A Paris labour court has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe €60 million in unpaid salary and bonuses, partially resolving a bitter dispute.
A Paris labour court has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappe €60 million in unpaid salary and bonuses.
The ruling partially resolves one of the most acrimonious disputes in recent French football history.
The France striker took the club to court over earnings he said were withheld for April, May and June 2024.
This was shortly before he left the Ligue 1 club to join Real Madrid on a free transfer.
“We are satisfied with the ruling. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid,” Mbappe’s lawyer Frederique Cassereau told reporters.
The court found PSG failed to pay three months of Mbappe’s salary, an ethics bonus and a signing bonus.
These sums were recognised as due by two decisions of the French Professional Football League in September and October 2024.
Judges said PSG had not produced any written agreement showing Mbappe had waived his entitlement.
They rejected PSG’s arguments that Mbappe should forfeit his unpaid wages entirely.
The court also dismissed several of the player’s additional claims.
These included allegations of concealed work, moral harassment and breach of the employer’s duty of safety.
It did not view Mbappe’s fixed-term contract as a permanent one.
This decision limited the scale of potential compensation related to dismissal and notice pay.
“This judgment confirms that commitments entered into must be honoured,” Mbappe’s legal team said in a statement.
“It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labour law applies to everyone.”
The statement added that Mbappe scrupulously respected his sporting and contractual obligations for seven years.
PSG had argued the player acted disloyally by concealing his intention not to renew his contract.
The club claimed this prevented them from securing a transfer fee similar to the €180 million they paid to sign him from AS Monaco in 2017.
Mbappe’s representatives said the dispute concerned the strict application of French labour law and unpaid remuneration.
