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Mbappe-PSG salary row faces hearing as France captain cited in 'rape' report

Published : Wednesday, 16 October, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 310
PARIS, OCT 15: Kylian Mbappe's dispute with former club Paris Saint-Germain over claims he is owed 55 million euros ($60m) in unpaid wages and bonuses will go before a French league committee later on Tuesday.

The hearing will take place a day after a newspaper report in Sweden claimed Mbappe, the captain of the French national team, was being investigated for rape by Swedish police following a visit to Stockholm.

After Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said that an alleged rape had been reported to police but did not reveal who was accused, another publication, Expressen, said 25-year-old Mbappe was the suspect.

Mbappe's entourage, when contacted by AFP, said it had no knowledge of a legal complaint made against him. 

The player himself claimed in a post on X that the report was "fake news" and suggested there was a link between the Aftonbladet story and his hearing before the French league committee in his bitter row with PSG.

The French league (LFP) ordered PSG in September to pay Mbappe 55 million euros in wages and bonuses he claimed he was owed at the time of his departure for Real Madrid at the end of last season.

The committee, which will notably be made up of two members of the French national players' union, a magistrate and an independent president, can confirm or overturn the LFP's order.

The case was referred to the committee after Mbappe refused the LFP's offer to act as a mediator between the France captain and PSG.

The LFP told PSG to pay the money and gave them a week to do so, but the club appealed that order.

Suggesting there was a link between the report in Sweden and the hearing, Mbappe wrote on X: "FAKE NEWS !!!!. It's becoming so predictable, on the eve of the hearing, as if by chance."

A source close to the French champions said the club would "ignore" his comment and "maintain their class and dignity".

If the committee overturns the LFP's original decision, it would then have several possibilities, including providing a whole new ruling on the dispute or sending it back to a legal committee.

It is expected to take several days before publishing its conclusions.    —AFP



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