This is called an express internship. Paris Saint-Germain will spend a little less than four days on Qatari soil, as part of the Qatar Winter Tour. On the program: meet the fans, visit the Al Wakrah stadium, which will host matches of the 2022 World Cup, or even out in the desert for Neymar and his teammates.

The goal, of course, is to make Qatar talk, owner of the club of the capital since 2011, in a delicate context, the PSG is always tracked by UEFA in the context of financial fair play. Paris must therefore highlight its strong relations with its Qatari sponsors to legitimize the amounts of contracts signed. All, therefore, between two days of Ligue 1; the Parisians flew to Qatar the day after their victory in Amiens, Saturday, and return to France Thursday to prepare the reception of Guingamp.

Some local fans were luckier than others. This is the case of Abdellah: "I had a selfie with Gigi Buffon, with Neymar, Mbappé, Cavani and Di Maria", he proudly shows on the screen of his smartphone. "It's a dream for me to see these guys in real life, I usually watch them on TV." At the applause, the Brazilian Neymar won the vote, ahead of Buffon and Kylian Mbappé. Other players reached the porch of the hotel more anonymously.

Neymar takes a bath of crowds:

#Neymar ahead of the vote, followed closely by #Buffon and # Mbappe @ Europe1 @ Europe1Sport # Europe1 # Qatarwintertour # PSGpic.twitter.com / 8Z0dh9iXY3

- Julien Froment (@JulienFroment) January 13, 2019

Five trainings planned, no Rabiot or Diarra. And football in all this? German coach Thomas Tuchel has already scheduled five training sessions, as Paris have a game to play this weekend against Guingamp in the league.

On the side of the players, we accept with a smile this impromptu stage. Captain Thiago Silva, diplomatically concedes that "it is important, because it is for the club, it is necessary to make efforts to do some publicity for the PSG". But he adds: "It's true that you have to be careful for the second part of the season, you do not like that much, but sometimes you have to make the effort (smiles)." An internship not attended by Adrien Rabiot, for personal reasons, or Lassana Diarra, who is still negotiating the termination of his contract with the club of the capital.