Mbappé Sues PSG for €55 Million as Wage Dispute Escalates

Kylian Mbappé’s legal team has initiated aggressive measures to address an ongoing financial dispute with his former club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), accusing the French giants of owing him €55 million ($61 million) in unpaid wages.

The World Cup-winning forward and his lawyers have escalated the matter to the Paris courts, seeking intervention. According to legal expert Thomas Clay, Mbappé has been granted authorization to implement a precautionary seizure of the disputed amount, which has reportedly been frozen from PSG’s bank accounts. A legal hearing has been scheduled for May 26 to deliberate further.

“This story has been going on for just over a year now. One year was the deadline we set for ourselves for trying to resolve this dispute as peacefully as possible,” explained Mbappé’s lead attorney, Delphine Verheyden.

“As the months went by, Kylian Mbappé still hasn’t been paid the missing 55 million euros. A decision has been taken, this time to go on the attack,” Verheyden added.

The legal team is also lobbying the French sports minister to intervene while challenging a decision made by the French Football Federation’s appeals commission, which ruled Mbappé’s complaint against PSG as inadmissible.

In addition, Verheyden stated they would seek UEFA’s involvement, arguing that PSG’s alleged breach of salary obligations could result in the club losing its Champions League license.

Despite this, PSG released a statement reaffirming its desire to settle the dispute amicably, accusing Mbappé of refusing mediation and demonstrating “repeated signs of bad faith.”

“After hearing yet another fantastic story from a parallel universe today, PSG continues to fail to understand why Kylian Mbappé is not taking his case to the labour chamber, which is the only court competent to settle the dispute between him and his former club,” the club said.

“All the procedures announced by Kylian Mbappé’s lawyers only serve to delay the resolution of the dispute by the labour chamber, before which PSG is ready to present all the facts, evidence and testimony proving the existence of an agreement, or better still by means of the transaction that PSG has been calling for over a year,” it added.

In October, the French league appeals commission upheld an earlier decision requiring PSG to pay Mbappé the contested amount. Mbappé claims PSG owes him three months’ salary, as well as the final portion of a loyalty bonus.

The 24-year-old striker left PSG on a free transfer last summer to join Real Madrid, departing as the club’s all-time leading scorer with 256 goals across seven years. However, his relationship with PSG deteriorated over several issues, including unmet promises to strengthen the squad, which led to his discontent even after signing a record-breaking contract extension in 2022.

At the time of signing, Mbappé was paraded before fans with a jersey displaying “2025,” though the contract only ran through 2024 with a player option for an additional year. Tensions rose further in June 2023 when Mbappé informed PSG that he would not exercise the extra year, effectively entering the final year of his contract.

The situation forced PSG into a precarious position, needing to sell Mbappé to avoid losing him on a free transfer. The club omitted him from a preseason tour to Japan and South Korea, relegating him to train with fringe players. Despite receiving a €300 million ($335 million) offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, Mbappé opted to stay, rejecting the transfer.

PSG’s treatment of Mbappé during this period is now at the center of new legal actions. His legal team announced plans to sue PSG for harassment while also initiating proceedings in an industrial tribunal. Separately, both Mbappé and his mother have filed lawsuits in response to online abuse they endured.

As the wage dispute continues to unfold, the May 26 hearing will mark the latest chapter in a saga that has rocked French football and cast an unflattering spotlight on one of its most iconic clubs.