According to the French press, the best-selling jersey at PSG recently did not belong to Kylian Mbappe but to an Asian star.

22-year-old midfielder Lee Kang-in is currently the player with the best-selling jerseys at PSG instead of Mbappe – one of the most famous football stars in the world. The specific number is not specified.

The Korean player just arrived at PSG from Mallorca in the summer of 2023 for 22 million euros. So far, Kang-in has only made 3 appearances for PSG and has not scored any goals or assists.

In fact, the fact that Kang-in’s jerseys sell well is understandable because his presence in Paris attracted special attention from Asian fans, especially his home country of Korea. Meanwhile, the attraction of Mbappe in particular and PSG in general is seriously decreasing since the departure of two South American stars, Lionel Messi and Neymar, in the summer of 2023.

Lee Kang-in, the player who just scored against Vietnam national team, on his PSG debut

According to L’Equipe, during the two years Messi played football in Paris, the number of followers on PSG’s Instagram increased by 20 million. However, when the Argentine superstar left, the number of followers on the Ligue 1 defending champion’s social networking platform decreased by 10 million to 15 million – a terrible decline.

Not stopping there, a PSG sponsor is questioning the partnership between the two sides after the departure of Messi and Neymar. Some other partners are slow to pay their sponsorships to the club. The number of tickets sold by PSG is also very low, or to put it simply, no one wants to watch.

Tickets for the PSG vs Strasbourg match in Ligue 1 on October 21 have been on sale for 3 weeks but have not yet been sold out. That shows how much damage PSG is losing when losing both Messi and Neymar.