PSG won't comply with order to pay Mbappé €55 million in unpaid wages

Paris Saint-Germain said they will not comply with the French league's request to pay football star Kylian Mbappé €55 million ($60.7 million) in outstanding wages he claimed following his transfer to Real Madrid.

PSG said in a statement cited by the L'Equipe newspaper on Friday that, since the league's jurisdiction is limited, a court must deal with Mbappé's demand.

According to the club, Mbappé would have to go to the labour court to pursue this "inevitably reputation-damaging matter further."

The sum demanded by Mbappé is related to outstanding monthly salaries for April, May and June, the last third of a bonus payment for Mbappé's last contract extension and an "ethical bonus."

In the dispute, PSG had invoked a verbal agreement to argue that they do not owe money to the player. Mbappé, on the other hand, did not consider the verbal agreement to have been fulfilled because his playing time had been drastically reduced following his transfer announcement to Madrid.

Mbappé played at PSG for seven years but left the club some two months ago to join Real Madrid. He won the Ligue 1 six times and the French Cup four times, but failed to win the Champions League, one of PSG's biggest goals.