PSG Sues Mbappé: Demands €180M for Rejecting Transfer and “Loss of Opportunity”

Paris Saint-Germain has requested compensation of 180 million euros from Kylian Mbappé, their former striker, alleging “loss of opportunity” due to the player’s refusal, now at Real Madrid, to accept a transfer offer in July 2023. This request from the Parisian club arises in response to Mbappé’s claim, who is seeking 240 million euros for the reclassification of his contract and for the alleged moral harassment during the end of his time at PSG.

Pressures on Mbappé

Delphine Verheyden, Mbappé’s lead lawyer, denounced before a labor court in Paris “the numerous pressures” exerted by PSG due to the player’s refusal to renew his contract until 2025. Verheyden argued that the agreement between the club and the player to extend the bond “is not valid because there was no homologation”.

There was enormous psychological and media pressure against my client

Delphine Verheyden

The lawyer recalled that Mbappé was sidelined from the first team in the summer of 2023 for not having renewed his contract and criticized the club’s attitude, which “thinks that everything can be bought.” According to Verheyden, Mbappé lived through a “horrible time” when he was informed that he would no longer play if he didn’t renew. The player was initially excluded from the starting lineup at the beginning of the 2023-24 season due to his intention to fulfill his contract until the summer of 2024, without considering any renewal. However, Mbappé was reinstated in the starting eleven after the first matchday of the season.

Found Versions

PSG claims that Mbappé’s return to the starting lineup was due to an agreement in which the striker waived a portion of the sums owed to him at the end of his contract so as not to harm the club’s finances. This version is rejected by Mbappé’s defense, as is the alleged millionaire offer to play in Saudi Arabia.

On July 22, a Saudi club offered to buy Kylian Mbappé for 300 million euros. The offer was valid until midnight on July 25 (of 2023). But I never saw it on my desk; it was never presented to him

Delphine Verheyden

Mbappé, who finally signed for Real Madrid in the summer of 2024 after his contract with PSG ended without any transfer taking place, is claiming 55 million euros in unpaid bonuses and salaries. His lawyers estimate that, if his fixed-term contract had become indefinite, the club would have to pay the player 240 million euros, in addition to compensating for the damages suffered.