PSG's Thomas Meunier believes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would benefit from having stadiums close together for a better atmosphere after visiting the Al Wakrah Stadium. Check out what you may have missed at the weekend, including another Messi milestone, David De Gea's big night, Coppa Italia action and more. Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappé and Marquinhos were on the scoresheet for PSG, helping the league leaders to a comfortable 0-3 win at Amiens. French Ligue 1: Kylian Mbappé (70') SC Amiens 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain are increasingly optimistic that they will beat Barcelona and Manchester City to the signing of Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong this summer, according to ESPN FC sources close to the French champions.The Netherlands international is wanted by a host of Europe's top clubs but PSG, Barca and City have emerged as the 21-year-old's three main options with Pep Guardiola's men a distant third to the Ligue 1 giants and the Catalans.One source said the guaranteed key role...

PSG's Thomas Meunier believes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would benefit from having stadiums close together for a better atmosphere after visiting the Al Wakrah Stadium.

Check out what you may have missed at the weekend, including another Messi milestone, David De Gea's big night, Coppa Italia action and more. La Liga champions Barcelona became the first football team to spend over half a billion euros in wages after their staff costs shot up by 42 percent over the past year, according to a study by KPMG.KPMG's Football Benchmark study analysed the squads and finances of the respective champions of Europe's top eight leagues.The Catalans, who signed Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool in January 2018 for a club record €160 million ($183 million), have staff costs of €562 million...

French Ligue 1: Kylian Mbappé (70') SC Amiens 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain Brazil great Pele has tipped Kylian Mbappe to "become the new Pele" and also told France Football he has warned Neymar he must continue to focus more on playing than play-acting.Pele has fostered a friendship with Mbappe via social media and a number of mutual compliments ever since, at age 19, the France forward became the youngest-ever goalscorer in a World Cup final since the Brazilian legend struck twice as a 17-year-old in 1958.The parallels between the prodigies past...

ESPN FC's Craig Burley and Mark Ogden weigh in on American Timothy Weah's loan move to Celtic from PSG. PSG's Timothy Weah explains how his loan move to Scottish side Celtic came about. Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar has backed new Celtic signing Tim Weah to develop into "one of the top attacking players in Europe" after he joined the Scottish giants on loan earlier this month.Weah, 18, joined Celtic on an initial six-month loan deal last week and extended his PSG contract until 2021 just before leaving Parc des Princes but the senior American international has struggled for minutes this season since Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's arrival as backup to Edinson Cavani.Weah...

Check out what you may have missed at the weekend, including another Messi milestone, David De Gea's big night, Coppa Italia action and more.