内容摘要：Throughout his cross-examination, the lawyer struck an incredulous refrain, asking: “Why would you promote the person who has stolen your happiness in life?”

Throughout his cross-examination, the lawyer struck an incredulous refrain, asking: “Why would you promote the person who has stolen your happiness in life?”

for an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia — his move from Barcelona is still considered a success.In his first season at the French club, Messi is estimated to have earned PSG a profit of about $11 million in commercial partnerships.

As a point of pride, PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi also managed to assemble an array of soccer’s biggest stars into one attack, albeit for a short time. Now comes a shift away from the “bling” to more home-grown talent.France, after all, has produced some of the best soccer players in history, with Mbappe the latest, and PSG wants to capitalize on that.France won the World Cup in 2018 and only lost to a Messi-led Argentina on penalty kicks in last year’s final. Mbappe was the only PSG player in the France team that started in that final in Qatar.

France’s brightest young stars have headed instead to European clubs like Real Madrid (Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga), Barcelona (Ousmane Dembele, Jules Kounde) and Bayern Munich (Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano).Coman, who came through at PSG, scored when Bayern knocked his former team out of the Champions League this season.

Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku, who is expected to move to Chelsea in the offseason, was also at PSG. So was another France international, Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby.

Mbappe, who has been a long-term target for Real Madrid, appears to be on board with PSG’s plans because he signed a three-year contract with the club last May. He is certainly “bling” in soccer terms, but he also fits in perfectly with the new strategy of local youth.as the French Riviera extravaganza holds

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Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d’Or for the film ‘It Was Just an Accident’, poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d’Or for the film ‘It Was Just an Accident’, poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)