PSG intends to ban Kylian Mbappe from playing until the end of August 2023, but he has the option to sue the club when the summer transfer market closes.
PSG removed Mbappe’s image from outside the team’s headquarters on August 8 after discontinuing sales of all goods featuring the 25-year-old superstar. The Ligue 1 winners maintain the points: Mbappe must either depart in the summer of 2023 or renew his contract, or he will remain isolated from the team.
Mbappe is still required to train separately with players who are no longer in PSG’s plans.He will most likely be unable to attend the Ligue 1 2023-2024 season opener against Lorient on August 12.If he continues to refuse to yield, the top scorer in the 2022 World Cup may not play until the end of August, if not the end of the season.His current plan is to play one more season with PSG before joining Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer of 2024.
Mbappe has been clear for 40 days that he will not sign an extension with PSG.”I am still happy in Paris and will be playing for the team for the season 2023-2024,” he said at the end of June 2023.
Mbappe will not want to be out for the remainder of the season, as this could harm his form and his prospects of competing in Euro 2024. However, if he is quarantined for unrelated reasons, the law will protect him. According to the Spanish daily AS, it is related to sports.Mbappe may file a lawsuit against PSG after the transfer window ends in early September.
In the 2017-2018 season, PSG midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa faced a similar issue.Coach Unai Emery subsequently barred Arfa from playing for the rest of the season, but it makes little sense that he also barred him from exercising or using first-team equipment.Arfa won the case because PSG breached article 507 of the French Professional Footballers Association’s bylaws.This guideline must be followed by Ligue 1 teams and players.
PSG attempted to transfer Mbappe to a Saudi club, but he rejected.He seemed to have negotiated an unspoken arrangement to join Real for free for another ten months.The Spanish team is also prepared to play without a top-tier striker in the 2023-2024 season.
However, PSG’s recent moves indicate that they do not wish to enter the water.To prepare for the possibility of not requiring Mbappe next season, the club agreed to sign Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona and Goncalo Ramos from Benfica.