Kylian Mbappé defends his action for image rights

FRANK FIFE / AFP France’s forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Nations League, League A Group 1 football match between France and Austria at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on September 22, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

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On the subject of image rights, Kylian Mbappe explains his approach as “collective” this Thursday, September 22. In this photo during the match of the France team against Austria (2-0), the player mimes a photo.

FOOT – He says he fought for his teammates. Three days after announcing his desire to boycott a photo shoot, Kylian Mbappe was again questioned about the soap opera image rights after the match of the France team against Austria (2-0). This Thursday, September 22, he invoked a collective approach, and not just individual.

The player of PSGdissatisfied with the management of the image rights of the players of the France team, had revived the debate on image rights by announcing that he would not take part in a marketing operation scheduled for Tuesday, September 20 in Clairefontaine.

In front of the journalists after the victory match this Thursday evening, he explained his position: “From the start, it was a collective approach, it’s just that I have no problem going to the front of the stage to fight for my teammates. »

A showdown won by Mbappé

According to him, the whole team wanted a modification of the convention governing the image rights of the Blues. “It’s not me, it’s the whole team who wanted that. Me, I don’t mind putting myself in the spotlight, even if it means being criticized if it’s beneficial for my teammates, ” he further argued.

His refusal had been very publicized at the beginning of the week and had made the French Football Federation (FFF) react, which was committed ” to revise » the convention on image rights binding it to the Blues “ a.s.a.p “. “The FFF is delighted to work on the outlines of a new agreement which will allow it to ensure its interests while taking into consideration the concerns and legitimate convictions unanimously expressed by its players”, she added. While the attacker finally took part in the photo shoot.

The vice-captain of the France team, Raphaël Varane, also defended on Wednesday the desire to renegotiate the agreement governing the collective exploitation of the image rights of the Blues, seeing it as a “simple, logical and legitimate request”.

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