PSG could have to lose both Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe over FFP threat

Their loss to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, thanks for Matthijs de Ligt's goal line clearance, means they've only twice gone further than the first knockout stages in the past six years.

After the game, which Neymar missed through injury, Messi was on the end of most of the criticism, with one pundit claiming the World Cup winner, who scored twice in the final, went missing in big games.

His contract is up in the summer at the Parc des Princes, with rumours of a move to MLS refusing to go away, although he's also been linked with a return to Barcelona.

Mbappe could also leave in the summer, with claims that he's been unhappy since last October, despite signing a new contract just months before.

According to AS, the club may have to lose both of them, in order to be in keeping with UEFA's FFP rules, and avoid possible expulsion from the Champions League.

The club were handed a €55 million fine by UEFA last summer, with €45 million being suspended, and warned that they could face harsher punishment if they continued to break FFP.

The report by the Spanish outlet says that the club have accumulated costs of around €370 million in the past year, meaning there will have to be an aggressive reduction of their wage bill and spending.

That could mean struggling to register any signings that they make, as Barcelona have had issues with in recent years, or a reduction in the amount of players they can register for the Champions League.

Neymar is the club's third highest paid player and he is also expected to have played his final game for them, with his recent injury keeping him out until the summer.