French football chiefs on Friday ordered Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain to hand over 55 million euros in unpaid wages to their former star striker Kylian Mbappé. The ruling follows a 10-day hearing of the joint appeals committee of the Ligue de Football Professional which runs the top two professional divisions in France. Last month, efused to pay Mbappé the sum despite an LFP order to do so.
It is understood that the Ligue 1 pacesetters will appeal against Friday's ruling and take the case to hearings at the or the and sports committee. 25, left PSG in May after seven years during which he became the club's record scorer with 256 goals in 308 games. The marksmanship before his move to helped him to a plethora of awards: he was named Ligue 1 Player of the Season a record five consecutive times and he claimed the Ligue 1 "Golden Boot" from 2019 to 2024.
In August 2023, Mbappé said he would not take up his May 2022 contract's option of a further year at the club and leave as a free agent in June 2024. During his years in the capital, Mbappé harvested 15 medals including six Read also:.
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PSG ordered to pay former star striker Mbappé 55 million euros in back wages
French football chiefs on Friday ordered Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain to hand over 55 million euros in unpaid wages to their former star striker Kylian Mbappé. The ruling follows a 10-day hearing of the joint appeals committee of the Ligue de Football Professional (LFP) which runs the top two professional divisions in France.Last month, PSG refused to pay Mbappé the sum despite an LFP order to do so. It is understood that the Ligue 1 pacesetters will appeal against Friday's ruling and t