Kylian Mbappe’s lawyers are lobbying for Paris Saint-Germain to be thrown out of next season’s UEFA Champions League over an alleged €55 million (R1.1 billion) in unpaid wages.
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Since completing his move to Real Madrid at the start of the season, the French forward’s legal team has claimed that their client is owed €55 million. They have been trying to recover the money ever since, but while French football’s governing league body ruled in favour of Mbappe last October, the French Football Federation has deemed his request invalid.
The player’s legal representatives have now escalated the matter by involving European football’s governing body, as they seek to have PSG’s licence revoked before the start of the new season.
"The process began in February 2024, and since then, PSG has not fulfilled its contractual obligations. In Kylian Mbappe's case, it's no more complicated than that,” Mbappe's chief lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, said, as per Goal.
“He joined PSG in the summer of 2017. He signed a contract, which was extended in the spring of 2022, for two seasons with an option. Along the way, there were exchanges, discussions, pressure... we'll come back to all of that.
“The contracts were signed. There were two of them. Have they been fulfilled? Yes. Until the end? Yes. Paid? No. What's missing? €55 million. A decision has been taken, this time to go on the attack."
"Our problem is that the player still hasn't received his payments, and the club is loudly proclaiming that it will not carry out these decisions.
“We are dealing with a club that is not respecting an employment contract, not respecting decisions that are binding on it. So there is no other solution than to go to the next level, that is, seize these sums as a precautionary measure and inform UEFA.
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"UEFA is currently reviewing applications for next season. The criteria that clubs must meet to obtain this licence include not having any arrears in payments to their employees, including players. It was our duty to inform UEFA of this."
