A legal victory for the French star marks a partial end to a bitter feud over withheld salary and bonuses during his final months at the club.
A Paris labor court ruled on Tuesday that Paris Saint-Germain must pay Kylian Mbappé €60 million in unpaid salary and bonuses, delivering a sharp rebuke to the club and bringing a partial close to one of French football’s most heated disputes.
The ruling follows months of legal action taken by Mbappé, who claimed the club withheld his earnings for April, May, and June of 2024—the final months before his free transfer to Real Madrid.
In their decision, the judges found PSG had failed to pay three months of the striker’s salary, an ethics bonus, and a signing bonus stipulated in his contract. The court noted that the French Professional Football League had already recognized these sums as owed in late 2024, and PSG provided no written proof that Mbappé had agreed to waive them.
“We are satisfied with the ruling. This is what you could expect when salaries went unpaid,” said Mbappé’s lawyer, Frederique Cassereau.
While the court sided with Mbappé on the core issue of unpaid wages, it rejected several of his additional claims, including allegations of moral harassment and concealed work. It also declined to treat his fixed-term contract as a permanent one, limiting potential compensation related to dismissal.
In a statement, Mbappé’s legal team emphasized the broader principle at stake: “This judgment confirms that commitments entered into must be honoured. It restores a simple truth: even in the professional football industry, labour law applies to everyone. Mr. Mbappé, for his part, scrupulously respected his sporting and contractual obligations for seven years, right up to the final day.”
PSG had argued that Mbappé acted disloyally by concealing his decision not to renew his contract, which prevented the club from securing a transfer fee. The player’s representatives countered that the case was strictly about unpaid wages, not transfer policy.
The ruling offers a significant, though not total, resolution to a conflict that exposed the tense behind-the-scenes dynamics between one of the world’s top players and his former club.
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