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The legal commission for the French Professional Football League has ordered Paris St-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe the €55 million (around £46.4m) sum in unpaid wages the France captain says he is entitled to.
Mbappe, who rejected a mediation offer by the commission in the dispute with his former club on Thursday, asked the commission to take into account payment of three months of unpaid salary and the last third of a loyalty bonus he is claiming, according to AP.
The outlet reported that PSG does not intend to pay and is planning further legal action, adding that PSG’s argument centres around an agreement made before the 2023-24 season and an alleged stipulation by Mbappe that he would relinquish bonuses.
PSG ‘to present facts’
“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 St-Germain is delighted to present all the facts over the coming months and year,” the club told AP.
“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.
“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.”
Reports earlier this month said that Mbappe had contacted European football administrative body Uefa about the dispute.
Kylian Mbappe: PSG ‘trust’
The 25-year-old’s mother, Fayza Lamari, said last month that Mbappe would “of course” be willing to take PSG to court over the money he is said to be seeking “if we have no other choice”.
“I really hope that the contract we signed two years ago is respected,” Lamari told Le Parisien, via Diario AS. “Let’s stop saying that Kylian said or didn’t say, he did this or didn’t do that… in reality,…
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Author : Ben Miller
Publish date : 2024-09-12 21:38:26
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