Ligue 1 Begins Post-Mbappe Era Further Weakened After TV Rights Fiasco

Paris Saint-Germain have lost Kylian Mbappe but will still be expected to retain the Ligue 1 title (Credit: AFP)

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.

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