Mbappé contests lawyers' fees after recovering €62.5m from PSG

Kylian Mbappé obtained €62.5 million from Paris Saint-Germain before the employment tribunal, but his legal victory immediately led to a new dispute — this time with his own lawyers. According to L’Informé, the Real Madrid striker formally contested the fees claimed by three of the counsel who had defended his interests against the Paris club.

To pressure PSG, Mbappé surrounded himself with a prestigious panel of legal experts: Me Pierre-Olivier Sur, Me Thomas Clay and Me Frédérique Cassereau, brought in to support his regular lawyer Me Delphine Verheyden. The strategy aimed to maximize pressure by pushing claims up to €263 million, with accusations of “undeclared work” and “moral harassment”.

The result obtained remains substantial: €55 million in unpaid salaries and bonuses, to which paid leave and interest were added, for a total of €62.5 million. But the proceedings were not without hitches. The cancellation of precautionary bank seizures notably resulted in Mbappé being ordered to pay €60,000 in damages to PSG.

Deeming the bill disproportionate given the results actually obtained, the Mbappé camp appealed to the Paris bar association. A source close to the case summed up the situation bluntly: “It’s common to adjust fees to a client’s economic capacity, but they may have gone too far, for a result that wasn’t spectacular.”

A settlement agreement was ultimately concluded during the summer, ending this dispute amicably. Me Pierre-Olivier Sur sought to put the matter in context: “He was asking for €55 million and had been unsuccessful for two years. We obtained €62.5 million for him.”