PSG, still in financial battle with Kylian Mbappé over unpaid salaries in 2024, will have to recognize this debt with UEFA. And endanger its European future?
Six months after his departure, Kylian Mbappé continues to be a subject regularly discussed within Paris Saint-Germain. The French striker slammed the door at the end of the 2023-2024 season with a free start since he was at the end of his contract. But the previous months were very stormy, with him being sidelined from the group and deprived of his internship in the summer because he did not want to continue. When his departure was no longer in doubt, he was then regularly sidelined by his coach, and above all saw his salaries no longer being paid. For its part, PSG affirms that it is only respecting an oral agreement made at the start of the season, and which stipulated that Kylian Mbappé recognizes a large part of his salary, which did not prevent the capital club to pay him his salary and bonuses until the beginning of 2024.
A situation that the LFP and the FFF have looked into. Each time, PSG was ordered to pay the late salaries of its player, but the Ile-de-France club contested the decision-making power of the League with the Paris judicial court, which inevitably made things last longer. But this Tuesday, L'Equipe raises a new point in the matter, which concerns UEFA. The European body provides in its regulations to sanction clubs which have debts to their employees. The “club license”, which allows you to take part in competitions, can even be withdrawn in the event of voluntary non-payment.
The UEFA regulations are clear, PSG is in danger
Thus, as of January 15, no club must have “ payment arrears resulting from legal contractual obligations “. PSG plans to communicate the state of its accounts on January 15 as planned, knowing that it risks seeing its case be studied closely. The Mbappé clan even has an opinion on the subject, and believes that UEFA has the means to make a decision, knowing that the LFP and the FFF have recognized the unpaid sums, and that there is no doubt about it. study of the finances of the Parisian club. In the past, many clubs have been sanctioned for late salary payments, and this was a far cry from the 55 million euros not paid by PSG to their former star striker. A burning issue therefore, even if the month of January can already be hot in Paris with the two matches against Manchester City and Stuttgart which could put a premature end to the Parisian adventure in Europe.
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