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

Kylian Mbappé (26) has already suffered major 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 remains calm about the ongoing situation.

It has not been a clean break since Mbappe left PSG in the summer after seven years at the club. Mbappe is demanding €55 million in unpaid wages and bonuses, which the LFP's legal committee has ordered the reigning Ligue 1 champions to pay. The refusal to pay wages over the course of three months came amid a dispute and messy divorce between the two parties. Les Parisiens believed they had made a verbal gentleman's agreement with the France captain that they would not suffer any financial loss if he left on a free transfer, which he did.

However, after being ordered to pay Mbappe's unpaid wages and bonuses, PSG refused. The FFF made the same decision, in favor of the French captain. However, PSG appealed again and asked for the case to be re-examined. Once again this request was rejected by the authorities.

PSG has since gone to the legal tribunal in Paris and so the LFP and FFF ruling has not yet been enforced. Mbappé's entourage has now gone to a higher appeal body within the FFF to enforce the implementation of the ruling.

In the meantime, an important date is coming up. By January 15, PSG must prove to UEFA that they are not in debt to their employees or that they are behind on payments. The Ligue 1 club told L'Équipe: “PSG will, as every quarter, transmit the requested information to UEFA between now and January 15, as will all clubs.”

It remains to be seen what position UEFA will take on the ongoing issue of institutional bodies in France ruling that PSG essentially owes Mbappe €55 million in unpaid wages and bonuses. Normally clubs are sanctioned in such cases, but as L'Équipe points out this is a sensitive subject, not least because the club's president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, is the head of the ECA (European Club Association).

GFFN | Luke Entwistle