But what makes this reunion particularly special isn't what PSG are missing since he left, but what PSG have become without him. They've become arguably the best club team in the world in 2025 -- a team without dominant stars and where everyone plays for each other, attacking and defending together. This is the irony: Paris got better and stronger after Mbappé -- one of the best players in the world -- left, and the club won the 2024-25 Champions League. Mbappé's reunion with PSG will be a fascinating one on many levels, in addition to there being a place in the Club World Cup final on the line for the winner. play 0:37 Hutchison: 'You can't fault Donnarumma' for Musiala injury Gab Marcotti and Don Hutchison debate whether Donnarumma was at fault for Musiala's injury in the Club World Cup.