Mbappe's legal team says he has seized 55 million euros from PSG's accounts

 

In an attempt to settle the legal battle between the World Cup champion and his previous side, Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé's legal team is launching an offensive.

The France striker claims that PSG owes him outstanding payments totaling 55 million euros ($61 million), and his attorneys have requested that the Paris court begin proceedings.

According to legal expert Thomas Clay, Mbappé has been given permission to take the money, which was frozen from PSG's bank accounts on Thursday, as a precaution. He noted that a court hearing is set for May 26.

 “This story has been going on for just over a year now. One year was the deadline we set for ourselves for trying to resolve this dispute as peacefully as possible,” Mbappé’s main lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, said.

“As the months went by, Kylian Mbappé still hasn’t been paid the missing 55 million euros. A decision has been taken, this time to go on the attack.”

Verheyden added that they were requesting the French sports minister to step in and legally contest a ruling made by the French Football Federation's appeals commission that Mbappé's appeal against PSG was not admissible.

She said that PSG is not meeting its salary responsibilities and that she would also ask UEFA to investigate the situation. In the event that PSG is determined to be at fault, Verheyden proposed that the team forfeit its Champions League license.


The French League Appeals Commission affirmed the ruling in October, directing PSG to give Mbappé the unpaid salaries he is demanding. According to Mbappé, the club owes him the remaining third of a loyalty incentive in addition to three months' salary.

 He joined Real Madrid last summer on a free transfer after scoring a club-record 256 goals in seven years at PSG.

PSG argued that when Mbappé was sidelined before the 2023-24 season — following his decision not to extend his contract — there was a verbal agreement with him opting to relinquish bonuses in order to return to the team.

Mbappé’s relationship with PSG ended amid deep tensions and some fans booed him in his last home game at Parc des Princes. PSG felt let down by Mbappé after offering him the most lucrative contract in club history when he signed a new contract in 2022.

But Mbappé was frustrated because he felt promises to sign key players were not kept. When he signed that deal, he was paraded in front of fans holding up a jersey with 2025 on it. Mbappé was reportedly annoyed because the contract was until 2024 — with a player’s option for an extra season.

Mbappé stunned PSG in June 2023 by informing the club he would not take the option for an extra year. With his contract effectively into its final year, it put PSG in the position of needing to sell Mbappé to avoid losing him for nothing when the contract expired.

His PSG career could have ended that summer amid a tense transfer standoff. 

After telling the club he would not extend, Mbappé was left off a pre-season tour to Japan and South Korea and forced to train with fringe players. PSG said it would rather sell him than let the player leave for free in 2024, but he rejected a 300 million euros move to Saudi Arabia team Al-Hilal.

PSG left Mbappé out of the opening league game of that season but he soon returned to the lineup following talks. Mbappé’s legal team said on Thursday it will start an action against PSG for harassment because of the way he was treated.

They will also start another legal procedure before an industrial tribunal, while Mbappé and his mother have filed lawsuits for the abuse they received online.