Battle starts to replace PSG at top of Ligue 1 food chain

There were a fair amount of fireworks at the Parc des Princes in May when Paris Saint-Germain collected the 2022 Ligue 1 trophy after a 5-0 mauling of Metz. It was a record-equalling 10th top flight crown and their eighth in 10 years.

Before the game, PSG supremo Nasser al-Khelaifi descended from the posh suites to announce the glad tidings that local hero Kylian Mbappe would remain in their parish rather than ta