FRENCH TEAM. In L’Equipe, Delphine Verheyden, lawyer for Kylian Mbappé explained on Monday March 28 why the French international snubbed the latest marketing operations of the France team. In the columns of Ouest France, Véronique Rabiot, mother of Adrien returned to certain criticisms of her son.
[Mis à jour le 28 mars 2022 à 17h00] This is THE burning issue of the international truce in the France team, Kylian Mbappé snubbed certain marketing operations of the Blues on Tuesday March 22. A refusal that the French Football Federation did not digest and the French international was at fault in relation to the agreement on the rights and obligations of players signed with the French Football Federation (FFF). The 2018 World Champion wants to be able to choose the sponsors he defends and represents.
In an interview given Monday, March 28 to The Team, Delphine Verheyden, Kylian Mbappé’s lawyer and image rights specialist, gave an update on her client’s case. She details her expectations expressed for three years to Noël Le Graët, president of the FFF, while denouncing the duration of the contract: “This document comes into force when it is signed and expires five years after the end of his professional career. its 40 years roughly. It’s not realistic to make such a long commitment. This convention was drafted in 2010 and the world of 2022 has nothing to do with the world after Knysna. It’s mathematics and philosophical for us.”
Delphine Verheyden returned to the refusal of her client who snubbed certain sponsors of the FFF who are in contradiction with its implication for the good food of the children: “At the end of the World Cup, Kylian tried, despite the incredible number of proposals received, to always have a line in his choices. Rather than food that could lead to obesity, he made a choice by going to “Good Goût” which is a brand of organic food for children. This does not mean that he himself is totally irreproachable in what he consumes, but rather that he wants to convey the right messages to the youngest who are influenced by their idols.
The 2022 World Cup comes at the end of the year (November 21 – December 18), an event where Kylian Mbappé will be eagerly awaited. While waiting for the World Cup, the lawyer for the French international shows her expectations to the FFF by issuing an ultimatum: “Review without delay, and before the final shooting of September which will cover the World Cup, the convention. It is no longer possible for the FFF to operate in this way and with this initial agreement without speaking to the players at the start of each season. Given the current context, what would have happened if a Russian company had been a sponsor of the FFF? Players, as it stands, would have had no way to refuse to promote this brand. They need to be able to have some sort of conscience clause.”
Kylian Mbappé’s entourage is not the only one to have spoken on Monday March 28. In the columns of West FranceVéronique Rabiot, mother of Adrien Rabiot spoke about the relationship she has with her son but also about the tensions during the last Euro with the Mbappé family: “The image of the little boy to his mother does not reflect reality at all. I am an authoritarian person, it is true, my children have often reproached me for it. But not the one described in the media. This what was said about the so-called episode that happened in the stands between me and the families of some players during France – Switzerland at Euro 2021? I can’t talk about it, there is a procedure in progress. Now, when there is defamation, invasion of privacy or insults, I always go to court.”
Here is the calendar of the French football team for the year 2022 with a first outing in Marseille on Friday March 25:
- March 29 : France – South Africa
- June 3: France – Denmark
- June 6: Croatia – France
- June 10 : Austria – France
- June 13 : France – Croatia
Here is everything you need to know about the news of the Blues until the World Cup 2022
- March 2022 : a friendly match on March 29 against South Africa
- April 2022: Draw for the group stage of the World Cup-2022, April 1 (Doha)
- June 3: France – Denmark
- June 6: Croatia – France
- June 10 : Austria – France
- June 13 : France – Croatia
- September 22 : France – Austria
- September 25 : Denmark – France
- November 2022: World Cup in Qatar, from November 21 to December 18
The 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign started against Ukraine on March 24, 2021 and ends against Finland on November 16. Here are all the results of the France team:
- March 24, 2021. France – Ukraine: 1-1
- March 28, 2021. Kazakhstan – France: 0-2
- March 31, 2021. Bosnia – France: 0-1
- September 1, 2021. France – Bosnia: 1-1
- September 4, 2021. Ukraine – France: 1-1
- September 7, 2021. France – Finland: 2-0
- March 25, 2022: France – Ivory Coast: 2-1
Here is the ranking of the top scorer of the French football team with Thierry Henry still at the top of the hierarchy:
- Thierry Henry: 51 goals
- Olivier Giroud: 47 goals
- Michel Platini: 41 goals
- Antoine Griezmann: 41 goals
- David Trezeguet: 34 goals
- Karim Benzema: 33 goals
- Zinedine Zidane: 31 goals
- Just Fontaine: 30 goals
- Jean-Pierre Papin: 30 goals
- Youri Djorkaeff: 28 goals
The jersey of the France team is changed during new competitions. The current jersey was used during Euro 2020, but will not be used for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. According to a site, Footy Headlines, the France team jersey for 2022 is already ready. The jersey is navy blue, with a simple round neck, with fine horizontal stripes. The FFF logo, number, logo of the Nike equipment supplier would be golden.
Here is the last composition of the list of 23 players of the French team by Didier Deschamps:
- Guardians : Alphonse Areola, Mike Maignan, Hugo Lloris.
- Defenders : Lucas Digne, Jonathan Clauss, Lucas Hernandez, Théo Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Raphael Varane.
- Environments : Matteo Guendouzi, N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Adrien Rabiot, Aurélien Tchouameni.
- Attackers : Wissam Ben Yedder, Olivier Giroud, Kingsley Coman, Moussa Diaby, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé, Christopher Nkunku.