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Lionel Messi wants PSG to show off World Cup trophy at Parc des Princes - but club worried about implications in France Messi wants to show off World Cup trophy PSG unsure about granting request Argentina beat France and Mbappe in final WHAT'S HAPPENING?  Messi asked the club to let him hold the trophy in front of PSG's supporters,  GOAL can confirm , but the club hierarchy are not sure about allowing him to show it. THE BIGGER PICTURE:  The Argentina talisman has finally won the one trophy that had eluded his grasp, enhancing his claim as the best to have ever played the game. But the club leaders' main problem is that he won the trophy at the expense of France, having beaten the previous world champions in a penalty shootout. AND WHAT'S MORE:  Furthermore, Messi's PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in the final and the club are worried about the reaction that having the 35-year-old wave the iconic trophy around would provoke.

BERNARD ARNAULT THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH Elon Musk did not last long as the  world's richest person . A little more than a year after reaching the top, he has been eclipsed by 73-year-old French billionaire Bernard Arnault, according to analysts at  Forbes . On December 20, they estimated Arnault's fortune to be $180.2 billion (€169.8 billion), which is nearly $17 billion more than Musk's. Arnault is co-founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, commonly called LVMH. His holding company is its largest stockholder and has a majority of voting rights in the publicly traded company. This is not his first time as the richest person in the world. He briefly attained the position in 2019, 2020, and again in 2021. If Musk can  turn around Twitter quickly , Arnault may not have the title for long. Still, the Frenchman's accomplishments are the stuff of legend. A luxury empire LVMH is a Paris-based conglomerate made up of 75 separate brands of mos...

Kylian Mbappé Biography: Age, Height, Family, Religion, Net Worth, Salary, Stats & Girlfriend Kylian Mbappé Biography Born on December 20, 1998, Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays forward for the France national team and Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappé, one of the best players in the world, is known for his remarkable speed, dribbling skills, and finishing. Mbappé started his senior club career in 2015 by playing for Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 championship. Mbappé became the second-most expensive player and most expensive teen player in 2017 when he signed for Paris Saint-Germain for an eventual permanent transfer of €180 million. He was 18 years old at the time. In addition to being named to the UEFA Team of the Year in 2018 and the FIFA FIFPro World11 in 2018 and 2019, Mbappé was also named to the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season in 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22. In 2021, he won Globe Soccer’s Best Playe...