The industrial tribunal’s decision left very little room for interpretation regarding the back-pay owed for the player's final quarter at the club. The court awarded the 26-year-old €17.2m gross "as a reminder of salaries for the months of April, May and June 2024," plus an additional €1.7m in "paid leave" for that same period.
Furthermore, the judge ordered the payment of €1.5m "as an ethics bonus for the months of April, May, and June 2024" and €150,000 in associated holiday pay. To round off the financial blow to the Parisian side, the court also mandated that PSG cover €5,000 in legal costs incurred by the player's legal team during the proceedings.
This series of rulings represents a definitive defeat for the PSG hierarchy, who had previously argued that Mbappe agreed to waive these bonuses when he was sidelined from the squad in 2023. These arguments have consistently failed to hold up under scrutiny, with the industrial tribunal becoming the second independent body to side with the player over the club’s management.