An article from Le Parisien, online on Thursday evening, set fire to the powder of a barrel that was just waiting to ignite.

The announcement that an agreement to extend at PSG was close, followed by a denial from the player's mother, Fayza Lamari, recalled that the big deal at the end of the season in Paris would be the future of "Kyky".

According to several sources dealing with the file in different camps, the club and the Mbappé clan, the affair is far from being closed and could "stretch even further until the official start of the transfer window (June 10, editor's note) or even until “at the end of the contract” of the prodigy, on June 30, slips one of them.

This same source adds that the information on the annual salary mentioned by the daily, 50 million euros, is "false": "There are no such sums", indicates this source which also ensures that there is no There are no "crazy bonuses" of EUR 100m on signing either announced here and there, neither offered by the club nor by Real Madrid, still the main contender to welcome Mbappé.

Marca has Fayza Lamari say that the Madrid giant, Champions League finalist, and Parisian scorer in the round of 16, remains the option with the most thickness, but there too the player's mother disputed the 'interpretation.

In short, the negotiations continue, and the PSG "must be optimistic", blows a source at the club.

Mbappé at the UNFP trophies

Losing its best player, one of the very best in the world, and for free, would be a financial and sporting disaster for the club and a heavy blow to its brand image.

In its seduction operation, the Parisian club made another gesture towards its attacking leader, leaving him in Paris on Sunday May 15 to take part in the gala evening of the players' union, the UNFP, where he should receive the trophy for best footballer of the season.

Kylian Mbappé in PSG training on May 7, 2022 at Camp des Loges in Saint-Germain-en-Laye FRANCK FIFE AFP

The team must leave for a flash camp on the 15th and 16th in Qatar, but "Kyky" could only join the group on the second day, the time to be crowned.

Gianluigi Donnarumma and left-back Nuno Mendès, also nominated (best goalkeeper and best hope respectively) should receive the same preferential treatment to go to the evening.

In these soap opera conditions, the match against Troyes is especially interesting for the promoted still in search of maintenance.

For Mbappé, it could be the penultimate at the Parc des Princes in these colors, before the last day against Metz, which will probably already be relegated.

If nothing is resolved before June, as is likely, Mbappé will neither be able to say goodbye nor announce that he is staying.

But he can inflate his statistics and cap a fourth league top scorer crown in Ligue 1.

With 24 goals, he is comfortably ahead of Martin Terrier (Rennes) and Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), both at 21.

He will be only one unit away from Jean-Pierre Papin's record, French Ballon d'Or (1991), as Mbappé aspires to become, top scorer from 1988 to 1992. This is a record that Mbappé may not beat. never...

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