse stated that on the first day of training at the Clairefontaine base, the French Football Association faced a dilemma. After the French Football Association refused to revise the player's portrait rights agreement, Mbappe directly decided not to participate in the group photo event originally scheduled for this Tuesday with the French team. In a related statement, Mbappe stated that this decision will not affect his full dedication to the French national team.
During the training camp of the French team in March this year, Mbappe refused to attend relevant sponsor activities because he was dissatisfied with the portrait rights agreement of the national team players.
At that time, Mbappe and the team hoped to revise the sponsorship agreement that bound the French Football Association and the French team players together, but until Mbappe's attack this time, the French Football Association still did not change.
However, due to the team photo session, several major sponsors of the French national team were involved, including Uber, food delivery, KFC , Coca-Cola , etc. Under Mbappé’s tough attitude, France The Football Association chose to back down.
The French Football Association FFF quickly issued a statement stating that after the final talks and exchanges between the French team management, the French Football Association President, the head coach and the marketing manager, the French Football Association promised to revise the portrait rights agreement bundled with the selected national team players as soon as possible.
The French Football Federation declares that it is happy to work towards a new agreement that will enable it to secure the interests of the Federation while also taking into account the legitimate concerns expressed unanimously by the players. Then reporter Loïc Tanzi said that after the French Football Association issued a statement, Mbappe will participate in relevant media activities of the national team. It is worth mentioning that in the latest update of the French team's official push, the team posted a video of the players arriving at the base, including Mbappé, Giroud, , Guendouzi and others.
Talking about the reason why Mbappe refused to attend the group photo of the French national team, reporter Robin Bainer said that this is not a story of "greedy Mbappe" - All the money he received from the French team sponsorship was donated to Charity, Mbappe just isn't comfortable endorsing bookmakers and fast food brands.
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