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Mbappé‘s fresh setback in bid to claim multimillion bonus backpay from PSG
The FFF has failed to respond to the player’s lawyer’s petition to refer the case to UEFA. Mbappé is claiming $57 million in unpaid bonuses.

The French Football Federation (FFF) has failed to file a petition from Kylian Mbappé‘s lawyer Delphine Verheyden to refer the dispute he is embroiled in with Paris Saint-Germain over $57 million in unpaid bonuses to UEFA.
It means that European football’s governing body will not analyze the case and will not apply sanctions to the Parisian club - as the FFF did not send the necessary documentation to resolve it.
Mbappé case taken to Nyon
Last week, Mbappé‘s legal representatives contacted the FFF to allege that the case with PSG, which claimed $57 million in owed bonus payments and unpaid wages from last season, should be investigated by UEFA. With decision-making power, European bodies could apply sanctions to PSG, demanding an immediate payment of funds to stipulate in their rules that no club can have pending payments to any of its players.
However, the federative body adhered to the position adopted by the Ligue de Football Professionnel’s Discipline Commission in December, which was also reluctant to become involved in the litigation, explaining that it was pending the verdict from the Paris court where the appeal had been filed.
Mbappé took the case to the LFP back in September. On two occasions, the LFP ruled in his favour and ordered PSG to pay him the amounts claimed. However, the Parisian club claimed that the legal committee and the appeal committee had legal loopholes, so it filed a late appeal to the FFF, which refused to rule on it, considering that the document had been filed outside of the one-week deadline.
Awaiting the sentence from the Paris court (which could rule in favor of PSG), the FFF did not refer the dispute to UEFA which means there was no firm sentence. While the Paris-based club argues that the player agreed with Al Khelaïfi to forgive the $57 million in a meeting held in August 2023, the captain of the French national team, through his legal representatives, continues to demand the money he believes his former club still owes him.
Mbappé’s legal team also argue that there is no hard proof that the pact actually exists. The procedure could last months, even years if it is referred to the ordinary court to decide the matter.
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