French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[EdenHazard]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

Such a bad joke ...

It's like a routine for each season at ligue 1 to have psg odds to win the league at very low one even at the beginning of the season , not worth a penny to me , rather bet on the opponent of psg so you can get way better odds.

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[Rabi3]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

I don't think people would bet on PSG to win or even other teams like Marseille, it's too obvious who the winner is so there is barely profit to bet on it, and yes, PSG's season is done for, no CL and no French cup, I don't think players and fans are going to be that happy by winning the league, they got used to it.

[X-ray]

I was really surprised that Marseille got this result. In fact, they were down to 10 men early on, but they still did enough to score.

Why? Playing with 10 players didn't always mean if the club will be losing instantly against its opponent. The draw was good enough for marseille. I meant let's say that with 10 players and marseille was still able making two goals against strasbourg. That being said that even though marseille was losing 1 of its players and it's not giving big impact to the capability for the club to make goals.
The saddest part is about two goals in a row that has already been made by eudes aholou which was surprising me. it needs only two 1 minutes to create second goal for strasbourg.

They scored at the beginning of the second half despite being down to 10 men. In minute 76 they increased the difference to 2 but they couldn't keep this score. In the 88th and 89th they had to settle for a draw with 2 goals one minute apart. With this point loss, the point difference with psg increased to 10 and we can say that the possibility of the championship has started to diminish.

The impact of losing L balerdi as CB was making the defense of mallorca quite weak at that match. I meant aholou has free space to do some shots to scores two goals. It seems like that marseille has no chance to compete with PSG for trophy.

[hd49728]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:

1 - PSG has serious problems in defense, which makes it difficult for the team to play without conceding goals

What you told is true but it is not big matter for PSG in Ligue 1. Having many conceded goals does not cause them to lose many points and it is a matter for other clubs like how they can score goals against PSG and get points from PSG. Scoring goals and end a match with a lose does not mean anything for their club and for Ligue 1 in general.

If they can't beat PSG in a match, how could they beat PSG in a long battle?

I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

Again they were knocked out in the Champions League too early but it does not wipe out their chance in Ligue 1. Weeks ago, other clubs have very close gaps with PSG but now it has become 10 point gap to a second club. That is impossible for those clubs to close those big gaps and beat PSG when the season is no longer long time left.

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

[rendravolt]

One of the matches this week will bring Lyon vs Nantes. As we know, Lyon in the previous two matches always won a draw and made their position stuck in 10th place in the standings. Lyon will be the host, for sure they will try to win this match so they can shift Lorient's position in the standings and for Nantes who will play Lyon's home game, they are currently in 14th place in the standings and it looks so bad because they only won one victory in the last 5 matches of ligue 1.

[W Jr.]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

I don't think people would bet on PSG to win or even other teams like Marseille, it's too obvious who the winner is so there is barely profit to bet on it, and yes, PSG's season is done for, no CL and no French cup, I don't think players and fans are going to be that happy by winning the league, they got used to it.

I think it is obvious that they will be champions of the league as the league is now the only focus success for Paris SG. Especially considering that Marseille drew 2 goals in the last 2 minutes against Strasbourg in the last match, their chances of becoming champions with these points losses are very low. We can say that Paris SG is the champion of this year as well.

[Leviathan.007]

One of the matches this week will bring Lyon vs Nantes. As we know, Lyon in the previous two matches always won a draw and made their position stuck in 10th place in the standings. Lyon will be the host, for sure they will try to win this match so they can shift Lorient's position in the standings and for Nantes who will play Lyon's home game, they are currently in 14th place in the standings and it looks so bad because they only won one victory in the last 5 matches of ligue 1.

Both teams are in the middle of the table and that's a bit hard to say which is going to win the game but we take a look at the previous games they game against each other during the five last games they had from 2020 until this time Nantes could never beat Lyon in a game and they lost all the games except for the last game with a 0-0 result they had in this season so I see more chance for Lyon.

[Docnaster]

If you look at PSG's defense it's a complete mess, first I think that the players are not up to standard but when I think about it I start to think that they are disorganized and I think that also goes down to the manager who is like you said. PSG's defense isn't the best but it's far from bad if the Manager can't manage it properly. With proof PSG had to be eliminated in the UCL and in Ligue 1 conceded a lot.

PSG has so far only focused on investing on the front lines, but they have forgotten about the back line which is in chaos

galtier must seek major improvements to PSG's back line otherwise next season PSG will always be eliminated from the champions league and may not be able to become champions of ligue 1 again

A defense line that consists the likes of Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Achraf Hakimi, Juan Bernat and other top quality player shouldn't be seen as a week defense because these are few of the the best defenders in the world. Though injury crises might play some parts in PSG's poor defensive performance this season but I still think the main problem of the club since Thomas Tuchel left is the managers that's been handling the team. Their tactical approaches especially in the Champions League has been short of excellent and that has cost the team the opportunities of lifting the trophy that has eluded them. Thomas Tuchel is free at the moment and I will be happy if the club management will see him worthy again to train the team

[fadhilz123]

If you look at PSG's defense it's a complete mess, first I think that the players are not up to standard but when I think about it I start to think that they are disorganized and I think that also goes down to the manager who is like you said. PSG's defense isn't the best but it's far from bad if the Manager can't manage it properly. With proof PSG had to be eliminated in the UCL and in Ligue 1 conceded a lot.

When PSG were knocked out in the UCL and conceded a lot in Ligue1, who is to be blamed other than the players who always try to be better in every game? Is it really worth blaming the coach in this case who may not be so consistent in managing every player in the team's back line, because the defense in a team is a very important thing to fix if it still looks messy.

PSG has so far only focused on investing on the front lines, but they have forgotten about the back line which is in chaos

galtier must seek major improvements to PSG's back line otherwise next season PSG will always be eliminated from the champions league and may not be able to become champions of ligue 1 again

The coach should have seen every weak line in the team so that it can be fixed immediately so that he can always compete in big competitions like in the UCL apart from Ligue 1, because it would be very wrong if the coach only relied on the front lines without considering other lines such as the midfield and back to better team strength.

[rahmad2nd]

One of the matches this week will bring Lyon vs Nantes. As we know, Lyon in the previous two matches always won a draw and made their position stuck in 10th place in the standings. Lyon will be the host, for sure they will try to win this match so they can shift Lorient's position in the standings and for Nantes who will play Lyon's home game, they are currently in 14th place in the standings and it looks so bad because they only won one victory in the last 5 matches of ligue 1.

This fight will be held next week. To be honest, I can't speculate too far. because, if you refer to some of the media that I read. Looks like this fight will be pretty tough. even so, on paper this fight should belong to Lyon. although in its last two matches, Lyon was only able to play with a draw. because, Lyon will play as the home team. plus, the two teams have quite a gap based on points. and if we refer to the history of the H2H meetings of these two teams, in 5 meetings, Lyon has always dominated wins and only one draw. so, Lyon should be able to take advantage of the momentum to get full points in this match.

On the other hand, Nantes' performance is not that impressive and they are ranked 14th in the standings. in the last 5 matches in this competition, Nantes was only able to win 1 match, three defeats, one draw. Most likely, Nastes will find it difficult when they have an away match at Lyon headquarters. That said, I won't speculate too far before I get the information I need from these two teams.

[rby]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

I don't think people would bet on PSG to win or even other teams like Marseille, it's too obvious who the winner is so there is barely profit to bet on it, and yes, PSG's season is done for, no CL and no French cup, I don't think players and fans are going to be that happy by winning the league, they got used to it.

I think it is obvious that they will be champions of the league as the league is now the only focus success for Paris SG. Especially considering that Marseille drew 2 goals in the last 2 minutes against Strasbourg in the last match, their chances of becoming champions with these points losses are very low. We can say that Paris SG is the champion of this year as well.

PSG win the champions of the France Ligue 1 is not longer any news and neither will it be an excitement or a surprise to the fans. The fans are tired of the league 1 trophy they want something like the Champions League trophy and that is where the expectation of the fan and that of the footballers and also that of the management is but it is quite unfortunate that every efforts made by the management of PSG to win the champions league has proven futile. Let me see any effort by next season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Here is something that causes controversy and that can leave PSG in a bad light:

Report: PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi under investigation for kidnap and torture

The Ligue 1 club's president is being accused of detaining man who allegedly acquired sex tapes and documents in relation to the 2022 World Cup.

The president of Paris Saint-Germain football club, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, is facing an investigation in France over allegations of kidnapping and torture. The case relates to a complaint made by Franco-Algerian lobbyist, Tayeb Benabderrahmane, who claims he was detained in Qatar for six months in 2020 because he possessed "sensitive" documents, including a smartphone belonging to Mr Al-Khelaifi, and compromising materials.

It is alleged that Mr Benabderrahmane had documents relating to the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, as well as the awarding of the 2026 and 2030 World Cup TV rights to beIN Media, of which Mr Al-Khelaifi is president. The lobbyist claims he obtained the materials from Mr Al-Khelaifi's butler.

Source: https://www.livesoccertv.com/es/news/464180/report-psg-president-nasser-al-khelaifi-under-investigation-for-kidnap-and-torture/

Although sometimes everything can be set up to make certain people feel bad, it is a pity that problems of this nature always arise that tarnish fútbol.

I am 100% certain that certain rich people at the very top probably all have these type of tapes. In fact, when panama papers and similar things came about, where we have seen the clear corruption of the rich people, people who avoided taxes in billions of dollars, and even sex tape of so many famous people, it literally did nothing for their career at all.

I understand that you may want to hide all of this information, it's only natural to want to hide it, but when once it's out, you would just need to take it and move on, in a year it will be all gone anyway and wouldn't really matter. This response to just kidnap and torture a person in retaliation? That's sick, it's disgusting and the owner should be banned from being an owner straight up, how can we support a person who kidnapped another person and tortured him to keep being an owner?

Some things in soccer prefer to be left unmanaged, in this case, the Sheikh knows that with his money he can cover any type of accusation against him, and yes, this article came to light, but what? On sports TV channels like Espn, among others, they don't say this type of thing, the main sports channels do not focus on this type of accusation, and the big news outlets, if they do say this type of news, do not insist so much, they simply say it and Well, what is shown here is that if you have a lot of money, things flow another way, they only focus on fútbol and that's not bad, it's a way of not tarnishing fútbol further with this type of case.

1 - PSG has serious problems in defense, which makes it difficult for the team to play without conceding goals, to get an idea of the seriousness of what I'm talking about

That's a good point, actually, I think the reason why PSG could beat Bayern Munich and lost the Champions League this season is the weakness in the defensive line where they even have good players there but still, there is a weakness of PSG, maybe the reason of this weeks is their coach because he doesn't know how to manage the player to have and stronger defensive line otherwise Brestois could's score a goal against them.

This is the problem PSG has been having even before now, that is why it was easy for Bayern Munich to take advantage. PSG has good players, and if the players are not exhibiting good performance then the fault is from the coach,  he needs to change his method of formation.

I would say that PSG's problem is the technical director, it is a coach who wins leagues but does not win UCL, here the only solution is to change the technical director and not let players like Neymar and Messi go, I don't know but those players for They are the best of mine,of course Mbappé can also do it very well, but he is a player who wants to leave, he is once again knocking on doors at Real Madrid because of the rumors I have read out there, I do not know how true they are because I do not have a source reliable,but if this happens it is obvious that the others will start to leave, like Setgio Ramos, this team would be very weak.

[shogun47]

PSG were almost held to a draw by the home team Brest and I think a result like this will not happen in this match because after all PSG has an easy chance to win. But who would have thought, even though PSG was free from the pressure to play in the Champions League, this still made PSG have to make a bigger effort just to score the decisive goal in the match against Brest.

But yes, maybe PSG really wants to relax more because after all, PSG's position in the Ligue 1 standings is also safe to lock in the title this season. Because if PSG's position is threatened to be overtaken, then of course PSG will be able to recover quickly to get good results in every match.

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:

1 - PSG has serious problems in defense, which makes it difficult for the team to play without conceding goals, to get an idea of the seriousness of what I'm talking about

PSG 2 - 1 Brestois

in this game, PSG conceded a goal, but if we look at this goal that PSG conceded, we can see that it was a serious mistake in PSG's defense, and to add that PSG is not managing to play well against brestois, which are a team that are competing with teams from the relegation zone

PSG 4 - 2 Nantes

PSG conceded 2 goals in this game

I'm not going to post more games, but the most important thing is to show that PSG's defense is not good in certain games, of course if we look globally we will see that in 27 games they conceded 26 goals, and that's a good thing. but in the last few games they have conceded a lot of goals sometimes

2 - PSG will no longer have neymar this season, it is safe to say that PSG's attack is already weakened, so it is possible that even their opponents will be able to win the Ligue 1 this season

I can't call it anything but bad luck to not win after 2-0 up until 88 minutes. However, Strasbourg's performance in this match was really good.

Marseille were playing with 10 players from the 29th minute, but even so they managed to score 2 goals, but it is still shocking to concede a goal and in the next minute to concede another goal. it was very bad luck for them and the mistake of the guy who received the red card. It is very difficult for a team that is playing with fewer players to win a game, these are very difficult situations.

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

[skarais]

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

I agree that the poor defense and the aggressiveness of the players who are not good have made PSG fail from the Champions League this season.
But of course it will not negatively affect their chances in Ligue 1. PSG appear to dominate Ligue 1 with better quality players than many other teams, and a 10 point advantage over their rivals will take PSG closer to the title this season.

However, PSG must also focus on improving its defensive performance. As a big team that can always qualify for the Champions League, PSG must have a good stability of the team which will ultimately affect their chances. If PSG's squad depth is evenly distributed in all positions, then their chances of reaching the final are better.

[Z-tight]

PSG win the champions of the France Ligue 1 is not longer any news and neither will it be an excitement or a surprise to the fans. The fans are tired of the league 1 trophy they want something like the Champions League trophy and that is where the expectation of the fan and that of the footballers and also that of the management is but it is quite unfortunate that every efforts made by the management of PSG to win the champions league has proven futile. Let me see any effort by next season.

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

[Zlantann]

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

I totally agree with your comments because the focus of PSG is nothing but the UEFA Champions League. They have ten points lead over Marseille which means there is every possibilty that the club will win the French league. The club is now in disarray because Mbappe's future in the club is unclear. This youngstar wants to lift the Champions league and it is clear that his current team doesn't have the quality or capacity to compete for this prestigious competition. When he was asked about his future by some journalist, he unveiled to them that his focus now is the league and his future will be discussed at the end of the season.

I also don't know if Coach Christophe Galtier will still be in charge of the team next season considering the strict approach of management by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his Qatar Sports Investments. With the current quality players the club has it it's disposal, one might one to asked when will PSG win the Champions League?

[kro55]

PSG win the champions of the France Ligue 1 is not longer any news and neither will it be an excitement or a surprise to the fans. The fans are tired of the league 1 trophy they want something like the Champions League trophy and that is where the expectation of the fan and that of the footballers and also that of the management is but it is quite unfortunate that every efforts made by the management of PSG to win the champions league has proven futile. Let me see any effort by next season.

Now psg have to wait for next season again, i know they want to win the champions league, but the only trophy they have a chance of winning now is the Ligue 1 and there is nothing they can do about it, Bayern munich were better than them, that is why they were able to beat them 3-0 on aggregate. Now psg have to focus on the Ligue 1, they would have been in danger of not winning the Ligue 1 if the other top teams were consistent, but they were not, and now psg have a 10 point advantage and they must surely win the Ligue 1 now.

I personally think PSG's dream of winning the Champions League will not be fulfilled until they get an experienced coach like Zidane, Guardiola, or Ancelotti. PSG has a lot of money. They are capable of forming very strong squads. But it is not possible to win the Champions League title without an experienced coach. Because the PSG squad needs an experienced coach to control the star players.
If the performances of teams like Marseille, Monaco and Lens were consistent, it would have been difficult for PSG to win the Ligue 1 title. However, the performance of these teams is not stable. Therefore, the points gap between these teams will increase with PSG in the future.

[Leviathan.007]

These are some good points that you brought up. But this has been the case for quite a while and they have never really had a strong defense. That was also their problem against Bayern Munich, but conceding goals against them is still ok. As you described conceding goals against a team that is even one man down is a shame, but this season is pretty much finished for them anyway. No more Coup de France, no more Champions League either and I wonder how this team is supposed to motivate themselves for the coming weeks. If you are a guy like Mbappe and your season is pretty much over by the beginning of March, it can't get any worse than that.

I totally agree with your comments because the focus of PSG is nothing but the UEFA Champions League. They have ten points lead over Marseille which means there is every possibilty that the club will win the French league. The club is now in disarray because Mbappe's future in the club is unclear. This youngstar wants to lift the Champions league and it is clear that his current team doesn't have the quality or capacity to compete for this prestigious competition. When he was asked about his future by some journalist, he unveiled to them that his focus now is the league and his future will be discussed at the end of the season.

I also don't know if Coach Christophe Galtier will still be in charge of the team next season considering the strict approach of management by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his Qatar Sports Investments. With the current quality players the club has it it's disposal, one might one to asked when will PSG win the Champions League?

They have currently the best forwards in the world that's the reason to say we expected to see much more from them instead of just racing for the French league, I also heard some news that they want to use another coach for the next season because they had good players and they could get good results so maybe Galtier will not continue working on PSG in the next season, even Zidane linked to PSG and I think he has a good chance to be the next coach of PSG.

[KTChampions]

I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

Again they were knocked out in the Champions League too early but it does not wipe out their chance in Ligue 1. Weeks ago, other clubs have very close gaps with PSG but now it has become 10 point gap to a second club. That is impossible for those clubs to close those big gaps and beat PSG when the season is no longer long time left.

Problems with PSG defense is clear that makes them weak in Champions League but in Ligue 1, it does not mean a lot for them. Their attacking system can cover weakness of their defense and they are still a strongest club there. 10 point gap is a solid evidence of their domination in Ligue 1 even they have not too strong defense and spent their focus on Champions League in many weeks.

For the second year in a row, PSG are relegated to the 1/8 of the Champions League and 1/8 of the French Cup. Now they will fill the statistics (they have nothing else to do anyway). I remember how last year PSG seriously increased its performance in this segment and many wrote that "finally Mbappe, Neymar and Messi found mutual understanding on the field and next season PSG will perform hoo well"  And now a year has passed, and PSG is in a worse position than it was - the squad is aging and there are no prospects.

[Slow death]

PSG situation is very serious, despite them having a difference of 10 points in the table, they have serious problems such as:
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I agree with everything you have listed, but I don’t understand why this is important for PSG this season? They have already been knocked out in the cup and in the Champions League. Bookmakers estimate the chances of a Ligue 1 title as 1.01 (lol I wonder if someone will bet on such a negligible odds).
In fact, PSG should already be preparing for the next season, everything else is trifles.

there are still many games left to finish the league, and PSG don't have neymar and have problems in defense, even to win games against teams that on paper they would win without difficulty, in practice they were very close to losing, to think that they already winning the league is a serious mistake, even if the bookmakers put odds of @1.01 for PSG to win the league, this is not something guaranteed, I have seen many, many games where the favorite had odds of @1.10 and they lost , just yesterday I bet on a tennis match in which the favorite had odds of @1.22 and the guy lost, low odds are not a guarantee of victory

when will PSG win the Champions League?

PSG will be able to win the champions league when they manage to hire a good coach, PSG's problem is in the coach and the sporting director, to solve PSG's problem it is necessary to remove the current coach and the sporting director. the next step is to hire a good coach who has a lot of experience with the champions league, and this new coach should hire new players to improve the defense and midfield and two more good forwards, and change the formation to be playing with 3 forwards , that's why they need to have messi, mbappe and two new good strikers and sell neymar because he is constantly injured and has a high salary, it makes no sense to keep neymar in the team

I don't understand how PSG manages to make so many mistakes, the first big mistake was in choosing the coach and the second big mistake was not selling Neymar when he was injury-free and now PSG will be spending a lot of money on his salary and he's just sitting without producing results on the pitch, I hope PSG fixes this