the Professional Football League condemns the club to pay the unpaid 55 million euros – Libération

2024-10-25 10:48:00

The LFP’s joint appeal panel on Friday once again delivered a verdict in favor of the Blues captain in the dispute between him and his former employer. The club still has no intention of paying. Several appeals still remain.

Without any surprise, the joint appeal commission of the Professional Football League (LFP) issued, on Friday 25 October, a verdict in favor of Blues captain Kylian Mbappé, who claims 55 million euros in unpaid wages and various bonuses from his former employer of work, Paris-Saint-Germain, according to a source close to the matter cited by AFP. In September, the LFP had supported a mediation between the two parties, rejected by the player: in the absence of an amendment to his employment contract, agreed by both parties, it will have to be fully respected. The League immediately invited the management of the Parisian club to write the check. What she refused to do.

And since he has no intention of paying more today, the relationship should last. No fewer than five jurisdictions are likely to intervene. Paris-SG management can appeal to the appeals committee of the French Football Federation (FFF), which oversees the LFP. And any decision of this appeal commission is subject to appeal before the administrative court, which in turn can request conciliation before the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF). For his part, failing to see his contract fulfilled, Mbappé, now at Real Madrid, can contact the European Football Union (UEFA), which could threaten a recruitment ban if PSG does not comply with the ruling that the court could issue.

Mbappé can also take the dispute to the employment tribunal. A long battle is brewing. And if the outcome is not in doubt, given that the verbal agreement invoked by the club and publicly confirmed by the player in September 2023 appears fragile on a legal level, the French international could leave both energy and part of his image, which will not emerge unscathed by the long-term conflict that is coming, particularly among the fans of the Parisian club. For those close to the player, this is the real goal pursued by PSG president Nasser al-Khelaïfi, Mbappé made a connection and made the difference between him and his former club. In this regard, each of the two parties could paradoxically achieve their respective goals.