According to the L'Équipe newspaper, tension arose during a meeting between the players and the President of the French WM (FF) Philippe Dillo on June 2. Here, the FFF's head announced that each player would be given two free tickets for each game at the World Cup, at the same time being bought a six-card maximum. In total, each person can own eight tickets.
However, many of the players claimed that the figure was too low. They believed that the number of relatives and friends expected to go to America promoted much larger, especially with stars such as Kylian Mbappe, Ousmune Dembele or Rayan Cherki. The events of the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico also resulted in increased travel costs, living in the area, causing players to want more support from FFF.
Preliminary Kylian Mbappe traded with Coach Didier Deschamps on the same French field at Paderborn, Germany June 19, 2024 Image: AP**
The exchange was not pleasant, according to the top sports newspaper in France. Some players have directly expressed discontent with the proposal from FFF, claiming that the number of tickets was distributed too little over the actual demand.
This meeting took the same day as the French Draft took the group photo at the Clairefontaine Training Center, along with President Emmanuel Macron and Lady McLaren Macron. On the outside, the team still exhibits united images and is ready for the largest football date on the planet. But behind these iconic pictures are the negotiations of rights.
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