The Kylian Mbappé era at PSG has ended. Over to you, Luis Enrique
The manager insists his team will be better when his brightest star leaves. Now he has the chance to prove it
By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News
The skies dimmed on Saturday evening as PSG’s last remaining star exited the stage. Kylian Mbappé’s light has only flickered in recent months and Luis Enrique is right to harbour hopes of a brighter future without him. In Paris, the city of light, there is a perception that the fewer stars there are, the better. In recent history, the club has signed plenty without ever reaching the next level.
Ronaldinho and Jay-Jay Okocha arrived in the late 1990s and early 2000s to elevate the club. By the mid 2000s, PSG had regressed. Similarly, when Neymar and Mbappé signed in 2017, and then Lionel Messi joined them four years later, the club hoped they would add to their domestic dominance by bringing an elusive Champions League title, the holy grail in the eyes of the club’s QSI owners. Despite reaching the final in 2020, PSG are yet to reach that objective.
