Former Paris Saint-Germain player Hatem Ben Arfa obtained an appeal against the conviction of his ex-club, in particular for moral harassment, Agence France-Presse learned on Wednesday March 8 from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from the L’Equipe newspaper.
Dismissed at first instance, Ben Arfa obtained a favorable decision from the Paris Court of Appeal on March 1, which condemned PSG to pay the player a symbolic euro as damages for moral harassment, according to the same source. . The court also condemned the Parisian club to pay 75,000 euros to the 36-year-old player under the ethical bonus, and just over 27,400 euros in back pay.
According to L’Equipe, Ben Arfa claimed 7.7 million euros from his former club, which had sidelined him from the spring of 2017 until the end of his contract in June 2018. Hatem Ben Arfa , who has fifteen selections for the France team, has been free of any contract since the summer of 2022.