Kylian Mbappé counterattacks to reclaim unpaid sums from PSG – Technologist

After seven years with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Kylian Mbappé has made an ideal start to his new life in a Real Madrid jersey. With his sharp shooting having led to a goal in the club’s 2-0 win over Italy’s Atalanta Bergamo in the European Supercup final on Wednesday, August 14, the captain of the French national team seems radiant in his new colors.

Almost two months after the end of his contract in Paris, the player is still in dispute with PSG and its main shareholder, Qatar Sports Investments, from whom he is unsuccessfully demanding payment. Le Monde has learned that he has still not received €55 million provided for in his contract with PSG.

This amount includes the final third of a signing bonus (€36 million gross) that the player was supposed to receive in February, plus the last three months of wages from his contract (April, May, June), as well as an “ethical bonus” for these three months. The player’s counsel sent PSG a formal notice in mid-June, as revealed by L’Equipe.

‘Overdue payments’

Having so far failed to obtain the payments, the star has decided to change gears, while avoiding causing too much of a stir at this stage. Le Monde has learned that Mbappé has referred the matter to the legal committee of the French Professional Football League (LFP) and, via the French Football Federation (FFF), to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

On August 8, the player first reported the matter to the LFP’s legal committee, citing article 259 of France’s professional football charter, which states that “wages must be paid by clubs to players under contract by the last day of each month at the latest, under the conditions of ordinary law.”

Vested with disciplinary powers, the LFP’s legal committee has the authority, when it finds a French club at fault for “any failure to pay sums due in a certain, liquid and due manner,” to use the same decision to ban said club from “recruiting any new player until the situation is settled,” as specified in the LFP’s administrative regulations.

In addition, on August 13, Mbappé’s lawyers sent a letter to the FFF, asking it to inform UEFA, Europe’s football governing body, of the facts. The letter was addressed to the manager of the FFF committee that grants UEFA Club licenses. This committee is responsible for awarding a license to clubs participating in European competitions such as the Champions League. It is supposed to check whether they have complied with financial criteria, in particular “overdue payments.”

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