Ligue 1 hits back at LaLiga's 'disrespectful smears' after Mbappe stays

Ligue 1 president Vincent Labrune has hit back at his LaLiga counterpart Javier Tebas who attacked Paris St Germain following Kylian Mbappe's contract extension, saying his denigration of the French league and its players was 'unacceptable'.

Mbappe, who had been linked with a move to Real Madrid, rejected an offer to join the Spanish champions on a free transfer and extended his contract at PSG to 2025.

LaLiga had reacted angrily to the contract extension, saying it would file a complaint against PSG to European soccer's governing body UEFA because the deal "attacks the economic stability" of European football.

"We are all the more shocked that you are making these attacks given your capacity as President of the European Leagues (which is supposed to represent all leagues of Europe including Ligue 1) and a UEFA Executive Committee member (whose role is to promote the collective interests of European football)," Labrune wrote.

"It is difficult to follow the factual substance of your letter and what relevance the renewal of a player's contract with a club in another league has to LaLiga.

"Your attacks on Ligue 1 and one of our clubs Paris St Germain and one of our players Kylian Mbappe are based around your own interpretation of financial unsustainability and competitive imbalance, which you repeatedly attribute to Ligue 1 and one of our clubs.

"The fact that you publicly and repeatedly take this position against Ligue 1 on this topic and denigrate our League and our clubs is both unacceptable and manifestly false."

Tebas also wrote on Twitter that Mbappe's contract extension was an "insult to football", claiming PSG had suffered heavy financial losses in recent seasons.

Labrune retorted by saying Real Madrid has "two of the