Post-Mbappe era underway
The Citizen|August 15, 2024
Paris While France basks in the glow of the dazzling Paris Olympics, French football is trying to shake off a hangover from its own disastrous summer as the first Ligue 1 season of the post-Kylian Mbappe era begins this weekend.
Post-Mbappe era underway

A year after the departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar, Mbappe (above) left Paris Saint-Germain too, signing for Real Madrid after eight-and-a-half years in Ligue 1.

Nobody was surprised to see Mbappe finally move on, and he has left behind a league in disarray after the fiasco surrounding the sale of its broadcast rights.

The French league (LFP) only confirmed a couple of weeks ahead of the season starting that it had agreed a new domestic television deal for the next five years.

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