The 30-year-old still has a lot to give on the field and should not spend the next six months rotting on the sidelines for PSG
Wind back 18 months and Hatem Ben Arfa was one of the hottest players in France.
The gifted attacker was in the midst of arguably the best season of his career. He scored 17 goals for Nice in 2015-16 and was credited with six more assists as the Allianz Arena side finished a very creditable fourth in the table, just two points behind second-place Lyon and the same number behind the Monaco side that would draw widespread praise the following year.