€55m, a jet and a €30k entourage

Documents from the whistleblower platform Football Leaks released yesterday revealed French sensation Kylian Mbappe's ostentatious demands of Paris Saint-Germain ahead of his move in 2017, some of which were met while others were dismissed.

The documents have been reviewed independently by the European Investigations Collaboration (EIC), an international network of journalists, and they outline a then 18-year-old Mbappe's demands from his new employers.

Without an agent to assist with the deal -- Mbappe still remains one of the most high-profile players to not employ one -- his father acted as the middleman and ensured that his son would receive nothing but the best. The documents also show that Mbappe and Real Madrid had reached an agreement until his father, anticipating that his son would not get enough chances in a team that already had Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, convinced him otherwise. Real were willing to increase their offer from 180 to 214 million euros, but by then Mbappe had made up his mind.

The starting demand from Mbappe was a net salary of 50 million euros, paid over five years, with a five-million-euro signing bonus. PSG agreed almost immediately. After all, it was only a third of what they were paying Neymar.

But there was a whole list of other demands that were rejected.

For example, Mbappe demanded a clause that would see him become the team's highest paid player as soon as he won the Ballon d'Or, which was rejected almost out of hand.

He also demanded the use of a private jet for 50 hours each year, another clause that did not find the back of the net.

However, one of the more unusual clauses to make it in was an allowance of 30,000 euros, which Mbappe demanded in order to pay his entourage of a driver, a caretaker and a bodyguard. Furthermore, permission was requested for Wilfrid Mbappe, his father, to be present during team practice and for him to conduct additional training sessions with his son at PSG's facilities.