A Paris labour court on Tuesday ordered Paris St Germain (PSG) to pay Kylian Mbappe €60 million (£52.5 million) in unpaid salary.
And bonuses, marking a partial resolution of one of the most acrimonious contractual disputes in French football.
The ruling follows months of legal proceedings after Mbappe sued PSG, alleging the club withheld payments for April, May and June 2024, shortly before he left the Ligue 1 champions to join Real Madrid on a free transfer. The court found PSG liable for failing to pay three months of salary, an ethics bonus and a signing bonus owed under the forward’s employment contract.
“These sums were clearly due. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid,” Mbappe’s lawyer, Frederique Cassereau, said after the verdict.
Judges noted that the unpaid amounts had already been acknowledged in two rulings by the French Professional Football League (LFP) in September and October 2024. The court also rejected PSG’s argument that Mbappe had agreed to waive the payments, saying the club failed to produce any written agreement to that effect.
However, the court dismissed several of Mbappe’s additional claims, including allegations of concealed work, moral harassment and breach of the employer’s duty of safety. PSG’s counter-argument that the France captain should forfeit all unpaid wages was also rejected.
Mbappe had initially sought €263 million (£231.5 million) when the case was heard in November, a claim that included €55 million (£46.3 million) in unpaid wages and damages linked to the wider contract dispute and alleged mistreatment.
PSG had counter-sued Mbappe for €240 million (£211 million), arguing it was entitled to compensation after a proposed €300 million transfer to Saudi club Al-Hilal collapsed in 2023.
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