Mary Earps told 'she's not like Jude Bellingham' after tough start at PSG that has already seen Lionesses goalkeeper dropped to the bench

European Championship winner and World Cup finalist Earps is a big name in England and savoured FA Cup glory with Manchester United last season before deciding to spread her wings and head for France as a free agent.

PSG have already crashed out of the Champions League at the qualification stage, with Earps failing to impress during a 5-2 aggregate defeat to Alisha Lehmann and Juventus. She was benched for a league win over Guingamp and faces a fight with Hannah Hampton for starting duties in the England squad.

Earps’ shirt is not on display in the official PSG shops that grace the Champs-Elysees and Parc des Princes, with the 31-year-old failing to make the kind of splash in the French capital that many expected. Bruno Hermant, a PSG Women supporter and editor of the Culture PSG website, has told The Times of Earps: “For the people who follow women’s football, she is a big name. But for everyone else, I don’t know. I’m not sure that people really know her. She’s not like Jude Bellingham, that’s for sure.”

Earps’ debut season in France is already in danger of imploding, with Hermant adding on a campaign that no longer includes elite European competition: “We only have the French Cup and French championship. The big games are only the ones against Lyon and Paris FC. It’s going to be a very, very long season.”

PSG have Earps tied to a two-year contract, taking her through to the summer of 2026. She will hope to have had cause for celebration by the time those terms come to a close, but for now the challenges are stacking up.