"The agents—dozens of them—who approached them to become Kylian's representatives ever since the eight-year-old was making fun of defenders twice his size with Bondy were rebuffed. The financial advisers who offered to broker sponsorship deals met with the same response: father Wilfrid would take care of his son's sporting career, mother Fayza of all the rest, with Kylian having the final word in any decision involving his future."
"Kylian does not have a Fifa-registered agent. Nobody but the closest members of his family gets a cut from the deals he signs with clubs or commercial partners. This is not to say that nobody else is involved in the projet. Luis Campos, sporting adviser for the clubs owned by Qatar Sports Investments after fulfilling a similar role for Lille and Monaco, remains a trusted confidant."
"As they wouldn't entrust his affairs to a traditional agent, they set their sights on recruiting a lawyer—the best they could find; and they did. It was Fayza who approached the 44-year-old Assas University graduate Delphine Verheyden in 2015, not the opposite."
The Mbappé family has consistently kept outsiders at distance from Kylian's career since childhood. Father Wilfrid oversees sporting decisions while mother Fayza manages commercial matters, with Kylian having final approval on all decisions. Despite numerous agent and financial adviser approaches, the family rejected traditional representation. Luis Campos and journalist Bilel Ghazi provide advisory support but remain outside the inner circle. As Kylian prepared for his first professional contract with Monaco, the family recognized the need for legal expertise and recruited lawyer Delphine Verheyden in 2015, maintaining their preference for family-controlled management over conventional agent representation.
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