The legal commission for the French Professional Football League has ordered Paris St-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe the €55 million (around £46.4m) sum in unpaid wages the France captain says he is entitled to.
Mbappe, who rejected a mediation offer by the commission in the dispute with his former club on Wednesday, asked the commission to take into account payment of three months of unpaid salary and the last third of a loyalty bonus he is claiming, according to AP.
The outlet reported that PSG does not intend to pay and is planning further legal action, adding that PSG’s argument centres around an agreement made before the 2023-24 season and an alleged stipulation by Mbappe that he would relinquish bonuses.
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PSG ‘to present facts’
“In light of the limitations of the commission’s legal scope to take a complete decision on this matter, the matter must now be contested in another legal forum, to which Paris St-Germain is delighted to present all the facts over the coming months and year,” the club told AP.
“As a matter of law and fact, the player has made clear, repeated public and private commitments that must be respected, having been afforded unprecedented benefits by the club over seven years in Paris.
“And the club looks forward to these being upheld in the proper forum, if the player seeks to pursue this incomprehensibly reputationally damaging matter further, in due course.”
Reports earlier this month said that Mbappe had contacted European football administrative body Uefa about the dispute.
Kylian Mbappe: PSG ‘trust’
The 25-year-old’s mother, Fayza Lamari, said last month that Mbappe would “of course” be willing to take PSG to court over the money he is said to be seeking “if we have no other choice”.
“I really hope that the contract we signed two years ago is respected,” Lamari told Le Parisien, via Diario AS. “Let’s stop saying that Kylian said or didn’t say, he did this or didn’t do that… in reality, no-one can say what happened – neither me nor PSG’s representatives.
“For two years, Kylian and the [club] president [Nasser Al-Khelaifi] always met alone, apart from once. And all that has not stopped Kylian from playing since the announcement [made by Mbappe to PSG of his departure] was made in February.
“It is now in the hands of Kylian’s representatives but I trust PSG to get things back to normal very quickly. We just received a letter… decisions will be made.”
Primer tituló con el mejor club del mundo !!!! Vamos por más !!!!
¡HalaMadrid! 🤍🤍🤍 @realmadrid pic.twitter.com/ruksazaB8U— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) August 14, 2024
Lamari likened Mbappe’s exit after seven years at the club to a divorce. “Sometimes, when you separate, you have to decide who gets the TV, who gets the furniture or the car,” she said.
“That’s where we are. I hope that all this does not tarnish everything we have been through, that we do not leave it like this. As in a couple, once again, everything is never rosy. There are ups and downs. But in six months, things will be better.”
Mbappe Madrid record
Paris’ 256-goal all-time record scorer joined Real Madrid in June after his PSG contract expired.
Mbappe scored Madrid’s second goal in their 2-0 Super Cup win over Italian opponents Atalanta on his debut in Warsaw on August 14.
He has started all of their first four La Liga matches of his debut season in Spain, opening his account in the most recent of them by netting both goals in a 2-0 home win over Real Betis on September 1.
Second-placed Madrid are four points behind Barcelona. The reigning champions visit Real Sociedad on Saturday (8pm BST).
