France's National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) has slammed Paris Saint-Germain after the Ligue 1 champions excluded Kylian Mbappe from their pre-season tour to Asia as a contract standoff between the forward and the club rumbles on.
Soccer Football - Paris St Germain Training - Paris-Saint-Germain Training Centre, Poissy, France - July 20, 2023 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe during training REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
The 24-year-old France captain has been put up for sale by PSG, according to media reports, after relations between the two parties soured last month.he would not renew his contract, which expires at the end of next season, meaning he can leave for free in June 2024. "These players - all of them - must enjoy the same working conditions as the rest of the professional workforce," the UNFP, the main trade union for professional football players in France, said in a lengthy statement on Saturday.
"So, yes, the UNFP reserves the right to take civil and criminal action against any club that behaves in this way," the statement said.
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