The bitter dispute between Kylian Mbappé and his former club Paris Saint-Germain reached the French Labor court on Monday, November 17, for a tense hearing in which the French striker claimed €263 million and the club responded by demanding he pay them €440 million. Both sides offered a long shopping list of grievances with price tags attached.
PSG said they are basing their figure in part on a botched €300 million transfer to Saudi club Al Hilal, which the player refused in June 2023 and its aftermath.
Mbappé, 26, initially filed a complaint in June over the way he was treated by PSG at the start of the 2023-24 season. He believes he was sidelined by the Qatari-owned club and made to train with players the club was trying to offload after refusing to agree a new contract. It is a practice that has also affected other footballers, prompting the French players’ union to lodge a complaint last year.
Mbappé was not invited to take part in PSG’s 2023 pre-season tour of Asia and missed the first game of that season, but was later restored to the team after holding talks with the club. After seven seasons with PSG, he joined Real Madrid on a free transfer last summer, where he earns a reported annual salary of €30 million. He scored 256 goals in 308 games for PSG, but the club won the Champions League for the first time last season following the striker’s departure.
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