Paris Saint-Germain requested that the match be moved before facing Liverpool in the Champions League

The League of French Football (LFP) has confirmed that it has received a request from Paris Saint-Germain to postpone its Ligue 1 match against RC Lens.

Paris Saint-Germain are set to visit Lens in a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday 11 April, with the match taking place between their Champions League quarter-final ties against Liverpool.

Arne Slott’s side visit the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, April 8, with the return match at Anfield on Tuesday, April 14. Liverpool are also scheduled to face off in a Premier League match on April 11 against Fulham at Anfield.

In response to PSG’s request, Lens – who are bidding for a first league title since 1998 – issued a statement saying they strongly object to “alarming sentiments” if the match is moved to a later date, adding that the risks of the domestic league “gradually descending to the state of a variant of adjustment based on the whim of the European imperatives of some”.

The club statement continued: “Beyond this specific case, the question at hand is a more fundamental one: which is the respect due to the competition itself.”

“One is right to wonder when, on home soil, it sometimes seems that the league is relegated to second place behind other ambitions, however legitimate.”

Lens currently trails Paris Saint-Germain by one point in the French League, and coach Pierre Sage said after its 5-1 victory over Angers on Sunday that his team did not agree to the postponement.

In PSG’s previous Champions League match against Chelsea, Luis Enrique’s side were given the weekend between the two matches as their match against Nantes was postponed following a similar request. Paris Saint-Germain won 8-2 on aggregate.

Ultimately, the final decision is with the French League, and their position is that they will look to benefit French clubs playing in Europe.

The French Football Federation also confirmed that Strasbourg had requested the postponement of its league match against Brest this weekend because it comes between its Conference League matches against Mainz.

PSG has been contacted for comment.