The Mbappé-PSG dispute “could bring down the whole system”, according to the player’s lawyer

Kylian Mbappé's lawyer in the dispute between the player and his former club PSG speaks to L'Equipe. According to Delphine Verheyden, her client does not want to have PSG sanctioned but simply “to be paid what we owe him”. But for her, the matter is broader and could set a precedent.

A simple man-to-man story, really? The dispute between Kylian Mbappé and his former club, PSG, is still ongoing. The French team striker, who left for Real Madrid last summer after the end of his Parisian contract, is demanding 55 million euros from Parisian management. He had referred the matter to the LFP disciplinary committee for “failure to pay bonuses and salaries” but it ultimately, after several stages, did not consider the referral admissible. The case should be settled before the Paris Judicial Court.

“Incidentally, the club is saying loud and clear to all other clubs: 'Stop paying your players'”

In L'Equipe this Friday, December 20, Kylian Mbappé's lawyer insists on the important nature of the case which, according to her, goes beyond the individual case: “To participate in a professional championship, PSG accepts the regulations. But The end of the story, he says that the League and the Federation have no power over him as a club. We are in a case that is becoming much larger than just my client's case. It can blow up everything. the system. incidentally, the club is saying loud and clear to all the other clubs: “Stop paying your players, force them to go to the industrial tribunal”. to have a decision at first instance, two years on appeal and the same amount on cassation They will all have finished their career before being paid…”

Delphine Verheyden adds that “PSG wants to escape football regulations. It is ready to bring down the system rather than fulfill its obligations. If the authorities do not protect contracts and their regulations, we are sending a strong signal which says: “You can trample all players.”