It cannot be denied that Mbappe's influence is quite big for PSG and if Mbappe leaves in the transfer this January then I am very sure that PSG's progress in the UCL will not be long.
The presence or absence of Mbappe I don't really put great hopes for PSG in the Champions League because if you pay attention when they have a trio of world attackers, they also cannot give anything. This is not about one person but how the coach can motivate other players and the condition of the coach is also quite a role to bring his team successful in any competition.
s I agree, if compared to the UCL, the presence or absence of Mbappe at PSG will not have that much effect, they still have the strength if only to come out as group winners, but for the next match, I think there are more teams that are more appropriate at this time we are talking about as a strong team in the UCL this season.
If someone often watches the Champions League and Ligue 1 then it can seem very easy to judge because they used to have the best strikers in the team but there wasn't much they could do in the Champions League. In the Champions League, the strongest team may not necessarily be able to win, especially if PSG only relies on Mbappe individually because the Champions League is quite different from any other league, apart from experience it also requires collective player maturity.
For me, PSG is not the favorite team in the Champions League because there are many things they need to evaluate. Maybe we need to wait a few seasons so that Luis Enrique can bring PSG into a strong team and that depends on how management gives him the opportunity to manage PSG.