PSG ordered to pay former striker Mbappé €60m in unpaid salary and bonuses
A French court on Tuesday ordered European champions Paris Saint-Germain to pay their former star striker Kylian Mbappé more than €60 million in unpaid bonuses and wages, in a dispute linked to the end of his contract before his move to Real Madrid in 2024.
Issued on: 16/12/2025 - RFI
A labour tribunal told Kylian Mbappé's former club Paris Saint-Germain to pay him more than €60 million in unpaid wages and bonuses. © AP - Miguel Oses
By: Paul MyersFollow
Last month, both Mbappé and PSG launched a series of claims and counterclaims.
PSG told a labour tribunal in Paris that they wanted €180 million from Mbappé for his refusal to go to the Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, which had offered €300 million for the forward in July 2023.
Mbappé, 26, claims PSG owe him €240 million for the reclassification of his short-term contracts into a permanent contract, and in compensation for the poor manner in which the club treated him when he said he wanted to leave as a free agent at the end of his deal.
The four-person panel rejected Mbppé's move to reclassify his fixed-term contracts as permanent contracts. They also dismissed PSG's demands for money.
Mbappé's legal team hailed the decision. "This ruling confirms that commitments made must be honoured. It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labour law applies to everyone.’
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) – which runs the top two divisions in France – ordered PSG in September 2024 to pay Mbappé €55 million in salary and bonuses he said he should have received when he quit the French capital for Real Madrid in July 2024.
PSG said they did not owe him that sum. They say that Mbappé verbally agreed to renounce the payments owed to him at the end of his contract when he was drafted back into the first team at the start of the 2023-24 season. Mbappé has rejected that claim.
He had been excluded from the squad after announcing he did not want to sign an extension and intended to see out his contract in the summer of 2024.
Mbappé was eventually reinstated after the start of the season 2023/2024 season and his goals helped new boss Luis Enrique win the treble of Ligue 1 title, French Super Cup and Coupe de France.
Mbappé joined PSG in July 2017 and seemed poised to join Madrid during the summer of 2022 as a free agent.
But French President Emmanuel Macron encouraged him to stay at PSG and Mbappé stunned the Madrid hierarchy by signing a two-year deal in May 2022 with the option of a third year.
"I'm going to remain in my hometown and do what I like doing ... playing football and winning more trophies," said Mbappé, as his contract extension was announced to PSG fans before the game against Metz at the Parc des Princes.
New kit brightens up PSG's Champions League woes and Mbappé's farewell
However, PSG failed to make inroads in the 2023/2024 Champions League and the call of Madrid resurfaced. In August 2023, Mbappé said he would not take up his contract with PSG's option of a further year and would leave as a free agent in June 2024.
Outraged, the PSG hierarchy told Enrique to head off on a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea without their star.
During his seven years at the Parisian club, Mbappé harvested 15 medals including six Ligue 1 titles. He became PSG's record scorer with 256 goals in 308 games and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Season a record five consecutive times. He also claimed the Ligue 1 Golden Boot from 2019 to 2024.
Following Mbappé's move, Enrique retained all three domestic trophies and PSG humiliated Inter Milan 5-0 to brandish the Champions League trophy for the first time.
PSG and Enrique took team of the year and coach of the year awards respectively at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris in September, with PSG striker Ousmane Dembélé winning the individual prize for his performances.
By: Paul MyersFollow
Last month, both Mbappé and PSG launched a series of claims and counterclaims.
PSG told a labour tribunal in Paris that they wanted €180 million from Mbappé for his refusal to go to the Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, which had offered €300 million for the forward in July 2023.
Mbappé, 26, claims PSG owe him €240 million for the reclassification of his short-term contracts into a permanent contract, and in compensation for the poor manner in which the club treated him when he said he wanted to leave as a free agent at the end of his deal.
The four-person panel rejected Mbppé's move to reclassify his fixed-term contracts as permanent contracts. They also dismissed PSG's demands for money.
Mbappé's legal team hailed the decision. "This ruling confirms that commitments made must be honoured. It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labour law applies to everyone.’
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) – which runs the top two divisions in France – ordered PSG in September 2024 to pay Mbappé €55 million in salary and bonuses he said he should have received when he quit the French capital for Real Madrid in July 2024.
PSG said they did not owe him that sum. They say that Mbappé verbally agreed to renounce the payments owed to him at the end of his contract when he was drafted back into the first team at the start of the 2023-24 season. Mbappé has rejected that claim.
He had been excluded from the squad after announcing he did not want to sign an extension and intended to see out his contract in the summer of 2024.
Mbappé was eventually reinstated after the start of the season 2023/2024 season and his goals helped new boss Luis Enrique win the treble of Ligue 1 title, French Super Cup and Coupe de France.
Mbappé joined PSG in July 2017 and seemed poised to join Madrid during the summer of 2022 as a free agent.
But French President Emmanuel Macron encouraged him to stay at PSG and Mbappé stunned the Madrid hierarchy by signing a two-year deal in May 2022 with the option of a third year.
"I'm going to remain in my hometown and do what I like doing ... playing football and winning more trophies," said Mbappé, as his contract extension was announced to PSG fans before the game against Metz at the Parc des Princes.
New kit brightens up PSG's Champions League woes and Mbappé's farewell
However, PSG failed to make inroads in the 2023/2024 Champions League and the call of Madrid resurfaced. In August 2023, Mbappé said he would not take up his contract with PSG's option of a further year and would leave as a free agent in June 2024.
Outraged, the PSG hierarchy told Enrique to head off on a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea without their star.
During his seven years at the Parisian club, Mbappé harvested 15 medals including six Ligue 1 titles. He became PSG's record scorer with 256 goals in 308 games and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Season a record five consecutive times. He also claimed the Ligue 1 Golden Boot from 2019 to 2024.
Following Mbappé's move, Enrique retained all three domestic trophies and PSG humiliated Inter Milan 5-0 to brandish the Champions League trophy for the first time.
PSG and Enrique took team of the year and coach of the year awards respectively at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris in September, with PSG striker Ousmane Dembélé winning the individual prize for his performances.
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