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PSG are 'WEAKER' with Lionel Messi in their team, insists Michael Owen after Argentine fails to click with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe as they draw at Club Bruges in their first match starting together

Michael Owen claims Paris Saint-Germain's team is weaker now Lionel Messi has joined the club after the Argentine failed to score on his first start for the French side.

Messi started PSG's opening Champions League group game against Club Bruges on Wednesday night in a front three with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, but none of the club's all-star forwards were able to find the net in a disappointing 1-1 draw.

The front three, named 'MNM' by the French media in recent weeks, is one of the most exciting combinations in world football but former Liverpool and England striker Owen claims it is not enough to make PSG favourites to win the Champions League.