French football chiefs on Friday ordered Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain to hand over 55 million euros in unpaid wages to their former star striker Kylian Mbappé.
The ruling follows a 10-day hearing of the joint appeals committee of the Ligue de Football Professional (LFP) which runs the top two professional divisions in France.
Last month, PSG refused to pay Mbappé the sum despite an LFP order to do so.
It is understood that the Ligue 1 pacesetters will appeal against Friday's ruling and take the case to hearings at the French football federation or the French national Olympic and sports committee.
Mbappé, 25, left PSG in May after seven years during which he became the club's record scorer with 256 goals in 308 games.
The marksmanship before his move to Real Madrid helped him to a plethora of awards: he was named Ligue 1 Player of the Season a record five consecutive times and he claimed the Ligue 1 "Golden Boot" from 2019 to 2024.
Departure
In August 2023, Mbappé said he would not take up his May 2022 contract's option of a further year at the club and leave as a free agent in June 2024.
Outraged, the PSG hierarchy told new boss Luis Enrique to go on a tour of Japan and South Korea without their star striker.
But Mbappé was eventually reintegrated into the first team squad and PSG swept the board domestically winning the French Super Cup, Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.
PSG executives claim that under an agreement to return to the first team, Mbappé said he would waive 55 million euros in various bonuses and then leave for Madrid.
The sum Mbappé is claiming is comprised of the last third of a signing-on fee, of 36 million euros gross pay, which he was supposed to receive in February, as well as his salary from April, May and June 2024 and an ethics bonus covering the same period.
During his years in the capital, Mbappé harvested 15 medals including six Ligue 1 titles.
