French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Dump3er]

But are any of those several reasons known? I heard that he declined an offer from the Premier League because he said he can't speak English, but I never believed that explanation although I admit that I tried to find videos where he gives interviews in English and there aren't a lot of videos to be found.

But now with PSG the situation should be different, but he still doesn't want to do it. If he gave the reasons for his decision I would like to know them if anyone has some info.

I think that's the last fact that wants to dismiss that he really isn't too interested in joining the Premier League so that reason is quite reasonable. I don't think there is anything very difficult to adapt especially in the language and it's a small matter that they can learn. Apart from that I think Zidane is only interested in coaching the national team and that is most likely what he is really looking forward to. For now, Luis Enrique has officially become PSG coach next season. I think he has pretty good characteristics in his coaching career.

At the same time i think psg shows a coach who has great experience in dealing with star players. So there is a big possibility that Neymar will shine even more next year after psg appointed Luis Enrique as their new coach. One of the big targets yet to be achieved is the Trophy UCL and that is quite heavy a job and I hope PSG can achieve it in the hands of Luis Enrique.

The reason could be that he knows he can't do any better than he already did in Madrid. When he won three Champions League titles in a row with the same team, what is he even going to do next when he wants a real challenge? A challenge in a different league or country, but also a challenge against what he has achieved himself. There is nothing more to come. He might have felt that he could only do worse than he did in Madrid. Maybe that kept him from doing it.

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[snipie]

Bernardo Silva to PSG was a thing according to news sources in late June. But currently I'm not hearing about any update on this possible transfer. PSG will need to be prepared to sacrifice quite a high sum of transfer fee to sign him as it seems. Because his market value is already 80 million euros. As he still has 2 more years on his contract Manchester City would be comfortable about asking for a quite high price for him. He is one of the important players of the attacking line for the Manchester club now.

However Bernardo Silva would be like one of the best options to fill Messi's place in a wonderful way. 

Bernardo Silva won everything with Manchester City so he is trying to play elsewhere and compete in other challenges with a new team and league.
As far from what I read and heard, the player will not extend his contract with Manchester City which will accept to let him go if he refuse to continue playing with them. Once this done, PSG will move and will buy him from City with €80m reportedly. There is Barcelona that seemed interested at a point but apparently they abandoned the race.

[Docnaster]

Luis Enrique for me is the best coach that PSG has so far without removing anything to the previous ones.He has already brought a critical player like Asensio which is an asset in every midfield,an advanced midfielder but nevertheless a great guy to have on the team.It is clear that the president of PSG wants to keep Mbappe for many years but also Mbappe for me should find a team where he can win the Champions League,I know with these moves PSG is aiming to go far in Champions League however other teams have more attacking power.What is good is that Enrique has a vision which he has less than 2 months to implement and start working with this way of play,it would be nice see how PSG will improve further.

Luis Enrique is a great coach, he coached a great Barçelona, he also coached the Spanish team. I also believe Luis Enrique is the coach who will restore Neymar's confidence. Neymar will train thoroughly, so that will become the world's top 3 player again behind Mbappe and Halland, this season will be a great comeback for Neymar.

Asensio came to PSG Of course to become an undisputed starter because he cannot replace Rodrygo's position at Real Madrid, if he is on the bench continuously his game development will not progress. Now the right choice is PSG, of course under Luis Enrique Asensio he will become an even better player. I believe Asensio's arrival at PSG is a plus for winning the Champions League next season. About Mbappe I think he will leave PSG this year.

I don't think there's anyone doubting the rich tactical experience of Luis Enrique; a man who the treble with Barcelona in the 2014/15 season. He'll definitely make a good manager to Paris Saint Germaine but I think a better there's better option and that's because Zinedine Zidane is out without a club.
 PSG wants to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy but lacks the personalities to achieve that feat.

[AndySt]

Wether Luis Enrique would want to work with Kylian Mbappe at Paris Saint Germaine or not the fact is that Paris Saint Germaine has openly made it clear that they will sell Mbappe this summer to the highest bidder and that decision is because of the alleged secret agreement the player has with real Madrid. Luis Enrique has a strong squad to make his selections from so the earlier he comes to terms that Mbappe isn't one of the options the better for him

By the way, yes. I think Luis Enrique has been invited for a longer period than the previous coaches and the owners of the club will try to show much more patience this time, as far as their hot oriental nature allows With all the handouts, Mbappe will not stay for more than a season, because in my humble opinion, the player followed the path of Cristiano Ronaldo, who burned all bridges with MU after his resonant interview. Of course, Mbappe's interview is not so acute, but still. At least there is no Mbappe on the poster released for the exhibition match with Al Nasr, and ironically Neymar is in the center, from whom the club has tried to get rid of in recent years. For the new Paris Saint Germain under construction, on the contrary, it will even be worse if Mbappe stays, it's better to start building a new team without Mbappe.

[Leviathan.007]

Luis Enrique for me is the best coach that PSG has so far without removing anything to the previous ones.He has already brought a critical player like Asensio which is an asset in every midfield,an advanced midfielder but nevertheless a great guy to have on the team.It is clear that the president of PSG wants to keep Mbappe for many years but also Mbappe for me should find a team where he can win the Champions League,I know with these moves PSG is aiming to go far in Champions League however other teams have more attacking power.What is good is that Enrique has a vision which he has less than 2 months to implement and start working with this way of play,it would be nice see how PSG will improve further.

Luis Enrique is a great coach, he coached a great Barçelona, he also coached the Spanish team. I also believe Luis Enrique is the coach who will restore Neymar's confidence. Neymar will train thoroughly, so that will become the world's top 3 player again behind Mbappe and Halland, this season will be a great comeback for Neymar.

Asensio came to PSG Of course to become an undisputed starter because he cannot replace Rodrygo's position at Real Madrid, if he is on the bench continuously his game development will not progress. Now the right choice is PSG, of course under Luis Enrique Asensio he will become an even better player. I believe Asensio's arrival at PSG is a plus for winning the Champions League next season. About Mbappe I think he will leave PSG this year.

I don't think there's anyone doubting the rich tactical experience of Luis Enrique; a man who the treble with Barcelona in the 2014/15 season. He'll definitely make a good manager to Paris Saint Germaine but I think a better there's better option and that's because Zinedine Zidane is out without a club.
 PSG wants to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy but lacks the personalities to achieve that feat.

Comparing Zidane and Enrique is not right because Enrique worked on some other teams than Barcelona and he was even working in Spain for some time while he also had good performance in all the teams. While Zidane just got the experience of working in Real Madrid however he also had a good performance there.
Regarding the next season, we can't make sure about Luis Enrique yet because we never saw his performance in PSG before predicting the next season before watching some games from PSG is not right.  

[poodle63]

Bernardo Silva to PSG was a thing according to news sources in late June. But currently I'm not hearing about any update on this possible transfer. PSG will need to be prepared to sacrifice quite a high sum of transfer fee to sign him as it seems. Because his market value is already 80 million euros. As he still has 2 more years on his contract Manchester City would be comfortable about asking for a quite high price for him. He is one of the important players of the attacking line for the Manchester club now.

However Bernardo Silva would be like one of the best options to fill Messi's place in a wonderful way. 

It's hard for him to accept an offer from PSG. The problem is saudi clubs gives him bigger offer compared with what offered by PSG. It's likely bernardo silva will be moving to the saudi club instead of PSG. The salary gonna be the main reason why he was picking  saudi club instead of PSG. I don't even think bernardo will become a part from the PSG. It's not likely to happen soon.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Bernardo Silva to PSG was a thing according to news sources in late June. But currently I'm not hearing about any update on this possible transfer. PSG will need to be prepared to sacrifice quite a high sum of transfer fee to sign him as it seems. Because his market value is already 80 million euros. As he still has 2 more years on his contract Manchester City would be comfortable about asking for a quite high price for him. He is one of the important players of the attacking line for the Manchester club now.

However Bernardo Silva would be like one of the best options to fill Messi's place in a wonderful way. 

I think Bernardo Silva would be a good transfer for PSG as he has the quality to do some of the work that Messi did. He is brilliant with the ball and he is also quite good without the ball. I don't have the stats here but I guess Silva is also more active on the field, which is not that difficult compared to Messi who isn't known for being the most active runner on the field.
But is price will be high as he is in his late 20s and that is often the time when those midfielders are peaking in their performance and Silva has been playing well for a while now. I like him because he is not only about outstanding technique, but loads of hard-work trying to support the team wherever he can. However, he would also be a waste when he goes to PSG as he would suit a top team from the Premier League or Spain even better.

Well, something like to cover Messi's step or huge hole, I doubt it too much, it's something that I don't see as viable, Messi's hole I think it still can't be filled, unless it's by 2 or 3 players Very good, because Messi plays for two or three players when he has the ball, because he takes up to 5 players at a time, so things cannot be seen like that, I say it from the point of view of a player's quality, it's not Something bad, but wow, you can't replace one Messi with another, maybe because of the position, but because of the quality I think they have to hire more than two players so that they can cover what Messi does on the pitch.

[borovichok]

Comparing Zidane and Enrique is not right because Enrique worked on some other teams than Barcelona and he was even working in Spain for some time while he also had good performance in all the teams. While Zidane just got the experience of working in Real Madrid however he also had a good performance there.
Regarding the next season, we can't make sure about Luis Enrique yet because we never saw his performance in PSG before predicting the next season before watching some games from PSG is not right.  

Comparing Zinedine Zidane to Luis Enrique is not feasible because they are on very different paths. Luis Enrique has managed other clubs and set records, and he is currently the head coach at PSG; we await the stellar performance he will bring to his new club, while Zinedine Zidane has only explored Real Madrid, setting an incredible record in history by winning the UEFA Champions League three consecutive times in a row. However, he's yet to accept a new contract; clubs continue to approach him with offers, which he rejects; after stepping down as head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu, I believe he does not want to tarnish his previous reputation.

[tusandii]

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When you are not building a team around your stars, you are going to lose them, it's that simple. I know that it's not going to be easy to hear this and I know that there are a lot of people who will hate me for saying this but PSG management sucks and they have no idea how to run a football club. I do not mean manager, or staff, or players, I mean the executives, the ones who decide who the manager will be, those suits have no idea how to run a club and that's the problem right now.

I believe that we need to make sure that PSG is aware of this, and ownership is aware of this and that's what the PSG fans should be chanting about every game, fire them, get some proper football ones, and I bet that with the same amount of money, they could build a UCL winner team.

I myself still don't agree with such a statement, but if we look at it logically and based on what happened, then all of that has a point.
Whether the mistakes at the PSG club were caused by the executives we cannot say for sure, but in recent years PSG has indeed suffered a setback and is far behind other clubs from Europe.
Regarding financial problems PSG has very good finances plus the owner is a very successful billionaire so that all the club's needs can be easily met but in reality there is no significant development that can be shown by PSG.

[execijutiere]

PSG signed Kang-in Lee from Mallorca.I was surprised that PSG, who paid a 22 million euro transfer fee, made such a young transfer for the number 10.They usually buy star players and don't pay much attention to young and talented players lately.
Thiago mendes was transferred from lyon to Al-Rayyan.31 years old frontman was transferred for 4.21 million euros.
PSG managed to sign Manuel ugarte from Sporting for a fee of 60 million euros, as well as Asensio and Skriniar, PSG also managed to add experienced players for free.

There are two main reasons for that. Enrique presumably knows the players from La Liga quite well.

But Kang-in Lee almost quadrupled his market value over the last season for very good reasons and that didn't go unnoticed. But it is not surprising that we will probably see more players from La Liga or also more Spanish players in general to go to PSG as long as Enrique is going to be the coach there.

But it is unexpected because Khelaifi put a lot of emphasis on the players' names and achievements in the past. He hardly bought any player who didn't have a collection of titles to his name already. It still remains to be seen, but it is possible that they fundamentally chance their approach to building the new squad for the next season.

It's better to have a manager who knows the players and knows what they can do.
PSG will sign Kang-in Lee and many others and they will do it according to the wishes of the manager.Presidents make the transfers to the team, but they do it according to the players and positions that the manager wants.If a name is given by the manager, the manager wants to buy him directly or he gives a position and says take whoever you can get.
There are a lot of young and talented players in La Liga.PSG maybe because they buy older and more experienced players, after a while the team doesn't achieve enough success.These players are not old enough for a long adventure and after a certain number of weeks they start to get tired.This affects the team badly and we can see in the matches that there is a decline.

Are you sure you exactly know how it works in soccer clubs when it comes to buying new players? This largely depends on the manager, who he is and what he has achieved as a coach. When Tuchel was the coach at PSG, he had huge problems all the time with Leonardo and why was that? Because Tuchel wanted certain players and Leonardo didn't fulfill his wishes, but as the director of sports he had his own idea and bought other players or no players instead. This might be different in Manchester City because Guardiola is a big personality in this business and his word has some weight while that isn't the same for coaches who have not achieved that much. Usually it is the director of sports who decides about the players that are bought or sold.

If you bring the technical director to the team and there is no sporting director at the head of that team, you should make transfers in line with the wishes of the technical director if you want to achieve success.The sporting director and the technical director should take a joint decision so that the team is in harmony and watch a beautiful football throughout the season.When you bring players who cannot get along, the name does not matter much. In the end, this is a team game and it should be said that it is no longer based on a name as it used to be.It is the most correct thing for both directors to take a joint decision when making transfers.I think it will be something like impossible to have success in the team when both of them are at odds with each other.If everyone makes a transfer in line with their own wishes, there will be no harmony in the team.

[Litzki1990]

Comparing Zidane and Enrique is not right because Enrique worked on some other teams than Barcelona and he was even working in Spain for some time while he also had good performance in all the teams. While Zidane just got the experience of working in Real Madrid however he also had a good performance there.
Regarding the next season, we can't make sure about Luis Enrique yet because we never saw his performance in PSG before predicting the next season before watching some games from PSG is not right.  

Comparing Zinedine Zidane to Luis Enrique is not feasible because they are on very different paths. Luis Enrique has managed other clubs and set records, and he is currently the head coach at PSG; we await the stellar performance he will bring to his new club, while Zinedine Zidane has only explored Real Madrid, setting an incredible record in history by winning the UEFA Champions League three consecutive times in a row. However, he's yet to accept a new contract; clubs continue to approach him with offers, which he rejects; after stepping down as head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu, I believe he does not want to tarnish his previous reputation.

Zinedine Zidane is really a different kind of manager because Zinedine Zidane received offers from many clubs in Europe to be the manager but he turned down all the offers because he hoped to coach the French national team only European clubs offered him to be the manager not the Brazilian national team. He was offered to become manager but turned down the offer despite not being in charge of a club yet. 
Carlo Ancelotti's contract with Real Madrid expires in mid-2024 and he will directly take charge of the Brazil national team when his contract with Real Madrid expires, then Real Madrid may once again hire Zinedine Zidane as their team manager.

[Pulsar77]

PSG have made quite many signings for multiple areas in the squad. However I won't be expecting them to stop right there this summer. Luis Enrique is the new coach so he would like to build a team just as he would like. There is still uncertainty about Mbappe to stay or leave on one hand. But for now Enrique would build the team around him anyway I think. I don't feel like this was it for strengthening the attacking line. I especially mean the attacking trio. Asensio is the only transfer to the area for now.

But I don't expect Asensio to fill Messi's place truthfully. PSG are still aiming to sign a striker so Luis Enrique must be thinking of using Mbappe on one of the wings. It doesn't matter though because Mbappe is taking much bigger responsibilities than a simple striker already.

[Fiatless]

Comparing Zinedine Zidane to Luis Enrique is not feasible because they are on very different paths. Luis Enrique has managed other clubs and set records, and he is currently the head coach at PSG; we await the stellar performance he will bring to his new club, while Zinedine Zidane has only explored Real Madrid, setting an incredible record in history by winning the UEFA Champions League three consecutive times in a row. However, he's yet to accept a new contract; clubs continue to approach him with offers, which he rejects; after stepping down as head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu, I believe he does not want to tarnish his previous reputation.

Luis Enrique is one of the most successful coaches in Europe. He has won La Liga, UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the UEFA champions league. He is more experienced because he has coached for longer periods and moved to different clubs. Zinedine Zidane on the order hand is also a quality coach that has won many trophies within a short coaching career. He has won 3 Champions Leagues titles, 2 Club World Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 2 Spanish Leagues, and 2 Spanish Super Cups in 209 matches.
https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2020/07/17/zidane-has-won-11-titles-as-real-madrid-coach

Zidane is not always in a haste to take up a new coaching job. It seems he is more concerned about landing the French national team coaching job. This is because he has been linked to different quality clubs in Europe, yet he keeps turning them down. It was reported that Didier Deschamps will resigned after the World Cup in Qatar but it was surprising that he extended his contract to 2026. Maybe Zidane has decided to wait till Deschamps' contract expires.

[shogun47]

If you bring the technical director to the team and there is no sporting director at the head of that team, you should make transfers in line with the wishes of the technical director if you want to achieve success.The sporting director and the technical director should take a joint decision so that the team is in harmony and watch a beautiful football throughout the season.When you bring players who cannot get along, the name does not matter much. In the end, this is a team game and it should be said that it is no longer based on a name as it used to be.It is the most correct thing for both directors to take a joint decision when making transfers.I think it will be something like impossible to have success in the team when both of them are at odds with each other.If everyone makes a transfer in line with their own wishes, there will be no harmony in the team.

We fully agree on that and I am not sure whether you mean sporting director as the coach or a separate position in the club? I think it depends because some clubs have a coach, a technical director and a sporting director (or director of sports, whatever). It is often said that many coaches do not have much influence on which players are bought or sold and allegedly the directors have a philosophy and the coach should follow that, but I don't like that approach. Coaches like Guardiola or Klopp would not accept if decisions are made without them and I think that is right because those coaches have an idea and the knowledge to decide what is missing in their team.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG have made quite many signings for multiple areas in the squad. However I won't be expecting them to stop right there this summer. Luis Enrique is the new coach so he would like to build a team just as he would like. There is still uncertainty about Mbappe to stay or leave on one hand. But for now Enrique would build the team around him anyway I think. I don't feel like this was it for strengthening the attacking line. I especially mean the attacking trio. Asensio is the only transfer to the area for now.

But I don't expect Asensio to fill Messi's place truthfully. PSG are still aiming to sign a striker so Luis Enrique must be thinking of using Mbappe on one of the wings. It doesn't matter though because Mbappe is taking much bigger responsibilities than a simple striker already.

After losing all these players in PSG I'm wondering how Luis Enrique is going to hire players to fill these empty sports for example they need to hire a player to fill Messi's place and on the other hand there is the chance for Mbappe to leave PSG, if this happens Enrique will have problems because they have to find forward and finding a forward at this level to help PSG is not easy at all.
 

[zuzie]

PSG have made quite many signings for multiple areas in the squad. However I won't be expecting them to stop right there this summer. Luis Enrique is the new coach so he would like to build a team just as he would like. There is still uncertainty about Mbappe to stay or leave on one hand. But for now Enrique would build the team around him anyway I think. I don't feel like this was it for strengthening the attacking line. I especially mean the attacking trio. Asensio is the only transfer to the area for now.

But I don't expect Asensio to fill Messi's place truthfully. PSG are still aiming to sign a striker so Luis Enrique must be thinking of using Mbappe on one of the wings. It doesn't matter though because Mbappe is taking much bigger responsibilities than a simple striker already.

After losing all these players in PSG I'm wondering how Luis Enrique is going to hire players to fill these empty sports for example they need to hire a player to fill Messi's place and on the other hand there is the chance for Mbappe to leave PSG, if this happens Enrique will have problems because they have to find forward and finding a forward at this level to help PSG is not easy at all.
 

Luis Enrique is experience in overcome such a situation, and there is the name Marco Asensio, and Hugo Ekitike who recently join Paris Saint Germain, one of the two names will certainly fill the position left by Lionel Messi. And for Kylian Mbappe, there is still one more season left to find new talent while Mbappe's news has not been confirm by each party, so I assume he will stay one more season.

[asriloni]

After losing all these players in PSG I'm wondering how Luis Enrique is going to hire players to fill these empty sports for example they need to hire a player to fill Messi's place and on the other hand there is the chance for Mbappe to leave PSG, if this happens Enrique will have problems because they have to find forward and finding a forward at this level to help PSG is not easy at all.
 

Don't worry. The transfer season has not yet ended. There is still a lot of time remaining at this moment for enrique to sign the new player. I remind you that if PSG has signed lee kang in as a replacement for messi. He is also the youngest player in the club too.
PSG just need to prepare back up to replace mbappe once he will be moving out to another club. Mbappe's problem is really compliacted at this moment and it needs a lot of effort to complete it.

Eniruque is still having a chance to sign some players before the transfer season gonna end. Unfortunately, the influx of Saudi Pro League clubs in PSG's transfers means an increase in competition to get new players.
PSG can't resist from it caused by saudi club has been offering very big offer. Bernado silva has been getting huge offer from saudi club and it's far higher compared with what already made by PSG.
Enrique needs to find alternative for him as soon as possible before it's too late.

[rendravolt]

PSG have made quite many signings for multiple areas in the squad. However I won't be expecting them to stop right there this summer. Luis Enrique is the new coach so he would like to build a team just as he would like. There is still uncertainty about Mbappe to stay or leave on one hand. But for now Enrique would build the team around him anyway I think. I don't feel like this was it for strengthening the attacking line. I especially mean the attacking trio. Asensio is the only transfer to the area for now.

But I don't expect Asensio to fill Messi's place truthfully. PSG are still aiming to sign a striker so Luis Enrique must be thinking of using Mbappe on one of the wings. It doesn't matter though because Mbappe is taking much bigger responsibilities than a simple striker already.

After losing all these players in PSG I'm wondering how Luis Enrique is going to hire players to fill these empty sports for example they need to hire a player to fill Messi's place and on the other hand there is the chance for Mbappe to leave PSG, if this happens Enrique will have problems because they have to find forward and finding a forward at this level to help PSG is not easy at all.
 

I think for Messi's replacement now PSG has got him, namely Marco Asensio, who was brought in from Real Madrid because he can play the role of AMF or RWF. However, there is currently no talk of a replacement for Mbappe and it is possible that Mbappe will leave PSG this summer if his internal problems with the club owner have not been resolved. Actually, there is already a replacement for Mbappe, namely Mauro Icardi, who has just returned from a Galatasaray loan period, but after rumors that he would reach a permanent agreement with Galatasaray, Mauro Icardi did not return to PSG and he will become a permanent Galatasaray player starting next season.

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with PSG releasing Mauro Icardi, especially since he is already 30 years old, so PSG is not too worried about this and prefers to look for young players to rebuild the PSG squad. Despite all that, I'm hearing rumors that PSG are interested in signing Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus and that he could be a worthy replacement for Mbappe in the future.

[superman184]

After losing all these players in PSG I'm wondering how Luis Enrique is going to hire players to fill these empty sports for example they need to hire a player to fill Messi's place and on the other hand there is the chance for Mbappe to leave PSG, if this happens Enrique will have problems because they have to find forward and finding a forward at this level to help PSG is not easy at all.

Everyone will both see how Luis Enrique recruits new players in order to be able to fill in the empty spots or those left by old players who have moved to other leagues like Messi did. What is clear is that PSG will get a replacement player for the vacant place and PSG also still has old strikers like Neymar and Mbappe himself who also has the possibility of staying at PSG if he doesn't move to another team. But it's true that finding replacements who are as smart as Messi and Mbappe is very difficult for PSG, because each player has a very different character and way of playing.

[tygeade]

I myself still don't agree with such a statement, but if we look at it logically and based on what happened, then all of that has a point.
Whether the mistakes at the PSG club were caused by the executives we cannot say for sure, but in recent years PSG has indeed suffered a setback and is far behind other clubs from Europe.
Regarding financial problems PSG has very good finances plus the owner is a very successful billionaire so that all the club's needs can be easily met but in reality there is no significant development that can be shown by PSG.

That's the upsetting part for the fans. I get that they are champions and all, and there is a possibility they could be champions again this season as well but when you are this rich, you do not see yourself in competition with poor clubs, you see it with other rich clubs instead. PSG is richer than almost any team, only a handful of teams could be considered richer than them, or maybe not even richer but at least close enough.

But PSG has never been able to get a good result, they keep getting bad results at UCL and that is why I believe that they should not be considering a loss as acceptable anymore. Fans wanted UCL title and they did not come even close to that, no finals, no semi finals recently and that's a terrible result.