French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Furious 7]

I think it's quite natural because now, especially with Ronaldo and Messi, who were always the center of the news at first, now that they are having a season in the Arab league and MLS, there won't be much news for them in the middle of their remaining contracts, so there's nothing other than European players who are on the way on the rise and in hanging contracts.
Mbappe's contract at PSG has one season remaining and with the ultimatum that PSG gave Mbappe some time ago about a contract extension or leaving at a high price it will also elicit mixed reactions and surely the media will use that to their advantage in the news stock.

Mbappé is obviously the next prodigy along with Erling Haaland for sure. So obviously whenever there is a chance their media houses are going to publish news about both of them. Sometimes they do not even check if it is true or not. Whenever there is a rumor there is the news about them. And mostly about Mbappé because he was supposed to move almost 2 seasons ago.

Of course, they are going to make these types of news because this news are going to get traction. There is nothing official about Mbappé moving out from PSG. But there are a lot of news being circulated around this very thing.

I really hope that Mbappé is not going to extend his contract.

Therefore, when looking at the condition of Mbappe, it is clear that the news will always be sought for him regardless of whether the news is true or not, the media does not really want to know that the most important thing is that they have news to report.
Talking about Mbappe's contract now, he is actually in an uncertain condition especially there is a condition where he refused an automatic contract extension for one year which of course this will create a lot of polemics and lead to the possibility of him leaving.

But if indeed he extends the contract back at PSG in the end this could be something very unfortunate because I still feel he will not develop rapidly if he continues to be in Ligue 1.

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[flyingcarpet]

I think it's quite natural because now, especially with Ronaldo and Messi, who were always the center of the news at first, now that they are having a season in the Arab league and MLS, there won't be much news for them in the middle of their remaining contracts, so there's nothing other than European players who are on the way on the rise and in hanging contracts.
Mbappe's contract at PSG has one season remaining and with the ultimatum that PSG gave Mbappe some time ago about a contract extension or leaving at a high price it will also elicit mixed reactions and surely the media will use that to their advantage in the news stock.

Mbappé is obviously the next prodigy along with Erling Haaland for sure. So obviously whenever there is a chance their media houses are going to publish news about both of them. Sometimes they do not even check if it is true or not. Whenever there is a rumor there is the news about them. And mostly about Mbappé because he was supposed to move almost 2 seasons ago.

Of course, they are going to make these types of news because this news are going to get traction. There is nothing official about Mbappé moving out from PSG. But there are a lot of news being circulated around this very thing.

I really hope that Mbappé is not going to extend his contract.

Therefore, when looking at the condition of Mbappe, it is clear that the news will always be sought for him regardless of whether the news is true or not, the media does not really want to know that the most important thing is that they have news to report.
Talking about Mbappe's contract now, he is actually in an uncertain condition especially there is a condition where he refused an automatic contract extension for one year which of course this will create a lot of polemics and lead to the possibility of him leaving.

But if indeed he extends the contract back at PSG in the end this could be something very unfortunate because I still feel he will not develop rapidly if he continues to be in Ligue 1.

There's a lot of money involved when it comes to news and advertising in football. Since there is not as much news about Messi and Ronaldo as before, the European media should report on the stars they have. Mbappe is one of the best of these stars.

True or false news will always attract attention. Because sports media now has a limited number of stars. These stars make news every day, even every hour. Mbappe's decision will be the biggest news.

[asriloni]

What the heck is this?

Patrick Vieira has been a free agent since he was dismissed by Crystal Palace in March this year. The iconic midfielder was sacked after failing to guide Palace to a single win after the World Cup, which left the Eagles in a precarious position. His appointment at Strasbourg is his latest foray into management, and he spoke of his happiness to be given the opportunity:

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/patrick-vieira-unveiled-as-strasbourgs-new-head-coach/

It sounds like if there was no other good coach to be signed by strasbourg. Chelsea has owned almost a half of shares from strasbourg but the club was signing a garbage coach for upcoming season which is a very bad decision from the management.
Strasbourg can appoint a better coach compared with him. There have been so many coaches will be also interesting to be signed by the club as long as they will get good offer from the club.
There will be no change for strasbourg under him. This club gonna have the same fate as crystal palace.

[len01]

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There's a lot of money involved when it comes to news and advertising in football. Since there is not as much news about Messi and Ronaldo as before, the European media should report on the stars they have. Mbappe is one of the best of these stars.

True or false news will always attract attention. Because sports media now has a limited number of stars. These stars make news every day, even every hour. Mbappe's decision will be the biggest news.

rumors will always be spread and will always be updated when a top player like Mbappe is nearing the end of his contract with PSG. this is a normal situation because Mbappe is a player who has very good performances and very strong performances so that he is always linked with any team that will buy him. even though we know that Mbappe's contract is still one year away but social media will always exacerbate it with uncertain rumours.
We will see Mbappe's decision when he enters 2024. It is clear that the certainty has been given by Mbappe and I am sure that PSG will not waste this situation.

[borovichok]

Marseille are entering a new period with Marcelino's arrival. We will see if he can improve Tudor's record which was to finish in the 3rd place.

In my opinion, the thing Marseille need the most now is a centre-forward transfer. Because Alexis Sanchez has been released. Milik has also been signed permanently by Juventus. Luis Suarez has also joined Almeria right after his loan spell ended. There is only Vitinha left as a centre-forward mainly. But interestingly the only rumour I see about Marseille is Wilfried Zaha. However the departures have happened new so in a short time they should be getting serious about a centre-forward transfer.

Marcelino Garcia Toral was named as the new head coach of Olympique Marseille, and club president Pablo Longoria was present as he delivered his maiden press conference. Phocéens has had ample opportunity of occurrences in a short period of time, but I believe they will be able to pull elements back together with the new Manager, who is concentrating on getting additional prospective players from the market and also making sure his competitive approach is recognized with his squad. Marseille interested in Wilfried Zaha? That deal would be a good deal but I'm just curious why Sead Kolašinac didn't extend his contract and become a free agent this summer, his next move is the Seria A side, Atalanta.

[zuzie]

then of course it's because Paris Saint-Germain don't want Kylian Mbappé to leave on a free transfer and also, this factor could heat up the situation if Kylian Mbappé insists on staying one more season.

If Mbappe does not want to extend the contract, it will send a message to the club that he wants to leave next year, and leaving next year means that he is leaving for free, psg can never let that to happen, they have spent so much on Mbappe to allow him leave for free, i believe they will force Mbappe to extend his contract, and if he refuses they will sell him. He is psg's biggest asset and it will be very foolish of the club to lose him and not get any money.

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

[Litzki1990]

then of course it's because Paris Saint-Germain don't want Kylian Mbappé to leave on a free transfer and also, this factor could heat up the situation if Kylian Mbappé insists on staying one more season.

If Mbappe does not want to extend the contract, it will send a message to the club that he wants to leave next year, and leaving next year means that he is leaving for free, psg can never let that to happen, they have spent so much on Mbappe to allow him leave for free, i believe they will force Mbappe to extend his contract, and if he refuses they will sell him. He is psg's biggest asset and it will be very foolish of the club to lose him and not get any money.

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

PSG will want to keep Mbappe at any cost. PSG will offer Mbappe the kind of facilities needed to keep him, as they did last season to keep Mbappe. Several players have already left this team, Lionel Messi is one of them. If Mbappe leaves the club at this moment, this club will be in a very bad situation, although Neymar is still in the club. Even though Neymar is at the club, his injury problems make the club worry every season. Now it is to be seen whether Mbappe will stay in this team if given some more opportunities like last season. If Mbappe stays at PSG, Mbappe and this team will do well under Luis Enrique.

[shogun47]

then of course it's because Paris Saint-Germain don't want Kylian Mbappé to leave on a free transfer and also, this factor could heat up the situation if Kylian Mbappé insists on staying one more season.

If Mbappe does not want to extend the contract, it will send a message to the club that he wants to leave next year, and leaving next year means that he is leaving for free, psg can never let that to happen, they have spent so much on Mbappe to allow him leave for free, i believe they will force Mbappe to extend his contract, and if he refuses they will sell him. He is psg's biggest asset and it will be very foolish of the club to lose him and not get any money.

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

PSG will want to keep Mbappe at any cost. PSG will offer Mbappe the kind of facilities needed to keep him, as they did last season to keep Mbappe. Several players have already left this team, Lionel Messi is one of them. If Mbappe leaves the club at this moment, this club will be in a very bad situation, although Neymar is still in the club. Even though Neymar is at the club, his injury problems make the club worry every season. Now it is to be seen whether Mbappe will stay in this team if given some more opportunities like last season. If Mbappe stays at PSG, Mbappe and this team will do well under Luis Enrique.

No if a club is willing to pay more than 250 million or even an amount that is closer to 300 million with bonuses, I think they will let him go. They are considering the whole picture now and realize that the effect Mbappe has is now decreasing for PSG. It is not decreasing for other clubs, but a semi motivated Mbappe won't get PSG very far and he costs money that could be spent otherwise. They do have enough money, but if an offer is made that is high enough I believe that they will agree to transfer Mbappe. There is also a lot of drama going on and a season full of drama isn't worth 300 million.

[shinratensei_]

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

There will be no offer. the decision gonna be on mbappe itself. PSG is not willing to lose a lot of money by let him go with free agent. The only best way to find a buyer for mbappe that can afford to pay 1/4 billion for him.
This is the most difficult task but PSG has no choice other than try to offer him for another club that has very big amounts of money.

Im thinking that if real madrid can't even afford such price. It may be different when it came to the english premier league like newcastle which has owned by PIF.
The problem if newcastle has no interest to sign mbappe at this moment. It's likely mbappe gonna stay and PSG will suffer huge lose caused by unable to sell him during the transfer season.

[Minor Miner]

then of course it's because Paris Saint-Germain don't want Kylian Mbappé to leave on a free transfer and also, this factor could heat up the situation if Kylian Mbappé insists on staying one more season.

If Mbappe does not want to extend the contract, it will send a message to the club that he wants to leave next year, and leaving next year means that he is leaving for free, psg can never let that to happen, they have spent so much on Mbappe to allow him leave for free, i believe they will force Mbappe to extend his contract, and if he refuses they will sell him. He is psg's biggest asset and it will be very foolish of the club to lose him and not get any money.

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

PSG are likely to hire Luis Enrique as coach. If Luis Enrique is the coach I think he will want full freedom to build his squad. And will want to build his squad from scratch. Mbappe's relationship with Neymar is not good. And so PSG management has to decide to sell one of these two players. PSG did not benefit much by keeping these two players together. I would say PSG should build a squad full of youth with the help of Luis Enrique. As a result, they will get stronger and more organized performances from the squad in the future.

[rendravolt]

What the heck is this?

Patrick Vieira has been a free agent since he was dismissed by Crystal Palace in March this year. The iconic midfielder was sacked after failing to guide Palace to a single win after the World Cup, which left the Eagles in a precarious position. His appointment at Strasbourg is his latest foray into management, and he spoke of his happiness to be given the opportunity:

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/patrick-vieira-unveiled-as-strasbourgs-new-head-coach/

It sounds like if there was no other good coach to be signed by strasbourg. Chelsea has owned almost a half of shares from strasbourg but the club was signing a garbage coach for upcoming season which is a very bad decision from the management.
Strasbourg can appoint a better coach compared with him. There have been so many coaches will be also interesting to be signed by the club as long as they will get good offer from the club.
There will be no change for strasbourg under him. This club gonna have the same fate as crystal palace.

I think the appointment of Patrick Vieira as the new coach of Strasbourg seems insignificant and indeed Strasbourg themselves are definitely quite happy as long as they can play in Ligue 1 without thinking about any targets for next season. Strasbourg is one of the weakest teams in ligue 1 and even if they can finish above the relegation zone they will all be very grateful.

It is clear that there will be no significant changes if the club's coach is Patrick Vieira and that has been proven since being sacked from Crystal Palace last season. So yes, I'm not surprised that Strasbourg will still be an ordinary team in this competition later.

[onecall123]

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

There will be no offer. the decision gonna be on mbappe itself. PSG is not willing to lose a lot of money by let him go with free agent. The only best way to find a buyer for mbappe that can afford to pay 1/4 billion for him.
This is the most difficult task but PSG has no choice other than try to offer him for another club that has very big amounts of money.

Im thinking that if real madrid can't even afford such price. It may be different when it came to the english premier league like newcastle which has owned by PIF.
The problem if newcastle has no interest to sign mbappe at this moment. It's likely mbappe gonna stay and PSG will suffer huge lose caused by unable to sell him during the transfer season.

Newcastle turn out a surprise team this season considering the squad they have. It's interesting to see how they're performing without big-name names. I'm hopeful that Newcastle will be able to achieve top-notch talents like Mbappe in their squad. In the EPL, every club is looking for him, but Newcastle might have an advantage in this race. I believe Newcastle would like to invest 300 million or more to confirm a player of Mbappe's. While Newcastle already have good depth players, they would benefit from adding two or more world-class players like Mbappe to their lineup. However, Mbappe himself has expressed a strong desire to play for Real Madrid. It remains to be seen whether he will reject all other possibilities and maintain his same focus on joining Madrid.

[CLS63]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1676184644293632003

PSG have started to be really active in the transfer market. Luis Enrique is about to be announced as the new manager of the team firstly. In addition to that they have signed 6 players and all of them will be official soon. They have made additions to multiple areas of the squad already. People might not have much knowledge about Ndour. I also know him from Football Manager and he has a really good potential for now. 

After these signings I assume a centre-forward transfer will be up next. It had better be because they will need to complete the attacking trio again. Mbappe is already a centre-forward of course but he can play on Messi's wing as well without problem. Having a solid striker in the middle would be really good right beside Mbappe and Neymar.

[ampere]

What the heck is this?

Patrick Vieira has been a free agent since he was dismissed by Crystal Palace in March this year. The iconic midfielder was sacked after failing to guide Palace to a single win after the World Cup, which left the Eagles in a precarious position. His appointment at Strasbourg is his latest foray into management, and he spoke of his happiness to be given the opportunity:

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/patrick-vieira-unveiled-as-strasbourgs-new-head-coach/

It sounds like if there was no other good coach to be signed by strasbourg. Chelsea has owned almost a half of shares from strasbourg but the club was signing a garbage coach for upcoming season which is a very bad decision from the management.
Strasbourg can appoint a better coach compared with him. There have been so many coaches will be also interesting to be signed by the club as long as they will get good offer from the club.
There will be no change for strasbourg under him. This club gonna have the same fate as crystal palace.

I think Patrick Vieira can do a good job at Strasbourg in the French League; theres a believe that if the Premier League is too good for your skills; then the French League can be a good one for you, vice versa too. Did Patrick Vieira do a good job at Crystal Palace? YES; Did he make the good performance consistent? NO. I think with the experience from EPL, Patrick Vieira can take Strasbourg to a better level.

[hahay]

I wonder what options Paris Saint Germain will offer this time to keep Mbappe agreed to a contract extension. I can't imagine how PSG will be without Mbappe, let alone one of their stars Lionel Messi officially leaving the club this season and that will make the Paris Saint Germain team even more worried.

There will be no offer. the decision gonna be on mbappe itself. PSG is not willing to lose a lot of money by let him go with free agent. The only best way to find a buyer for mbappe that can afford to pay 1/4 billion for him.
This is the most difficult task but PSG has no choice other than try to offer him for another club that has very big amounts of money.

Im thinking that if real madrid can't even afford such price. It may be different when it came to the english premier league like newcastle which has owned by PIF.
The problem if newcastle has no interest to sign mbappe at this moment. It's likely mbappe gonna stay and PSG will suffer huge lose caused by unable to sell him during the transfer season.

Newcastle turn out a surprise team this season considering the squad they have. It's interesting to see how they're performing without big-name names. I'm hopeful that Newcastle will be able to achieve top-notch talents like Mbappe in their squad. In the EPL, every club is looking for him, but Newcastle might have an advantage in this race. I believe Newcastle would like to invest 300 million or more to confirm a player of Mbappe's. While Newcastle already have good depth players, they would benefit from adding two or more world-class players like Mbappe to their lineup. However, Mbappe himself has expressed a strong desire to play for Real Madrid. It remains to be seen whether he will reject all other possibilities and maintain his same focus on joining Madrid.

Of course, there are still other big clubs that can pay expensive Mbappe but unfortunately, because it seems like Mbappe also chooses a club that can dominate the league well, and with a great chance to get trophies then his choice will remain Real Madrid and not Newcastle. Although indeed, Newcastle in the next season will also play in the Champion League, but it seems that Newcastle still needs more time to be able to have better dominance. Also, besides Newcastle in fact, previously there have also been rumors about Liverpool's interest in recruiting Mbappe, but because next season Liverpool only play in the Europa League and so, it seems that this factor makes me not sure for Liverpool to be able to recruit Mbappe in this transfer window.

[rahmad2nd]

PSG are likely to hire Luis Enrique as coach. If Luis Enrique is the coach I think he will want full freedom to build his squad. And will want to build his squad from scratch. Mbappe's relationship with Neymar is not good. And so PSG management has to decide to sell one of these two players. PSG did not benefit much by keeping these two players together. I would say PSG should build a squad full of youth with the help of Luis Enrique. As a result, they will get stronger and more organized performances from the squad in the future.

After the negotiations between PSG and Nagelsmann failed, only Luis Enrique was predicted to become the new PSG coach. now, PSG has officially not been coached by Galtier. so, most likely if Enrique will replace his position. Regarding Mbappe, I think the club has to decide wisely. if Mbappe doesn't want to extend his contract, there is no choice but to let him go in this summer's transfer window.
but the problem is, not many clubs are willing to sign Mbappe. besides the high price, Mbappe's salary is very high. ideally, PSG could negotiate with Real Madrid. because, Madrid is the only club that Mbappe wants. plus, Madrid was able to bring in Mbappe and at the same time pay his salary. it's just that, it looks like there will be tough negotiations regarding the ideal price for these two giant clubs. well, let's see how this drama will continue.

Speaking of Enrique, I think he could be an ideal coach and bring PSG even better. it's just that, I doubt if Enrique can bring PSG to win the Champions League trophy in his first season. ideally, as you say. Enrique was given complete freedom to build his squad. I would even prefer if PSG were filled with new people, including releasing Mbappe and even Neymar. instead, Enrique can build his new squad with an even depth of players.

[bering]

Marseille are entering a new period with Marcelino's arrival. We will see if he can improve Tudor's record which was to finish in the 3rd place.

In my opinion, the thing Marseille need the most now is a centre-forward transfer. Because Alexis Sanchez has been released. Milik has also been signed permanently by Juventus. Luis Suarez has also joined Almeria right after his loan spell ended. There is only Vitinha left as a centre-forward mainly. But interestingly the only rumour I see about Marseille is Wilfried Zaha. However the departures have happened new so in a short time they should be getting serious about a centre-forward transfer.

Marseille has lost to compete with Lazio to gets Wilfried Zaha because recently this player has personal agreement with Lazio and soon he will moved to that team indeed Marseille losing so many players this season besides front lines they also aiming full back player this because after Nuno Tavares returned to Arsenal then Marseille want at least 1 player for full back position and for the replacememt of Nuno Tavares currently they were linked to Porto player Zaidu Sanusi

Marseille new players mostly as a midfielder such as Amine Harit or Geoffrey Kondogbia and indeed Marseille have to find a new striker immediately because on the squad they only have Francois Regis Mughe and Vitinha but last time i heard Marseille want Folarin Balogun from Arsenal and this could be a good purchase because Balogun has performing well when he was loaned to Reims last season and the records 21 goals from 37 matches has proven he is potential player for Marseille moreover Arsenal too will thinking to sell him

[KTChampions]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1676184644293632003

PSG have started to be really active in the transfer market. Luis Enrique is about to be announced as the new manager of the team firstly. In addition to that they have signed 6 players and all of them will be official soon. They have made additions to multiple areas of the squad already. People might not have much knowledge about Ndour. I also know him from Football Manager and he has a really good potential for now. 

After these signings I assume a centre-forward transfer will be up next. It had better be because they will need to complete the attacking trio again. Mbappe is already a centre-forward of course but he can play on Messi's wing as well without problem. Having a solid striker in the middle would be really good right beside Mbappe and Neymar.

Insiders (Francois Gallardo) write that Real Madrid has already bought Mbappe for 280 million euros (a new absolute record), so the activation of PSG is understandable - they are completely rebuilding the team. And yes, now they will need to sign at least one top level striker. I wonder who it could be, since in this transfer window a lot of clubs are trying to get themselves a top striker and doing it for less than 100 million is probably unrealistic.

[Jody.Drummer]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1676184644293632003

PSG have started to be really active in the transfer market. Luis Enrique is about to be announced as the new manager of the team firstly. In addition to that they have signed 6 players and all of them will be official soon. They have made additions to multiple areas of the squad already. People might not have much knowledge about Ndour. I also know him from Football Manager and he has a really good potential for now. 

After these signings I assume a centre-forward transfer will be up next. It had better be because they will need to complete the attacking trio again. Mbappe is already a centre-forward of course but he can play on Messi's wing as well without problem. Having a solid striker in the middle would be really good right beside Mbappe and Neymar.

I hope this won't be a random transfer after the departure of many of their star players, especially in the coaching position. Their previous coach was considered unable to understand the team as a whole and that made them not optimal because the chemistry created between the players was not very visible. There was speculation that Zindane might become their coach, but that rumor died down. Now that Luis Enrique will be in charge of their squad for the upcoming season, I hope he can bring about changes that will allow them to compete even harder, I'm not talking about Ligue 1 but the Champions League.

[Oneandpure]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1676184644293632003

PSG have started to be really active in the transfer market. Luis Enrique is about to be announced as the new manager of the team firstly. In addition to that they have signed 6 players and all of them will be official soon. They have made additions to multiple areas of the squad already. People might not have much knowledge about Ndour. I also know him from Football Manager and he has a really good potential for now.  

After these signings I assume a centre-forward transfer will be up next. It had better be because they will need to complete the attacking trio again. Mbappe is already a centre-forward of course but he can play on Messi's wing as well without problem. Having a solid striker in the middle would be really good right beside Mbappe and Neymar.

PSG spent almost 130 million euro for signing three players and left with three players as free agent, since Luis Henrique officially become PSG manager actually still many new recruitment later. PSG have sign three center defender position from Lucas Hernández, Manuel Ugarte and Milan Škriniar who have impressive performance last season.

PSG target right now how to build with forward position, they have loss Lionel Messi and Marco Asensio can filled on right forward position but still need some player to recovery with Assensio position. Luis Henrique still not confirm yet about new target exactly with center forward position and waiting which players has bigger chance for signing.