TThe Kylian Mbappé v. Paris Saint-Germain case has been resolved. Le Conseil des Prud’homme, France’s labor rights tribunal, has ruled that the club must pay the player an outstanding 61 million euros from the final year of his contract in 2023-24, before he leaves for Real Madrid. PSG can appeal this decision.
PSG understands that the striker has made a verbal promise to Nasser Al-Khelaifi to forfeit this amount in exchange for his return to team discipline in the summer of 2023, and that he has exchanged words in front of the media that no one will be harmed if he leaves at the end of the season. The club’s lawyer understands that the Real Madrid player was dishonest, but the player’s lawyer insisted throughout the proceedings that his client had never committed such acts and blamed the “media and psychological” pressure the player was under for not renewing his contract. Moreover, nothing was signed between the parties to guarantee such a promise.
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A hearing between the parties in court last November only established a multi-million dollar claim from both the club and the player. PSG claimed a total of 440 million euros, including 60 million euros in damages and a 180 million euro transfer fee from AS Monaco to PSG, based on the French legal concept of “perte de chance” (opportunity loss).Mbappe’s lawyers demanded 263 million euros from PSG, based in particular on the reclassification of his temporary contract (CDD) into a permanent contract (CDI). At the heart of the debate is the wages and bonuses that will be due at the end of the current Real Madrid star’s 55 million euro contract, which will be in the summer of 2024.
