Paris Saint-Germain were ordered to pay their former forward Kylian Mbappé up to €61 million in unpaid wages and bonuses by a French labor court on Tuesday, December 16. France captain Mbappé, who left PSG in June 2024 to join Real Madrid, had been claiming over €260 million in total from his former club. PSG in turn had demanded Mbappé pay them €440 million. Mbappé, 26, also claimed the Parisian club applied the wrong French legal classification to his contract, but that was rejected by the court.
The labor court said the final figure of between €60 million and €61 million was made up of €55 million in unpaid salary and around €6 million in holiday payments. Lawyers for Mbappé said in a statement they “noted with satisfaction the decision given by the labor court.” “It re-establishes a simple truth – even in the professional football industry, labor laws apply to everyone,” the lawyers added in a statement.
PSG said it “reserved the right to appeal.” “Paris Saint-Germain acknowledges the judgement handed down by the Paris labour court, which it will comply with,” the European champions said in their own statement. “PSG has always acted in good faith and with integrity.”
The French club had said they were basing the figure they were claiming in part on a botched €300-million transfer to Saudi club Al-Hilal, which Mbappé refused in June 2023. Mbappé left for Real Madrid on a free transfer when his contract expired the following summer. He insisted he made no agreement in 2023 to waive any payment from the club.
Mbappé initially filed a complaint in June over the way he was treated by PSG at the start of the 2023-24 season. Mbappé argues that he was sidelined by PSG and made to train with players the club were trying to offload after refusing to agree a new contract. It is a widespread practice that in France prompted the 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 recalled to the team after holding talks with the club.
After seven seasons with PSG, he joined Real Madrid, where he earns a reported annual salary of €30 million. Mbappé scored 256 goals in 308 games for PSG, but the club won the Champions League for the first time last season following his departure.