Soccer-French players' union backs Mbappe amid PSG contract row

Soccer Football - Paris St Germain Training - Paris-Saint-Germain Training Centre, Poissy, France - July 20, 2023 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe during training REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

(Reuters) - France's National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) has slammed Paris Saint-Germain after the Ligue 1 champions excluded Kylian Mbappe from their pre-season tour to Asia as a contract standoff between the forward and the club rumbles on.

The 24-year-old France captain has been put up for sale by PSG, according to media reports, after relations between the two parties soured last month.