A multi-million lawsuit. Before the Paris industrial tribunal, the lawyers of Paris Saint-Germain and those of Kylian Mbappé were heard in the conflict between the captain of the Blues and his former club, against which he is demanding from his ex-employer the payment of 55 million euros in unpaid debts as well as the reclassification of his CDD into a permanent contract. In a long pleading, the Mbappé side heavily attacked the methods of Paris Saint-Germain and demanded a crazy and detailed total of 260 million euros from the European champion club.
Ethan Mbappé found in tears in the PSG locker room
Kylian Mbappé’s defense explains “a depth of methods that are akin to a Scorsese film. PSG believes itself to be above everything.” Before adding that “PSG has an obsession: preventing the player from leaving free”he who had extended two seasons to the summer of 2022, with an optional year “mentioned in the contract which was a promise made by the club, which the player would be free to accept or not”she explained, before returning to the sidelining of the player on July 21, 2023 after refusing to extend.
She explains that she was told that he would not play again for the season and that “the relentlessness can begin”she mentioned, speaking of a letter received in August, where the club explained in particular that its decision could lead to layoffs at the club. “The pressure does not let up, he is put aside for the first day of Ligue 1. He meets the president the same day, in front of the coach and the sports director, to put another bit of pressure on him, and to tell him again that he cannot leave free”explaining that a one-year contract extension amendment was sent to the player: “I told you earlier, PSG believes that everything can be bought. This is unprecedented, I have never seen a club refuse to apply the texts and decisions imposed on it..
PSG defends itself
Finally, before finishing her speech, the lawyer returned to the financial demands linked to moral harassment, mentioning in particular bullying against her little brother Ethan, whom Kylian Mbappé would have found in tears, one day, after a PSG match where the two brothers were still playing. By speaking “thug methods on the part of PSG, with attacks from the digital army formed by the Parisian club to harass personalities like Kylian Mbappé”.
For its part, Paris Saint-Germain is asking around 240 million from its former striker, including 180 million euros in compensation for an aborted transfer after an offer from the Saudi club Al-Hilal of 300 million euros. A transfer offer that the Mbappé clan claims to have never seen. This offer is at the origin of all the discord since PSG assures, according to its lawyers, that it wants “transfer him in top form, we are not going to send him to Japan but to the second group (the “loft”). He trains with the young players, he is not sidelined. We have someone disloyal, who knew from July 2022 that he did not want to extend”estimated the PSG defense. “Kylian Mbappé comes to demand salary arrears and at the same time, he demands that the system collapses (with this reclassification from CDD to CDI). This is the height”adds the Parisian lawyers, ensuring that “these 55 million euros (requested by Kylian Mbappé) are absolutely not due”.
