Player vs Club: Payment Dispute & Accountability Demands

Ordered by the industrial tribunal to pay nearly €61 million to its former player at the end of 2025, Paris-SG believes it has paid what it owes. This is not the opinion of the captain of the Blues…

Mbappé/PSG soap opera, continued. At the end of a long marathon, Kylian Mbappé obtained the conviction of Paris Saint-Germain at the end of 2025 before the Paris industrial tribunal. The capital club, employer of the captain of the Blues from 2017 to 2024, had to pay a sum of €60.9 million. The provisional execution of the judgment having been required, PSG had already paid €55 million, the equivalent of unpaid salaries and bonuses, before receiving a visit from a bailiff to claim the rest. According to The TeamParis paid 4 of the remaining 6 million. “Two are still missing», Calculate our colleagues, indicating that Mbappé’s lawyers are waiting for the rest.

At the Factory, we don’t hide our surprise. “All the sums owed to Kylian Mbappé were paid by the club which is surprised that the player and his entourage are unaware that employees pay social security contributions on their salaries», Explains the club this Thursday evening, in a response sent to Figaro. PSG believes it has paid in full what it owed its former player. Some at the club imagine that the advice of “KM”, top scorer in the history of PSG, could confuse the gross and the net in this matter.

In detail, what does the 60.9 million euros that PSG must pay Mbappé correspond to?

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The obligation to publish the judgment will be respected

«PSG would like its former player to agree to waive the obligation to publish the entire judgment for one month on the home page of its website», Also explain our colleagues this Thursday. According to our information, this is not a subject within the Parisian management and this obligation will be respected “quickly», nous assure-t-on.

After seven years in the colors of the capital club, Kylian Mbappé left Paris for Real Madrid in 2024, at the end of his contract. The starting point of an endless conflict, which saw PSG pinned several times by the LFP. The European champions nevertheless turned a deaf ear, believing for a long time that the industrial tribunal should decide in this matter. And that’s what the industrial tribunal did on December 16, agreeing with the 27-year-old player and rejecting all of Paris Saint-Germain’s requests. In total, the two camps had claimed… more than €700 million in total during the hearing on November 17, 2025.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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