Monaco have responded to reports in Spain suggesting Real Madrid have agreed a massive €180m deal for Kylian Mbappe.
The Ligue 1 champions have already sold a number of key players this summer including Tiemoué Bakayoko, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy.
Mbappe, 18, is undoubtedly the club's most prized asset following an incredible season in which he netted on 26 occasions.
The young French international has been linked with a number of top European clubs including PSG, Manchester City, Arsenal and Real Madrid.
Madrid based newspaper Marca today claimed that a world record €180m deal had been agreed between Real Madrid and Monaco.
Paul Pogba is currently the most expensive player on the planet, joining Manchester United from Juventus for €105m last summer.
Within a couple of hours, Monaco had already responded to the rumours suggesting Mbappe would be leaving.
Local French newspaper Nice-Matin and Sky Sports both got in touch with the French club and confirmed that a deal had not been agreed.
Monaco denied any formal agreement with Real Madrid.
The denial will be positive news for the likes of PSG and Manchester City who are reportedly also trailing the teenager.
Real Madrid are believed to be Mbappe's first choice but the 18-year-old could prefer to spend one more season developing his talents in France.
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is less than twelve months away and he is assured of playing time at Monaco.
Karim Benzema is the first choice striker at the Santiago Bernabeu and it's unclear how Mbappe would fit into Zinedine Zidane's plans.
Real Madrid did recently complete the sales of Alvaro Morata and Danilo to Chelsea and Manchester City respectively, for a combined fee of £80m.
Enjoying a relatively quiet summer in the transfer market, the La Liga winners secured the signings of Theo Hernandez from rivals Atletico and Spanish wonderkid Dani Ceballos from Real Betis.
Zidane became the first coach to win back-to-back Champions League trophies and appears to be very happy with his squad.
Despite that, he's surely encouraging Florentino Perez to complete the acquisition of the most exciting youngster in world football.
A deal has not yet been agreed - but there's more than a month left of the transfer window.