A Paris labor court has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe €60 million ($70.6m) in withheld salary and bonuses. The ruling addresses earnings from April, May, and June 2024, which the club withheld prior to Mbappe’s free transfer to Real Madrid. The court found PSG failed to provide any written evidence that the striker had waived his entitlement to these specific contractually mandated payments.
The judges dismissed PSG’s claims that Mbappe acted disloyally by concealing his departure plans, which the club argued prevented them from securing a transfer fee. While the court rejected the player’s additional allegations of moral harassment and concealed work, it reaffirmed the primacy of employment contracts. Mbappe’s lawyer, Frederique Cassereau, stated: “We are satisfied with the ruling. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid.”
The legal team emphasized that the decision upholds standard labor regulations within the sporting world. They noted that the superstar had fulfilled his contractual duties for seven years until his final day. In a statement, they added: “This judgment confirms that commitments entered into must be honoured. It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labour law applies to everyone.”