The focus has naturally been on the absurd, world record fee PSG have paid for Neymar, but away from the pitch, BT Sport have made the biggest signing of the season from a punditry point of view.
The broadcaster have announced that Chelsea legend and children's' author Frank Lampard has joined the channel for the forthcoming season, following his retirement in February of this year.
It's somewhat of a surprise, given the fact that Lampard did quite a bit of punditry work with rivals Sky Sports last season, and made an appearance on Monday Night Football alongside Jamie Carragher in March along with a few more around live weekend matches.
But he has been snaffled by BT for the season ahead, to work alongside other erstwhile members of England's Golden Generation: Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes and, er, Owen Hargreaves.
Gerrard welcomed Lampard in self-effacing fashion, attempting to get ahead of the predictable deluge of 'Gerrard and Lampard can't work together' gags.
He posted this on Instagram with the caption:
Great signing for our team @btsport. Wonder if we can work together because we couldn't play together could we? Welcome to @franklampard!
Yeah let's bring that question up again. Look forward to working with you @stevengerrard. Let's try not to talk over each other. You go I sit, I sit you go...
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