Kylian Mbappe is set to become 60m euros (£52.5m) richer after winning a battle for unpaid salary and bonuses against his former club Paris St-Germain. One aspect of Mbappe's legal victory raised eyebrows - PSG were told they must hand over 1.5m euros (£1.3m) in "ethics bonus" payments to the France forward. For football fans in the UK an ethics bonus might sound a little strange, but in France it is a normal part of a professional athlete's contract. For Mbappe the bonus was worth 500,000 euros (£438,000) a month. The truth behind the ethics bonus is very different.

Source: BBC December 23, 2025 21:23 UTC