"It was understood that this agreement, drawn up in 2010, requires modifications to be in line with developments in sport and modes of communication", explain Mbappé's advice in a press release sent to AFP.

"The exchanges will intensify to lead to a new version of the convention ahead of the next World Cup", adds the same source.

In an atmosphere "which was intended to be constructive and friendly", according to Mbappé's entourage, the two parties "shared the observation that the agreement should be reviewed every four years to be in phase with the developments industry," the statement continued.

The FFF and the player's advice, lawyer Delphine Verheyden in the lead, had been meeting for several weeks to discuss a subject that had agitated the previous gathering of the Blues in March.

"Set it all up quickly" -

Mbappé had not participated in a sponsorship operation at the Clairefontaine training center to show his disagreement with the agreement signed by the Blues with the FFF for the exploitation of their image rights.

In early May, the president of the FFF reacted in the newspaper L'Equipe by threatening the player to no longer receive income related to the image rights of the Blues.

When he announced that he was staying at Paris Saint-Germain, the player returned on the 23rd but to this disagreement, recalling that he and his advisers had been asking "for four years" for a discussion to revise this agreement.

Mbappé then mentioned a "little misunderstanding" with the Federation, promising to "settle all this quickly with intelligence and respect".

The president of the French Football Federation Noël Le Graët chats with the striker of the French team Kylian Mbappé, before the friendly match against Paraguay, on June 2, 2017 at Roazhon Park in Rennes FRANCK FIFE AFP / Archives

Two days later, Noël Le Graët had assured the microphone of France Inter: "There will be a global meeting with all the players, and the lawyer, I will receive her when she wants".

“We have twelve sponsors, obviously everyone asks for Mbappé, it can be understood that at times he is annoyed. We will settle this quietly (…) Maybe we need to review things a bit” , admitted the leader.

The Blues, including Mbappé, are summoned to Clairefontaine on Saturday to prepare for the four League of Nations matches scheduled for June, starting with France-Denmark on Friday at the Stade de France.

The superstar striker, 2018 world champion with the France team, extended his contract at Paris SG on May 21 until 2025 at the end of a long soap opera that kept the football world in suspense.

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