Real Madrid and France striker Kylian Mbappe has won a lengthy dispute with his former employers, Paris Saint-Germain, over unpaid salary and bonus fees. As reported by BBC Sport, by virtue of Mbappe finally winning the case, the Ligue 1 outfit have been ordered to pay him €60 million (£52.5m) by a French court.
Said dispute reached a Paris labour court in November after Mbappe, who left his homeland in 2024 to join Los Blancos, demanded €263 million (£231.5m) from Les Parisiens. The winners of last season's Champions League were counter suing the France international for €240 million (£211m), citing damages and a "loss of opportunity" after one of the fiercest marksmen in football left on a free transfer.
Last month, lawyers argued last month before the Conseil de prud’hommes and the court sided with the player amid accusations of betrayal and harassment surrounding the breakdown of their player-club relationship. The French court’s ruling, however, is able to be appealed by PSG and is unlikely to end the ongoing dispute.
Mbappe Wins Court Dispute, PSG Ordered to Pay the Frenchman €60m
Kylian Mbappe grimaces during Real Madrid's defeat against Liverpool
The 26-year-old, who is widely regarded as one of the best footballers in the world, claimed the nine-figure sum – which included €55 million (£46.3m) in unpaid wages – as damages in response to a contract dispute and ill-treatment by the club. The former AS Monaco prospect's representatives said the ruling “confirms that commitments must be honoured. It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labor law applies to everyone," but there was no immediate reaction from PSG higher-ups.
Of course, the Paris-born centre-forward will only be paid a fraction of what he believed he was owed as the court recognised that PSG had failed to pay three months' worth of his salary between April and June 2024, as well as an ethics bonus and a signing bonus under his contract. Mbappe's lawyer, Frederique Cassereau, said:
"We are satisfied with this ruling. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid."
More to follow.