With Paris Saint-Germain, there is always the odd sense that the football is secondary. This is a project designed to promote the interests of the state of Qatar, populated by some of the biggest egos in the world game and watched by fleets of celebrities. For the record, PSG drew 1—1 with Benfica for a second straight week in the Champions League on Tuesday, a result that, coupled with Juventus’s surprise defeat away to Maccabi Haifa, leaves both just two points from the last 16. But really this was about Kylian Mbappé, and, on the day he became the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Champions League, a deluge of reports that he wants out as soon as possible despite signing a new contract this summer.
Mbappe Drama Continues to Follow, Overshadow PSG
