Kylian Mbappe’s representatives announced on Wednesday that they had declined the French football league’s (LFP) offer to mediate in the ongoing dispute between the France captain and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) regarding unpaid wages and bonuses.
Mbappe alleges that PSG owes him €55 million ($60.6 million), which PSG asserts Mbappe had agreed to forgo in August 2023. This sum includes a signing bonus anticipated in February, three months’ worth of salary, and an “ethical bonus” for the corresponding period.
Following Mbappe’s referral of the case to the LFP’s legal committee, lawyers for both sides met early Wednesday. The LFP proposed mediation as a potential resolution.
“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 LFP has stated it will announce its decision on the matter to Mbappe and PSG on Friday.
Earlier, PSG expressed its support for the mediation proposal. “Paris Saint-Germain is very pleased with today’s two-hour hearing before the commission,” PSG said. “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.”
