KYLIAN MBAPPE has accused former club PSG of “moral harassment” as the legal battle took a fresh turn.
France and Real Madrid ace Mbappe is already claiming the French champions owe him £55m from his final year before his free transfer move to Spain.
Kylian Mbappe has accused PSG of ‘moral harassment’[/caption]
Mbappe spent seven years with PSG before joining Real Madrid last summer[/caption]
But in a separate development, Mbappe, 26, is also arguing PSG ownership attempted to strong arm him into signing a new deal rather than letting his contract run down.
And it means the damaging dispute between the two sides will play out even further.
In the latest twist, Mbappe filed an official complaint with the French courts against PSG last month, with two examining magistrates now appointed to investigate the claims.
Mbappe alleges that the incidents took place in the summer of 2023, ahead of his final year at PSG, when he was excluded from the first-team squad and placed in the club’s “loft” of unwanted players.
His lawyers allege that the move to isolate Mbappe was PSG attempting to coerce him into signing a new deal, with the claim saying that it added up to “psychological pressure” and the “attempted extortion of a signature.”
The new move comes with the wages claim also set to be played out in the courts.
Mbappe claims PSG owe him his final three months’ salary and bonuses from that last season in Paris, with the club insisting he waived the payments as a condition of his release.
Meanwhile, Mbappe is ruled out of Madrid’s final group game in the Club World Cup against Salzburg tonight as he recovers from the bout of gastroenteritis that saw him briefly hospitalised for tests last week.
The France striker has not featured in the tournament so far but will be available for Madrid’s last-16 game on Tuesday.
Mbappe returned to the gym this week in a bid to get back to full fitness before the next round.
Reports in Spain have claimed that he lost between four and five kilograms due to the virus.
It is believed that he may have contracted the illness back in Madrid before flying to the US earlier this month.
