« As a matter of principle, PSG appealed the opinion of the LFP commission, despite its limited effect. Indeed, PSG’s position is much more than a well-founded legal position. “, declared PSG in a press release, confirming information from the newspaper Le Monde.
Mbappé had contacted the LFP legal committee, which met last week in the presence of both parties. The committee initially recommended mediation but, faced with the player’s refusal, asked PSG to pay the 55 million within a week, i.e. Friday evening at the latest.
The validity of the agreement, which the player himself had publicly mentioned, is contested by the Mbappé camp…
The club appealed on Thursday, said a source close to the case.
The conflict between the two parties stems from the status of an agreement reached in the middle of August 2023 between Mbappé and the PSG management.
The star striker was then sidelined from the team for refusing to extend his contract with PSG (this extension would have guaranteed the club to receive the money from a transfer while Mbappé signed on a free with Real Madrid at the end of last season).
In this agreement, the player agreed to give up 55 million in various bonuses if he were to leave on a free at the end of the season – which he did. But the validity of this agreement, which the player himself had publicly mentioned to journalists last January, is contested by the Mbappé camp. In his entourage, there is talk of a ” occult agreement ».
Long legal process
Kylian Mbappé is demanding payment of a sum of 55 million euros, which includes the final third of a signing bonus (36 million euros gross) that the player was supposed to receive in February, the last three months of salary provided for in his contract (April, May, June), as well as an ethics bonus over these three months.
Contacted, the entourage of the former club striker did not respond immediately.
Ce « mediation process having been totally rejected by the player, the commission had no choice but to render an opinion that – quite simply – a contractual relationship exists between the parties. This point is neither discussed nor contested – what is discussed, and will ultimately be heard by an appropriate court, is that the original contract has been legally amended, and also fully respected, by the player and PSG – until the player decides to renege on all his commitments by leaving the club “, assures PSG in its long press release.
Several appeals are possible: with the French Football Federation, on which the Higher Appeals Commission depends, then before an administrative court with conciliation before the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), indicated the source close to the case, or before the Industrial Tribunal.
