Kylian Mbappe has closed his PSG chapter and set his career sights on his new club Real Madrid, but the summer's departure from his old home still hasn't quite been put to rest just yet.
The France superstar has struggled to begin life with Real Madrid smoothly, finally bagging his first two La Liga goals against Real Betis last time out after going three scoreless to start his career in Spain. Still, Real Madrid have already dropped four points and face an early deficit in the league title race.
Mbappe's exit from PSG still lingers in the background — he tried valiantly to depart the club amicably, but tension both on and off the pitch made that difficult. Now, he continues to face a dispute with the French giants even after joining another side.
A report by French publication Le Monde states that Mbappe has contacted the legal department of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) as well as European governing body UEFA to resolve the situation.
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Kylian Mbappe claims PSG owe millions in unpaid wages, bonuses
The 25-year-old claims that PSG owe him €55 million ($60.6m / £46.5m) in unpaid wages. PSG, meanwhile, assert that Mbappe waived this figure in August of 2023 when he signed away the final year of his contract by denying his player option.
His unpaid wages stem from the final three months of his 2023/24 salary as well as the final third of his loyalty bonus for that season.
PSG allege that Mbappe agreed to forego those payments prior to the campaign, when he had been frozen out of the club amidst reports that he could leave for Real Madrid. At the time, PSG had hoped to sell Mbappe and avoid allowing him to leave on a free transfer, but the parties eventually came together and the French star played his final season with the club.
According to the club, the terms of that arrangement made it so the club was no longer obligated to those payments.
Kylian Mbappe rejects mediation offer from Ligue 1
According to a statement by Kylian Mbappe's representatives issued to The Associated Press, the player is not willing to negotiate a compromising end to this dispute.
While Ligue 1 reportedly made an attempt to mediate the dispute, that was apparently rejected by Mbappe's camp.
“The eventuality of a mediation was mentioned this morning,” the statement, published in mid-September, read. “This possibility was rejected during the meeting by the player’s representative. A mediation would be useless to record a lack of payment that would be seen from a simple analysis of the player’s payslip.”
Essentially, Mbappe claims that his contract stipulates exactly how much he is owed, and he wants PSG to pay up the amount agreed upon.
However, the club took a different approach to the situation. PSG released their own public statement, saying Mbappe made “clear, repeated public and private commitments that must be respected, having been afforded unprecedented benefits by the club over seven fantastic years in Paris.”
