Mbappe wins ruling to recoup $91m unpaid wages from PSG
The French league's legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe the 55 million euros ($A91 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he's entitled to.
The league confirmed the decision to The Associated Press on Thursday without more details, a day after the Real Madrid superstar had rejected a mediation offer by the commission in his dispute with his former club.
PSG officials and Mbappe's representatives met in Paris on Wednesday after the French international asked the commission to get involved. Mbappe joined Madrid this summer on a free transfer.
After the meeting, Mbappe's representatives said he had asked the commission to take note of the non-payment of three months' salary and the last third of a loyalty bonus.
PSG do not intend to pay and announced that they will take further legal action.
"In light of the limitations of the commission's legal scope to take a complete decision on this matter, the matter must now be contested in another legal forum, to which Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to present all the facts over the coming months and year," the club said.
PSG argue they do not owe money to the World Cup winner under an agreement when Mbappe was sidelined ahead of the 2023-24 season — following his decision not to prolong his contract with the club — with the player allegedly stipulating he would relinquish bonuses over his reintegration into the team.
"As a matter of law and fact, the player has made clear, repeated public and private commitments that must be respected, having been afforded unprecedented benefits by the club over seven years in Paris," PSG said after the league's announcement.
"And the club looks forward to these being upheld in the proper forum, if the player seeks to pursue this incomprehensibly reputationally damaging matter further, in due course."
Mbappe's relationship with PSG ended amid deep tensions during his final season at the club.
PSG felt let down by Mbappe after offering him the most lucrative contract in the club's history when he signed a new contract in 2022.
But Mbappe was frustrated because he felt promises to sign key players were not kept.