Mbappe Snubs Mediation in $60M PSG Row

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“This possibility was rejected during the meeting by the player's representative....”

Kylian Mbappe rejects mediation offer from French football league in $60 million financial dispute with former club Paris Saint-Germain, escalating the conflict.

Kylian Mbappe alleges that Paris Saint-Germain owes him €55 million ($60.6 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses, but the club claims the 25-year-old striker had previously agreed to forgo this amount in an agreement reached in August 2023.

Kylian Mbappe's representatives rejected the French football league's (LFP) proposal to mediate a resolution to the ongoing dispute between the French captain and Paris Saint-Germain regarding unpaid wages and bonuses.

Kylian Mbappe, now a Real Madrid player, is seeking a payment of €55 million from his former club, Paris Saint-Germain. The amount includes a signing bonus due in February, his unpaid salary for the last three months, and an “ethical bonus for the same period.

Lawyers for both parties held a meeting on Wednesday, following Mbappe's decision to escalate the dispute to the French football league's (LFP) legal committee. Mbappe joined Real Madrid this summer, but the unresolved issue with PSG has led to this legal showdown.

In response, the French football league (LFP) stepped in and offered to mediate the dispute between Mbappe and PSG.

“The eventuality of a mediation was mentioned this morning,” Mbappe's entourage told AFP in a statement.

“This possibility was rejected during the meeting by the player's representative.

“A mediation would be useless to establish a lack of payment that can be seen from a simple analysis of the player's payslip.”

The French football league (LFP) informed AFP that it will issue a ruling on the Mbappe-PSG case by Friday, with both parties to be notified of the decision.

PSG expressed its approval of the LFP's proposed mediation earlier on Wednesday, indicating a willingness to resolve the dispute through this process.

“Paris Saint-Germain is very pleased with today's two-hour hearing before the commission,” PSG said.

PSG emphasized that Mbappe had made numerous public and private promises that need to be honored, and pointed out that the club had provided him with extraordinary advantages during his exceptional seven-year tenure in Paris.

“The club recalled that the player has made clear repeated public and private commitments that must be respected, having been afforded unprecedented benefits by the club over seven fantastic years in Paris.

“In the light of the club's oral and documented arguments, the commission insisted on mediation between the parties, which Paris Saint- Germain has been seeking for many months.”