Questioned by L'Equipe on Friday, Delphine Verheyden defends the legitimacy of the player's appeal, who is demanding 55.4 million in unpaid salaries and bonuses.
France Télévisions – Sports Editorial
Published on 21/12/2024 09:57
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The financial dispute between Kylian Mbappé and PSG is still not on the path to resolution. Ten days after the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) declared the player's referral inadmissible, his lawyer spoke in the columns of L'Equipe [article payant]Friday December 20, pointing out the attitude of the capital club in this matter.
“PSG is saying loud and clear to all the other clubs: 'Stop paying your players, force them to go to the industrial tribunal'”launched Delphine Verheyden. As a reminder, Kylian Mbappé, who left Paris this summer to join Real Madrid, is demanding 55.4 million euros in unpaid salaries and bonuses. His departure was made official in a tense context with the Parisian management, who would have preferred that his star extend or, at least, not leave the club free and therefore without transfer compensation.
“When I pleaded before the League's legal commission, I told its members: 'We come before you for an extraordinary club, an extraordinary player, but for a terribly ordinary matter. There is a signed fixed-term contract, approved, executed and where the player is not paid It is distressingly banal.she explains, specifying that 30 of the 55 million euros claimed are “taxes and charges”.
Beyond the specificity of the Mbappé case, Delphine Verheyden wonders about the consequences that could result from the non-resolution of her client's situation: “To participate in a professional Championship, PSG accepts the regulations. But at the end of the story, it says that the League and the Federation have no power over it as a club. We are in a matter which becomes much larger than just my client's case. It can bring the whole system to a halt.”
