Paris Saint-Germain have appealed a decision which would force them to pay former striker Kylian Mbappe €55million in withheld salary and bonuses from his time at the club. PSG have argued they were entitled to do so because Mbappe’s original contract was “legally amended” in an agreement between the player and the club as he was reintegrated into the first team in the summer of 2023.

Kylian Mbappé's (25) seven-year stay at Paris Saint-Germain came to an end this summer as the Frenchman ran down his contract before signing for Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain has appealed “out of principle” the Ligue de Football Professional (LFP) Legal Commission’s ruling to pay Kylian Mbappe €55m in bonuses within eight days. The French champions consider this sum waived following a verbal agreement made in August 2023 between Mbappe and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

The €20million deal with Krasnodar makes him the most expensive signing of a Russian player since Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He is yet to debut for PSG but, following a thigh injury to Gianluigi Donnarumma against Brest on Saturday night, he may debut in the Champions League on Wednesday against Girona.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are asking the French Professional League (LFP) to revisit the case between themselves and Kylian Mbappé (25).On September 12, the LFP ordered the club to pay the