Kylian Mbappé rejects PSG’s suggested mediation in the context of his conflict with his former boss

The dispute between Kylian Mbappé and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) continues. The representatives of the Real Madrid star and his former employer were brought together on Wednesday 11 September by the legal commission of the Professional Football League (LFP), contacted by the player who is claiming a sum of almost 55 million euros gross from PSG. The world revealed it on August 20.

An amount that includes the last third of a signing bonus (36 million euros gross) that the attacker was due to receive in February, the last three months of salary provided for in his contract (April, May, June), as well as a “ethical bond” during the same period. “These requested amounts resulted from the employment contract registered and approved by the LFP for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons”remember, World, Delphine Verheyden, Kylian Mbappé’s lawyer. My client simply wishes at this stage that his work be remunerated, as should be the case for any other player in his situation and any employee who has completed his fixed-term contract. »

At the end of the match, PSG adopted a triumphalist tone, indicating that “The commission insisted on establishing mediation between the parties, which the club has been seeking for many months”. However, this request for referral to further mediation, suggested by the club, was categorically rejected by Mbappé’s camp. “I replied that my client had ordered me not to accept such a proposal, which is not possible in view of the texts, explain m^my Verheyden. We could reach a conciliation at the hearing. As part of this conciliation, our position was to request that we be paid only the sums provided for in the employment contract, without taking action to obtain compensation for all the damages suffered. The president took note of our refusal. »

No agreement had been formalized

The LFP’s legal committee is expected to make a decision by the end of the week, which either party can appeal. “ [La Ligue] may note the lack of payment and notify PSG that it is not respecting its obligations as an entrepreneur, develops M^my Verheyden. We can then contact the LFP disciplinary committee to apply the sanctions provided for in the regulations, if the decision of the legal committee is in our favour. Only as a last resort would we have to resort to the labour and criminal courts, if the player’s rights were not recognised by his league. »

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