Marseille’s nouveau riche add spice to bitter PSG rivalry

Where would Luke Skywalker have been without Darth Vader? demanded France Football last week.

This may seem an unusual question for a football paper to ask – perhaps he would have taken time to sort out his feelings towards Mara Jade and Princess Leia? - but in the context of the French league the absence of a powerful force to rival Paris Saint-Germain is an obvious handicap.

Healthy competition demands a least one continuing visceral rivalry.