Kylian Mbappé has left PSG but his relationship with the French champion club continues to make noise. And for good reason, the Blues striker is demanding 55 million euros in unpaid debts from his former club, against the backdrop of a phantom agreement between the Parisian leaders and the former star of the club. The Professional Football League, which was called upon to decide between the two parties, called for mediation that Mbappé immediately rejected on Wednesday.
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PSG and Kylian Mbappé must reach an agreement. This was the conclusion reached on Wednesday by the Professional Football League (LFP), which was approached by the star to recover 55 million euros in unpaid salaries and bonuses and which called on both parties to mediate. The lawyers for both parties met on Wednesday morning at the invitation of the LFP legal committee, approached by the former PSG player, who left for Real Madrid this summer. PSG has ” happy ” of the request for mediation. “ In light of the club’s documented arguments, the Commission insisted on the establishment of mediation between the parties, which Paris Saint-Germain has been seeking for many months. “, the club wrote in a statement on Wednesday.
According to PSG, ” The commission invited the player to consider this mediation process ” Except that Kylian Mbappé decided to brush this option aside. “ The possibility of mediation was raised this morning. (Wednesday)” during the hearing before the LFP legal committee, this source indicates. ” This hypothesis was rejected, during the session, by the player’s representative. “, who left PSG for Real Madrid this summer, she adds. Other options exist for the player, such as taking the case to UEFA or the industrial tribunal. But PSG is confident, since such appeals would be long and uncertain. And because it is ready to have its sporting director Luis Campos and even coach Luis Enrique testify, who were in the room during the verbal agreement in August 2023.
A matter of big money and bonuses
“ It’s a big defeat for Kylian, he wanted the commission to order PSG to pay him 55 million euros, but it accepted our numerous and relevant arguments, saying that he had to reach an agreement “, according to the club’s management team. Earlier this year, before the player’s decision to leave the capital, both sides had claimed that Mbappé had given up part of his bonuses in an agreement reached with PSG in August 2023 after being sidelined from the team for a month. The player himself told the press on January 3: “ With the agreement I made with the president this summer, whatever my decision, we have managed to protect all parties, to preserve the serenity of the club for the challenges to come, that is the most important thing. “.
But this ” serenity ” quickly gave way to exchanges of letters between the lawyers of the two parties, in recent months. Kylian Mbappé is requesting the payment of a sum of 55 million euros which includes the last 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 “ethical bonus” over these three months.
According to the club, this request from the player amounts to not respecting the agreement made in August 2023. The Mbappé camp considers for its part, according to The Teamthat this agreement had not been duly signed and therefore is void. PSG, in a letter dated July 1 from its general secretary Victoriano Melero, speaks of ” gentlemen’s agreement ” and verbal agreement made in front of numerous witnesses. And he believes that the player’s own statement of January 3 adds to its legal value.