By Chalien Dantes

Paris St-Germain have been ordered by a French court to pay Kylian Mbappe 60 million euros (£52.5m) in unpaid wages and bonuses, bringing a long and tense dispute between club and player closer to an end.

The case reached the Paris labour court in November after Mbappe sought 263 million euros in damages, while PSG countered with a claim of 240 million euros against their former star. In the end, the court sided partly with the Real Madrid forward, awarding him just over a fifth of what he originally pursued.

Judges found that PSG failed to pay Mbappe three months of salary between April and June 2024, along with an ethics bonus and a signing bonus outlined in his contract. Most of the payout relates to bonuses rather than basic wages. Earlier this year, 55 million euros from the club’s accounts had already been frozen at the request of Mbappe’s legal team.

PSG has acknowledged the ruling and says it will comply, though the club is still considering an appeal. The French champions had argued they were owed compensation linked to Mbappe’s collapsed 300 million euro move to Saudi side Al-Hilal in 2023, before he eventually joined Real Madrid on a free transfer the following summer.