Fresh revelations emerge in the dispute between Mbappé and PSG

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·2 de septiembre de 2025

Fresh revelations emerge in the dispute between Mbappé and PSG

Kylian Mbappé, a 26-year-old forward for the French national team, has now moved to Real Madrid following his departure from Paris Saint-Germain. However, not everything has been settled between the player and the club where he spent 7 years. The French international is in a financial dispute with Paris over unpaid bonuses and salaries, while PSG believes that an agreement had been reached. Recently, his lawyers announced an offensive with several procedures launched and PSG responded. This Tuesday, RMC Sport provides new information with an excerpt from the book by Apolline Bouchery and her journalist Fabrice Hawkins From Hell to Heaven, the secrets of the two seasons that changed the history of PSG, published by Flammarion. It discusses a letter from the lawyer Maître Delphine Verheyden that led to meetings and an agreement, but everything is not entirely clear.

"Here is what Me Delphine Verheyden specifies about this agreement:"

"On August 11, 2023, Kylian Mbappé's lawyer, Maître Delphine Verheyden, sent a letter to PSG's general secretary Victoriano Melero (appointed general manager in October 2024) on behalf of her client. Here is what Me Delphine Verheyden specifies about this agreement: "My client proposes the following: - Reduce by 55 million gross the bonuses to be paid to him during the 2023/2024 season (corresponding to the 30 million loyalty bonus linked to the first two years of the contract and 25 million signing bonus), this representing a saving of more than 68 million in the club's accounts; - Transpose the payment of this same amount to the 2024/2025 season if he should still be present in the squad at that date. This proposal is conditioned on the following cumulative elements: - That he be reintegrated into the group for the match of August 12, 2023 and not be removed from it for the entire sports season; - That this amendment be signed no later than Monday, August 14 at 12pm. After this date the offer will be void; - Drafting of a joint press release indicating the end of the dispute, unconditional reintegration into the group and the step taken by my client to resolve this dispute. Finally, and this is crucial for him, Kylian Mbappé insists that I remind you that what matters most to him is to play football and win as many titles as possible with his team."

"No contract is signed bilaterally between the club and the player."

No contract is signed bilaterally between the club and the player. According to the terms initially formulated by Kylian Mbappé's lawyer in her letter of August 11, this could have been done until the 14th (if Mbappé had been retained for the match, which was a condition). But this was not the case. And this is important. Because it turns out that both sides are satisfied with this meeting. The sequel will prove that both... did not understand the same thing from these discussions."

One suspects that the elements are correct, they would not be exposed in this way in the book otherwise. We finally understand above all that the negotiation between PSG and Mbappé's entourage was tense, with the lack of a written agreement that is finally signed to fix everything. And perhaps make sure that everyone agreed on every point before the reintegration.

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In any case, there is clearly a lack since the dispute is still ongoing and the outcome very uncertain. PSG may regret not having had a written agreement found at the final meeting. We would like to finally move on to something else. Sportingly, it has been very well done. Now, it's time to completely turn the page with the end of this dispute.

This also applies to Mbappé, who is in his second season at Real Madrid with the need to somewhat forget the failures of his Parisian adventure. Including the exit, marked by tension and rumors.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.