The French Football Federation's (FFF) Higher Appeals Commission has ruled inadmissible Kylian Mbappé's appeal, which is asking Paris SG to pay him 55 million euros in unpaid salaries and bonuses, with the captain of the French team denouncing this decision which prevents him from "obtaining justice".

This decision confirms that of the disciplinary committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) of December 11, which had also concluded that the player's referral was inadmissible, PSG having in the meantime summoned the LFP before the Paris judicial court to contest two initial decisions of the LFP in favor of Mbappé.

The FFF's higher appeals committee met on January 30, without hearing from the parties, and decided on February 11 that the case was inadmissible, according to a source close to the case.

The FFF body considered that the League's disciplinary committee had "rightly considered that no disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against the club" due to the proceedings opened before the Paris judicial court, according to this source.

An orientation hearing, that is to say an initial examination of the case, was set by the court for May 26, before holding a first hearing on the merits of the case which will take place in several months.

"This reasoning, which is difficult to understand, prevents Kylian Mbappé from obtaining justice despite several decisions in his favour," said Delphine Verheyden, the Real Madrid striker's lawyer, in a statement sent to AFP.

- "A worrying flaw" -

"However, the LFP and the FFF, as bodies responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulations, have the necessary means to intervene when clubs do not respect their obligations," added the player's lawyer.

"Beyond the case of Kylian Mbappé, this affair highlights a worrying flaw: what recourse is there for a player whose rights are not respected?" asks the lawyer, who mentions a new amount in her press release.

According to her, the unpaid amount owed by PSG "represents 55 million euros, including 30 million euros in taxes intended for the French State, to which will be added the employer social security contributions (45 million euros) that the club will also have to pay. In the end, out of nearly 100 million euros of total cost for PSG, 25% will go to the player and 75% to public finances".

Asked by AFP, the club did not comment after this new decision. Within the PSG management, there was no overly concern about this new procedure. According to it, the dispute will only find its epilogue before competent jurisdictions, such as the industrial tribunals.

A step that the captain of the French team has not yet taken.

The conflict originates from the status of an agreement reached in the middle of August 2023 between the striker and the management of the Parisian club.

Mbappé was then sidelined from the group for refusing to extend his contract with PSG. This extension would have guaranteed the club to receive the money from a transfer while the striker finally signed on a free last summer with Real Madrid.

In this agreement, the player agreed to give up 55 million in various bonuses if he were to leave on a free at the end of the season. But the validity of this compromise, which the player himself had publicly mentioned to journalists in January 2024, is contested by the star's camp, which refers to a "hidden agreement".

"In law and in fact, the player has made clear and repeated public and private commitments that the club simply asks him to honour and respect in light of the unprecedented benefits he has enjoyed from the club for seven years," PSG responded in December, hoping that "an amicable solution can be found."