French national team captain Kylian Mbappe has turned to the legal committee of the Professional Footballers’ Association in his country to resolve his financial dispute with his former club, Paris Saint-Germain.
The new Real Madrid striker has been in a confrontation with Paris Saint-Germain for several weeks, who found themselves forced to give up their star this summer for free, after he reached the end of his contract, demanding unpaid salaries and bonuses from the capital club.
According to Le Monde, Mbappé is demanding 55 million euros from the capital club, including the last third of the signing bonus (total 36 million euros) that the player was supposed to receive last February, the salaries of the last three months stipulated in his contract (April, May and June), in addition to a “moral bonus” for these three months.
The newspaper indicated that Mbappe also contacted the European Football Association (UEFA) through the French Football Federation to resolve this issue.
The capital club did not want to respond, but a source close to it explained that “things are more positive behind the scenes, and that the discussions that have been taking place have been constructive for several months,” adding that “the Parisian management has not received anything from the French Professional Football League or the French Football Federation.”
The source added, “The player knows what he signed on multiple occasions, both publicly and secretly.”
At the beginning of the year, both parties reported that Mbappe had given up part of his bonus in an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain last summer, after being kept away from the team for a month.
The bonuses at the time ranged between 60 and 70 million euros, according to a source close to the club. The value of these bonuses covers the financial damage caused by the player’s departure to Real Madrid for free after reaching the end of his contract.
According to a source close to the case, Mbappe’s non-payment of salary last April is linked to this agreement concluded in the summer of 2023 between the player and the capital club.
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