Kylian Mbappe is prepared to sue his former club Paris Saint-Germain if the French giants refuse to pay him the amount owed to him, according to the player's mother Fayza Lamari.
Sources told ESPN that the Ligue 1 champions still have to pay Mbappe €80 million ($86 million) for a bonus plus two months' salary from 2024.
Mbappe, 25, left PSG after his contract expired in June and joined Real Madrid as a free agent on a five-year deal.
Asked if Mbappe is willing to take PSG to court, Lamari told Le Parisien as reported by Diario AS: “If we have no other option, yes, of course. Now, I really hope that the contract we signed two years ago is respected.
“Let's stop saying that Kylian said or didn't say, did this or didn't do that… In reality, no one can say what happened, neither me nor the representatives of PSG because for two years Kylian and the [club] president [Nasser Al-Khelaifi] We always find ourselves alone, except once.
“And all this has not prevented Kylian from playing since the announcement. [made by Mbappé to PSG of his departure] It was held in February…”
Sources told ESPN that PSG will not pay Mbappe what he is owed in an effort to recoup money for his departure, which sources say Mbappe agreed with PSG in August.
Lamari compared his son's situation with PSG to a divorce.
“It's now in the hands of Kylian's representatives,” he said. “But I trust that PSG will return to normality very soon. We have just received a letter… Decisions will be made.”
“Sometimes when you separate, you have to decide who gets the TV, who gets the furniture or the car… That’s what we’re working on. I hope all this doesn’t tarnish everything we’ve been through, that we don’t leave it like this.
“As in a relationship, once again, everything is never rosy, there are ups and downs. But in six months, things will be better.”
Mbappe, who was presented in Madrid this week, was close to joining the Spanish giants two years ago but changed his mind at the last minute and signed a new contract with PSG until June 2024, a decision he does not regret.
“When you were born in Paris and grew up in Bondy, playing at the Parc des Princes is quite an event,” says Lamari.
“Kylian has never lied. He always told people [PSG] The president said that one day he would go to Real Madrid. Of course, when that happens it is complicated. But, apart from Madrid, I would never have left Paris.
“It hasn't been easy, but there are no regrets, only great emotions. It has been very, very difficult for Kylian, that's clear.”
Mbappé is PSG's all-time top scorer with 255 goals.
The France captain won six Ligue 1 titles in his seven seasons at the club. Lamari, meanwhile, said his son, who called his Euro 2024 campaign a “failure” after scoring just one goal in five appearances, has room for improvement.
“Kylian can and must improve,” he said.
