France captain Kylian Mbappé on Monday claimed €263 million from Paris Saint-Germain in an escalating dispute over the status of his contract and how his former club treated him. PSG countersued Mbappé, who moved to Real Madrid last year, for €240 million in Paris’ labor court, basing that figure on a botched €300 million transfer to Saudi club Al Hilal that the player refused.
Mbappé, 26, initially filed a complaint in June over the way he was treated by PSG at the start of the 2023-24 season. He believes he was sidelined by the Qatari-owned club and made to train with players the club was trying to offload after refusing to agree a new contract. It is a practice that has also affected other footballers and prompted the French players’ union to lodge a complaint last year.
Mbappé was not invited to take part in PSG’s 2023 pre-season tour of Asia and missed the first game of that season but was later restored to the team after holding talks with the club. After seven seasons with PSG, he joined Real Madrid on a free transfer last summer where he earns a reported annual salary of €30 million. He scored 256 goals in 308 games for PSG, but the club won the Champions League for the first time last season following the striker’s departure.
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