The soap opera Kylian Mbappé makes people talk. Present this Monday morning on RMC to discuss the sidelining of the Parisian star by his leaders, Philippe Piat, president of the UNFP (National Union of Professional Footballers), defended the 24-year-old striker and warned PSG. Words that will have no effect on the behavior of the bosses of the champions of France, but which have the merit of existing. As a reminder, the Parisian workforce left for Japan on Saturday, without its star, who does not wish to extend his contract for an additional season. Faced with this situation, PSG, which believes that the captain of the Blues has an agreement to go free to Real Madrid next season, struck hard by dismissing him from the professional group.
“It’s a war of attrition,” he says. The regulatory situation allows the club to do with its workforce as it wants. After September 1 (date of the end of the summer transfer window), things have to come back. It’s a coincidence that the transfer window ends on September 1. It allows the club to manage its workforce up to a given moment. After that, he can’t do as he wants. With an often bloated workforce, you have to manage to bring out an osmosis between the players who have to play. It allows the clubs to have the capacity to organize themselves with the coach. »
What will happen if Kylian Mbappé is not reinstated in the Paris SG squad? Unimaginable situation at the moment for a player of his caliber and his fame. Philippe Piat develops. “If the two parties (Mbappé and PSG) have not agreed on a way out of the crisis, we will have to ask for the texts to be respected, warns the boss of the UNFP, the players’ union. Respect for the texts is to allow Mbappé to train normally, probably to force the club to make him play because otherwise it would be harassment. This would become illegal under labor law. When it comes to a player who is not very well known, it can be made to believe that he is not in good shape. As for the best player in the world, it is not possible to suggest that it is not for sanction reasons. The text to which I refer provides for sanctions if a player is sidelined for reasons that are not sporting. Procedures will be implemented. »
