Could UEFA sanction PSG in ongoing wage dispute with Kylian Mbappé? | OneFootball

Kylian Mbappé (26) has already landed key blows in his ongoing dispute with former club Paris Saint-Germain. As reported by L’Équipe, the reigning Ligue 1 champions could face a sanction from UEFA, although the club remain calm about the ongoing situation.

It hasn’t been a clean divorce since Mbappé left PSG in the summer, after seven years at the club. Mbappé is demanding €55m in unpaid wages and bonuses, which the LFP’s legal committee ordered the reigning Ligue 1 champions to pay. The refusal to pay the wages over the course of three months came amid a dispute and a messy divorce between the two parties. Les Parisiens believed that they had an oral, gentleman’s agreement with the France captain that they wouldn’t lose out financially, in the event that he left on a free transfer, which he did.

However, having been ordered to pay Mbappé the unpaid wages and bonuses, PSG refused. The FFF made the same decision, in favour of the France captain. However, PSG once again appealed, asking for the case to be re-studied. Once again, this request was rejected by the authorities.

Mbappé disupte a ‘sensitive topic’ for UEFA

PSG have since gone to the Paris legal tribune and so the LFP’s and FFF’s ruling has not yet been implemented. Mbappé’s entourage have since gone to a higher appeals body within the FFF to force the implementation of the ruling.

In the meantime, a key date is coming up. By 15th January, PSG must prove to UEFA that they are not indebted to their employees or that they are behind on any payments. The Ligue 1 club have said the following to L’Équipe: “PSG will communicate, as with every trimester, the requested information to UEFA between now and the 15th of January, like all clubs.”

It remains to be seen what stance UEFA will take on the ongoing matter with institutional bodies in France ruling that PSG essentially owe Mbappé €55m in unpaid wages and bonuses. Usually, clubs are sanctioned in such cases but as L’Équipe point out, this is a sensitive topic, not least because the club’s president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, is the head of the ECA (European Club Association).

GFFN | Luke Entwistle