Kylian Mbappe has reportedly sent an official payment request to Paris Saint-Germain demanding payment of his outstanding salary and bonuses amounting to 100 million euros.
The captain of the French national team, who is currently participating in the Euro 2024 with Les Bleus, has reportedly not received a salary from his former club since April.
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Mbappe left PSG earlier this month after his move to La Liga giants Real Madrid was finally completed, signing a five-year contract.
But even though the striker is leaving Paris and traveling to Germany for the European Championships, part of Mbappe’s attention remains focused on his former club.
According to L’Equipe, Mbappe has asked PSG to pay off his debts of almost 100 million euros. [£85million].
The outlet reported that Mbappe is still owed part of his salary for April as well as a bonus payment for February.
The report says that Mbappe has offered to give up 55 million euros [£46million] Gross premiums were paid out last summer under certain conditions, but this was not an official contract but merely a verbal agreement.
At the end of his six-year stint at PSG, Mbappe took a farewell shot at PSG: “You spoke with violence” when he decided not to stay beyond the end of his contract.
Last summer, he was dropped from the first-team squad and did not play in the 0-0 draw against Lorient in the season opener.
He was quickly integrated back into the team by head coach Luis Enrique and scored 44 goals over the course of the season.
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“They made it clear to me that I would not play for PSG… they spoke to me with violence,” Mbappe said at the start of the 2024 European Championship.
“Without (PSG head coach) Luis Enrique and (football agent) Luis Campos, I would never have set foot on the pitch. They saved me. That’s the truth.”
“Just playing was a great source of pride. But it’s certain that next year I won’t be satisfied with a year like this.”
The French star was on the bench for his national team’s second group match at the 2024 European Championships against the Netherlands, which ended 0-0, after suffering a serious nose injury in the 1-0 opening win over Austria.
Despite winning the World Cup with France in 2018 and scoring a hat-trick in the 2022 final, Mbappe has yet to score a goal at the European Championship.
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