Liverpool dragged into PSG Champions League row as solution offered in spiky statement

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A Ligue 1 row has broken out ahead of Paris Saint-Germain taking on Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League later this monthParis Saint-Germain have been told to rotate their squad as RC Lens stands firm following a request to postpone their Ligue 1 game. The Ligue de Football Professionel (LFP) confirmed earlier this week that they have received a request from PSG to postpone their league game against Lens.PSG are scheduled to visit Lens in a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday 11 April, with the fixture coming in between both legs of their tie against Liverpool.

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageAnd now the Lens general manager, Benjamin Parrot, has in no uncertain terms told Luis Enrique what he should do as a solution.He said: "The fact is, PSG made the choice of the Champions League, like Canal+, their broadcaster. Now, if the LFP doesn't defend Ligue 1, who will?

If they don't defend the continuity and respect for what Ligue 1 is, who will?"Before he continued to L'Equipe: “When we start the season, we have the tenth-largest budget, we build a squad and a strategy to compete in the league and the Coupe de France.“The fact that the reigning European champions can still be involved in European competition in the spring is good news, but it's not unpredictable.“Yet today, they're asking us to change a known schedule, for which a plan has already been established. We realise that Ligue 1 is becoming the variable used to adjust the Champions League schedule."We're in a situation where one of the parties involved can't have a say.