PSG sporting director Leonardo has insisted the club's hopes of tying down Kylian Mbappe to a new contract are not based on money, but has denied making a concrete offer to the striker despite recent reports.
Leonardo spoke to newspaper L'Equipe a week before his side's crunch Champions League last-16 clash against Real Madrid, with Mbappe firmly in the spotlight once again after his superb goal handed them victory in the first leg.
However, speculation continues to run rife about his future with Madrid in pole position and growing increasingly confident of snapping him up on a free transfer.
Despite this, PSG are battling tooth and nail to convince him to stay, and Leonardo has revealed that the lavish project at the Parc des Princes may be a factor.
Asked whether money is important for Mbappe, he said: 'Almost never. Because it's not about that. Kylian is so valuable that I think he's at peace with it.
'It's secondary. I think that to put the amount, it will take two minutes at the end.'
It was suggested in recent days that PSG had tabled an eye-watering signing-on bonus of £83million and two-year contract worth over £800,000 per week after tax in a desperate bid to stop him heading to Madrid at the end of the season.
These bombshell claims have been waved away by Leonardo, though.
'This is not true. No concrete offer has been made,' he added. 'There is an important element: I think the last thing we will put in this contract will be money.
'We want to put it in the best conditions for him to become the best possible player'.
On the prospects of the frontman changing his mind because of the club's rise into the stratosphere since their takeover, Leonardo said: 'More and more. It is a matter of feeling. The French player, when he starts, has the goal of playing abroad.
'It is no coincidence that in the 1998 world champion team there is a majority of players who play abroad. In 2018, Kylian was the only one of the eleven who played in Ligue 1.
'[Paul] Pogba and [Antoine] Griezmann never played in Ligue 1, [Zinedine] Zidane made his career more abroad than in France. But at that time there was no club the size of PSG. We are not sellers, that changes the spirit.
'Now, I think Kylian has thought things through. The feeling we had on Saturday in the stadium was magnificent. Something is being created, not just for him. I'm not here to be cheesy, but other clubs don't have ultras like that. It can be a problem.'