Paris Saint-Germain/K. Mbappé: "Putting pressure on an employee constitutes moral harassment" (UNFP)

"Players sidelined from professional groups must benefit from the same working conditions as the rest of the workforce. The UNFP believes it would be useful to remind managers that putting pressure on an employee - by worsening their working conditions, for example - to force them to leave or to accept what the employer wants constitutes moral harassment, which French law firmly condemns," said the UNFP on 22/07/2023.

The French professional footballers' union is reacting to the exclusion of French international Kylian Mbappé from the Paris Saint-Germain summer tour (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) organised in Japan from late July to early August 2023. The decision was prompted by an alleged verbal agreement between the striker and Real Madrid CF (LaLiga EA Sports) to arrive as a free player at the end of his contract with PSG in June 2024 (a contract which includes an additional year as an option, which the player has indicated he does not wish to activate).

"187 Ligue 1 players were, at one time or another, shelved last season. 187 Ligue 1 players and Kylian Mbappé, have the same battle! Since…