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2025
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Football Legal # 23

Adrien Rabiot Obtains the Reclassification of his Successive Fixed-Term Contracts with PSG into a Contract of an Indefinite Duration


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Paris Court of Appeal, 19 June 2025, no. 22/01925, Adrien Rabiot
Date of the decision: 2025-06-19
Not subject to the transitional provisions of the Law of 27 November 2015 (enshrining the specific fixed-term contract), fixed-term contracts concluded from 2014 onwards between Paris Saint-Germain and its former player are governed by national standard labor law regulations, which makes the use of fixed-term contracts conditional on proof of the temporary nature of the player’s employment. Since the stability and fairness of competitions, as well as the existence of recruitment periods, do not establish either the actual need for changes in the number of players during the various seasons in question or the temporary nature of the players’ employment, the successive fixed-term contracts are therefore reclassified as an indefinite-term contract.

In July 2010, Paris Saint-Germain Football (PSG) signed a first contract with football player Adrien Rabiot. Initially hired as an academy player on 9 July 2010, then as an apprentice player on 1 September 2010, the French international player subsequently continued his contractual relationship with the capital’s club as a professional player through several successive fixed-term contracts. On 29 October 2014, the parties formalized an extension amendment for four new seasons. The employment relationship was governed by the national collective agreement for sport dated 7 July 2005.

On 27 March 2019, the player was summoned to a preliminary meeting regarding a potential disciplinary sanction....

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  • Player contract
  • Termination clause/agreement
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