This file had been in the air for several months, in particular because of Kylian Mbappé's desire to make things happen.

This Wednesday, the players of the France team did indeed submit a modified draft convention of rights to the image of internationals to the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, as they announced in a press release.

The Blues, represented by their captain Hugo Lloris, would like the new text to come into force in January 2023, after the World Cup in Qatar (from November 20 to December 18).

The proposed document reduces the duration of the agreement "to two years", and also returns to "the clarification of the rights of the FFF on the collective image of the France team" but also on the "right of each player on his individual image.

"The players of the France team, through their captain, today submitted to the president of the FFF a modified draft agreement uniting each player with his federation", explains the press release.


The current convention dates from post-Knysna

The current agreement, twelve years old, no longer suits the Blues.

They had made it known together for the first time, last March, when Kylian Mbappé had therefore questioned his participation in certain advertising operations.

In September, the PSG star had regretted that the project was not moving forward, and the same day, Noël Le Graët had promised to "revise" the convention "as soon as possible".

Players want to be able to choose the companies they represent or not in selection, whether for their personal convictions or in the event of a conflict between an individual sponsor and a sponsor of the France team.

The current agreement dates from 2010. It was signed after the Knysna scandal, marked by the famous strike by the players of the France team in the middle of the World Cup in South Africa.

A disastrous episode which had prompted the FFF to develop a rigorous text on the representation of internationals.

Current commitments with sponsors prevent the agreement from being changed before the World Cup in Qatar, but the players expect change in 2023. As their press release states, they want the duration “to be increased to two years in order to be able to be adapted at the end of each major competition", namely the World Cup and the Euro.

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