This will be a film one day.
The plot is familiar. Two team-mates vying for the same position. One brutally attacked and beaten, the other accused of planning it.
This is not the story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, the two American figure skaters of the 1990s, but the similarities are striking.
Paris Saint-Germain play Chelsea in the Champions League on Thursday. It will be their biggest game of the season so far. Somehow, the team continues to function on the pitch despite a turbulent 11 months off it.