Paris St-Germain have asked France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) to postpone their Ligue 1 trip to Lens, a fixture scheduled between the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final with Liverpool. The match at Lens is set for Saturday 11 April — three days after PSG host Liverpool in the first leg and three days before the return at Anfield. Liverpool are due to host Fulham in the Premier League on the same weekend.
Lens, who sit second in Ligue 1 one point behind PSG and are chasing their first top-flight title since 1998, have strongly objected to the request. The club issued a statement criticising what it described as a “troubling sentiment” and warned that treating domestic fixtures as flexible to suit clubs’ European schedules risks relegating the league to an “adjustment variable” at the whim of some teams. Lens said the situation raises a fundamental question about respect for the competition.
A PSG spokesperson told BBC Sport that similar rescheduling has been carried out by the LFP previously to support French clubs involved in European competition, and that such changes do not undermine the league. PSG also argued that deep runs in continental tournament
