A new year brings a new stadium and coach for Lyon, fresh challenges for Michy Batshuayi and PSG, and perhaps even a fit Yoann Gourcuff.
The traditional 12th night galettes were polished off on Wednesday and the first round of the Coupe de France has come and gone for the country’s big guns, so after three weeks’ respite from the rigors of Ligue 1 football, it’s time for action to recommence.
Such is the lead that Paris Saint-Germain already has built – through its own excellence and the incompetence of others – that it kicks off the year in a seemingly unassailable position ahead of the pack.