He Paris Saint-Germain He requested on Monday to the Court of Justice of Paris that annuls the seizure of 55 million euros that Kylian Mbappé He had made in his accounts in April for salaries and priorities unpaid of his former club.
At the beginning of April, Mbappénow in the Real Madridobtained the right to request a preventive embargo of about 55 million euros, waiting for decisions in other procedures.
But on Monday, during a hearing before the judgment judge, PSG lawyers considered that Kylian Mbappé “He did not present sufficient evidence of a debt appearance and did not demonstrate any threat of recovery.”
He PSG “He has filed an appeal before the Court of Justice to annul the decision (of the Legal Commission of the Professional Football League) that condemns him to pay 55 million euros,” he said Grégoire Azzaro. This procedure will be discussed on May 26, the same day of the deliberation of the procedure in its form debated on Monday.
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In addition, the PSG He has claimed a “contrademanda” of 98 million euros: “Kylian Mbappé It must money to PSG For the unfair tactics that harmed him, “Renaud Semedjian told AFP.” The objective is not to recover the 98 million euros before this court, but to demonstrate that if it owes us money, his claim is unfounded, “added the lawyer.
In fact, the precautionary embargo could only be exercised over 14 million euros. “The treasury level cannot represent a risk” that justifies the preventive embargo, argued by another lawyer of the PSG, Pauline Breuzet. “The PSG invoice 800 million, is valued at more than four billion euros and the debt of Mbappé It represents only 3% of the payroll. “
For the opposite part, Mr. Thomas Clay replied: “Where is the money? (…) It was not easy to confiscate it; the banks refused. We are dealing with a sovereign state of Qatar that permanently finances this club. There is a risk of recovery when there is a lack of transparency in the accounts” and “when we know the difficulties with the states.”
According to the lawyer of Mbappé“he PSG He refuses to fulfill by frustration because his star has gone to play another place after seven years of faithful service. “Mr. Thomas Clay He addressed the president: «The decision will be closely followed. If they believe that the sports judge is not a judge, the entire legal sports system will collapse ».
Both parties have long been faced with the sports authorities, who have said they cannot enforce their decisions in favor of the player, due to the legal procedures initiated by the club.
He PSG He affirms that the two parties reached a verbal agreement in the summer of 2023, stipulating that the player, which was expected to leave without a transfer rate, would lose approximately a part of the amounts owed at the end of his contract to preserve the financial health of the club. “A fantasy”, according to the Lord Thomas Clay.
