However, the forward’s legal team now asserted that the “gentleman’s agreement” was invalid because additional terms were never signed.

As a result, they claimed Mbappe owed €55 million - the last third of his signing fee and three months' wages, which is one third of the unpaid.

They believe that a written contract amendment must be signed and submitted to Ligue de Football Plovelysnel (LFP), a governing body of two specialized departments in France, which is valid and does not propose a "tangible evidence" agreement.

Mbappe brought the case to the LFP, and the case’s disciplinary committee initially issued a non-binding ruling that PSG was to pay the money.

Later, due to the ongoing civil court case, the case was only initiated by PSG against LFP "to avoid disciplinary action", and therefore believed that it had no jurisdiction over the matter.

In February, the French Football Federation (FFF) dismissed Mbappe's subsequent appeal for the same reason.

Speaking to BBC Sport, a lawyer who knows about the PSG case explained that the LFP's decision came from the fact that it could make a judgment based on the original contract - "but what is being debated is whether it has been revised."

In December, after the latest decision by LFP, a club spokesperson reiterated that Mbappe "has been clear and privately committed that the club is just asking for respect" and that PSG still wants a "friendly solution."

The club also claimed that Mbappe rejected LFP's mediation offer.

Last month, Mbappe's lawyers held a press conference to announce that they "attacked the attack", especially through a court ruling that seized €55 million in seizures from PSG's account.

They also said they were filing a complaint claiming that PSG put pressure on Mbappe to renew the club and had sent a letter to FFF asking them to notify UEFA in case.

At a hearing on Monday, the club announced that it would file a counterclaim for compensation of €98 million (£82.6 million) as part of their wider case.

The club's lawyer claimed in court filing that Mbappe's prompt for "deceptive behavior in negotiations to modify his contract".

Meanwhile, the forward’s team reiterated that despite counterclaims, “there is no legal basis to defer payments.”

"The goal is not to recover €98 million, but to show that if he owes us money, his claims will be unfounded," PSG lawyer Renaud Semerdjian told AFP.

For the club, the deadlock also represents the era when players' power overrules the supreme - the new look (though still spent psg) style itself is a project built around collective units rather than individual talent.

Meanwhile, Mbappe's team claimed in an April press conference that it was PSG that put him under pressure to re-sign in 2023 through "scandal and indecent practices" and that they will join the players' union's legal action against the "loft".

The decision to occupy the club account on May 26 - the same day with a separate hearing on a wider range of cases, French football authorities initially dismissed Mbappe's appeal.

Although the 26-year-old will finish his virgin season in Spain the night before, Paris Saint-Germain will be scheduled for the French coupe and Champions League finals in the week.

For the Parisian, it could be a week of definition.