After seven years at PSG, Kylian Mbappe finally secured his dream transfer by joining Real Madrid this summer as a free agent.
The Frenchman even made a dream start to life as a new Real Madrid player, scoring on his debut to help his team win the UEFA Super Cup.
But his exit from PSG this summer has not been as smooth as he would have liked and things seem to be boiling over.
Mbappe in contact with LFP, UEFA over €55m unpaid wages from PSG
Indeed, according to Le Monde, almost two months after the end of his contract in Paris, Mbappe is in dispute with PSG and their main shareholder, Qatar Sports Investments, over alleged unpaid wages.
The French superstar is demanding payment, under the terms of his employment contract, of a sum of almost €55 million gross, which has not been paid to him by the Parisian club’s management.
This amount includes the final third of a signing bonus (€36 million) that he was supposed to receive in February, the last three months of wages provided for in his contract (April, May, June), as well as an ‘ethics bonus’ for these three months as well.
Mbappe taking legal action against PSG. (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)
The player’s lawyers sent PSG a formal notice in mid-June and having failed to obtain a response, he has decided to move up a gear, while avoiding causing too much of a stir at this stage.
Indeed, Mbappe has referred the matter to the legal committee of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and, through the intermediary of the Fédération Française de Football (FFF), to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
On 8 August, the player first reported the matter to the LFP’s legal committee, who have the authority to issue a ban on recruiting any new player on PSG until the situation has been regularised.
In addition, on 13 August, Mbappe’s camp sent a letter to the FFF asking them to inform UEFA, of the facts. The letter was addressed to the manager of the FFF’s UEFA Club Licence Committee.
This committee is responsible for awarding the licence to clubs competing in European competitions such as the Champions League. As such, if irregularities are found, they would have the authority to cancel a club’s licence from participating in the tournament.