Kylian Mbappe confirmed his decision to stay at PSG and marked the occasion by scoring a hat-trick in a 5-0 rout of Mentz.
The French champions confirmed the news minutes before kick-off but that hardly seemed to distract the world cup winner.
The 23-year-old immediately scored in the 24th and 28th minutes to put the saga behind him
Neymar added the team’s third goal in the 31st minute in what was a landmark 100th goal for the club.
But the night belonged to Mbappe who completed his hat-trick in the 50th-minute to take his league season tally to 28 and ensured that he clinched the Ligue 1 Golden Boot ahead of Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder.
Di Maria then added the team’s final goal in his swansong to complete the rout at home before being given a guard of honor in his final game for the club.
Outside the pitch, the “Mbappe staying at PSG saga” does not seem to be over with La Liga now filing a lawsuit against the French Club.
La Liga released a statement confirming a report that the league would be filing a complaint about an alleged breach of finance rules.
“LaLiga will file a complaint against PSG before UEFA, the French administrative and fiscal authorities and European Union authorities to continue to defend the economic ecosystem of European football and its sustainability,” the statement read.
“This type of agreement attacks the economic stability of European football, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs and the integrity of the sport,” it continued. “It is scandalous that a club like PSG … can close such an agreement while those clubs that could afford the hiring of the player without seeing their wage bill compromised are left without being able to sign him. … PSG is assuming an impossible investment, seeing that it has an unacceptable wage bill and large financial losses in prior seasons. It is violating current UEFA and French economic control rules.”
