Kylian Mbappé accused PSG of moral harassment for separating him from the squad

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé during the match between Real Madrid and Celta this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid this Sunday.

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A judicial procedure was opened on Tuesday for moral harassment after a complaint filed by Kylian Mbappé against Paris Saint-Germainits old club.

In the spotlight: the practice of 'loft', already denounced by other players. The Paris Prosecutor's Office on Thursday to AFP that opened a judicial procedure against X for Moral harassment

Two instructional judges were appointed, said a source close to the case, to investigate the player's accusations, which now plays in Real Madrid.

Mbappé, captain of the French team, filed a complaint in Paris on May 16 for moral harassment and attempt to signature extortionspecifically denouncing its inclusion in the summer – Boreal – of 2023 in the ‘loft’ Del PSG.

This practice, recurring in football clubs, consists in separating the players from the workforce and is already the subject of several investigations in Paris.

'Maximize' transfers

The procedure was assigned to the repression brigade of crime against people (BRDP), after the complaint filed in May also by the soccer player Kheira Hamraoui Against the PSG.

In this case, the footballer, who suffered a serious aggression on the street and now plays at the Al-Shabab of Saudi Arabia, states that The club marginalized her after her recovery to encourage her to leaveaccording to a source close to the case.

The PSG is not the only club indicated by these accusations. In January 2024, the UNFP Professional Footballers Union filed a complaint against X, based on A list of about fifty players who had suffered 'loft' (but they were not directly associated with the preparation of the complaint).

The union accused of moral harassment and extortion to the various clubs that deliberately separated certain players with the objective, according to the union, “from”Maximize the price of transfers”.

An investigation was then open, directed by the Prosecutor's Office. In early June, the lawyers of UNFP, Léon del Forno and Julia Minkowskithey filed a new complaint to ensure that an instructional judge took over the investigations.

Sections on the grass

What do players reproach their clubs? Specifically, during the summer period of transfers, regulated by the collective agreement of professional players, Clubs can place players who want to get rid of a 'loft'a kind of isolation: without training with the professional group or matches …

According to article 507 of the French football letter, which functions as a collective agreement, clubs have certain obligations with these players: allow them to access changing rooms, training facilities, medical care “eventually different, but equivalent quality.”

They must also provide them with the “scheduled for all professional players” and propose training schedules “compatible with the other conditions of preparation and training of the main group of professionals, as well as respectful of the health of the players”.

This 'loft' must end on September 1, closing date of the transfers market.

However, the practice faces numerous abuses, according to their detractors. This isolation, considered abusive, pushes players to prolong their contract at the club or, on the contrary, accept a transfer – with an economic benefit for their origin club – or even terminate their contract.

Retrieved on Thursday, Kylian Mbappé's criminal lawyer, Pierre-Sur, did not want to comment on the judicial procedure. The player's environment either comments or the PSG.

In addition to the criminal case, Kylian Mbappé is also in financial dispute with the PSG. His lawyers held a press conference in early April, the first since the beginning of the conflict, to “move on to attack” after a long pulse to sports entities, such as the French Football Federation and the Professional Soccer League.

In summary, Mbappé, who went free to Real Madrid a year ago, claims 55 million euros in unpaid bonds and salaries. A “fantasy story”, according to the PSG.

For now, keep seeing and Kylian Mbappé still does not play the Club World Cupdespite the fact that on Wednesday he trained with the group, a return that fed the hope that he finally had his World Cup debut after almost two weeks off for a gastroenteritis.

The disease briefly passed through a hospital last week in Florida and, according to the Spanish press, I would have lost weightan impact on your body that could be significant at a time when the American heat demands the most the physicist of the players.

“It still has a weak point to play tomorrow with the competitive level that we are going to need,” said coach Merengue, Xabi Alonso, this Wednesday at a press conference.

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