Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe throughout the heat up earlier than the LaLiga match in opposition to Villarreal at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain on October 5, 2024. — Reuters
Mbappe, 25, claimed in a submit on X that there was a hyperlink between the report within the Aftonbladet tabloid and his listening to earlier than a French league committee on Tuesday in his bitter dispute over unpaid wages together with his former membership Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
“FAKE NEWS !!!!. It’s becoming so predictable, on the eve of the hearing, as if by chance,” wrote Mbappe.
His entourage referred to as the report a “slanderous rumour” and threatened to take authorized motion.
Mbappe claims he’s owed $60 million by the Qatari-owned French champions.
The 2018 World Cup winner was not chosen for France’s Nations League fixtures final week, and spent Thursday and Friday within the Swedish capital the place he dined at a restaurant with a bunch of individuals.
In response to Aftonbladet’s report, the French footballer then went to a nightclub, based on Aftonbladet’s report.
Aftonbladet mentioned the criticism was made after the alleged sufferer had sought medical consideration however didn’t say who was named within the accusation.
“A probe is under way into a crime that was reported on October 10 in the centre of Stockholm,” a prosecutor investigating the accusation instructed AFP.
Swedish police refused to provide any additional particulars.
“In general, if we have received a complaint and decided to conduct interviews and we make it known (to the public), those involved in the case may take actions that delay and complicate the investigation,” mentioned police spokeswoman Carina Skagerlind.
Mbappe’s entourage mentioned in an announcement despatched to AFP: “Today, a new slanderous rumour is starting to spread across the web from the Swedish media Aftonbladet.
“These accusations are fully false and irresponsible, and their propagation is unacceptable.
“In order to put an end to this methodical destruction of (the) image (of Kylian Mbappe), all necessary legal actions will be taken to re-establish the truth and pursue any person or media involved in the moral harassment and defamatory treatment that Kylian Mbappe is suffering repeatedly,” the assertion added.
A supply near PSG mentioned that it could “ignore” Mbappe’s declare that there was a hyperlink between the report in Sweden and his dispute with the membership.
Mbappe joined Madrid in the summertime after seven years at PSG.
