French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[AndySt]

I would pick pochettino over Galtier and they are switching these two for some reason. Can't they just get another manager? Isn't there one that they could afford to get and be better than Galtier? Are there any free agent managers out there this year?

I also sincerely wonder why the Paris Saint-Germain leadership wants to replace Pochettino with Galtier's candidacy, then it would be better to leave Pochettino in this post for now. Undoubtedly, the shadow of Zinedine Zidane will hang over any coach who dares to lead a club like Paris Saint-Germain in any case. By the way, a strange situation has now been organized that concerns the coaching positions of two clubs at once. Lucien Favre is unable to start working with Nice due to the fact that Galtier has not yet left the club. And Galtier cannot come to Paris Saint-Germain as head coach due to the fact that Pochettino and the club's management cannot agree on the amount of compensation for the termination of the contract. PSG, which finds tens and hundreds of millions to sign new coaches and players and extend existing players, is sparing money and does not want to pay the full amount due to Pochettino for breaking the contract.

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[izsara]

PSG all stars are a team. Whoever comes to the position of coach, they will be champions in France. But if Zidane had taken over the team, PSG could have turned into an assertive team in the champions league. I think this was a good opportunity for PSG. But they could not evaluate. They are still a strong team. Christophe Galtier will also be successful.

There is no doubt for Ligue 1 but with the squad as it is now for PSG the target is not Ligue 1 but Champions League.
Galtier is good enough for Monaco but most will doubt this coach especially for the Champions League because this is not Ligue 1 and in the Champions League almost all teams are seeded so he has to prove his quality here.

[Distraction]

I think you are wrong, minamino never played in leipzig, his last team was Salzburg...

Actually, Minamino's contribution to Liverpool has been good (he is number 5' Liverpool's top scorer) but he is not competitive with other Liverpool great players. there are also rumors, Lyon is also very interested in Minamino. looks like the competition to get minamino between Monaco and Lyon is about to happen!

Sorry, it must be a mistake I made. I don't know why but it came to my mind like it was Leipzig for a second.  

As you said and corrected me, Salzburg were the team he performed the best so far. He hasn't found himself in Liverpool much but I understand this too. Because it is too difficult for him to have too many chances while there are much better alternatives in the team. His performance last season was good but he won't be more than a rotation player for Liverpool now. Because of that his next team should be a team that he can play in the starting eleven regularly. Monaco and Lyon are both good candidates. Monaco had a better season than Lyon last actually and I see them being one step ahead of Lyon in general for now.

[hahay]

I started seeing the probability of Zidane to manage PSG as lower now. It depends on whether he goes for the France job actually. Deschamps' contract is running on December 31, 2022. Therefore Zidane is going to need to be patient until the World Cup ends. However I wonder if France are even thinking of parting their ways with Deschamps too. Maybe they will extend his contract depending on his success in the tournament. If we take this into account I reckon PSG will continue with Pochettino or maybe they will sign an unexpected name.

Basically Pochettino himself still has a contract at PSG and his current position is not safe because of Mbappe, because in Mbappe's contract extension it is possible to arrange such as firing or retaining players and even coaches. Well, unfortunately Mbappe was not too happy with Pochettino until Pochettino's position was threatened with being sacked, if Mbappe does not have such privileges then I believe Pochettino will remain safe at PSG at least until his contract ends.

[OcTradism]

Basically Pochettino himself still has a contract at PSG and his current position is not safe because of Mbappe, because in Mbappe's contract extension it is possible to arrange such as firing or retaining players and even coaches. Well, unfortunately Mbappe was not too happy with Pochettino until Pochettino's position was threatened with being sacked, if Mbappe does not have such privileges then I believe Pochettino will remain safe at PSG at least until his contract ends.

Is not safe because of Mbappe? It can be true but Pochettino position is uncertain after he failed to bring PSG to final match of Champions League. Even final match is not a success for Pochettino and PSG. They want to win Champions League, not want to have another final match.

Mbappe after signing a new contract, has more privileges in the club and he looks like not support Pochettino because Mbappe does not want to share much power in the club with team mates from Arghentina like Messi, Paredes, Di Maria, Icardi etc. Some of those players already left PSG and Mbappe has gradually gotten what he want.

[KTChampions]

I don't remember when City last won the Champions League  Instead, you would rather remember Bavaria or even Barcelona (although you should not expect any achievements from it in the coming years). Such top coaches as Zidane or Carlo, in my opinion, will not go to train such muddy clubs as PSG. Maybe only if the bosses of PSG finally despair and offer space money + real powers (so that you can kick out lazy people like Neymar or old players like Messi). But that time has not yet come.

City and PSG are desperate for the Champions League title. They are throwing money like it was nothing, to get players and prohibit the other teams from getting them.
It is hard to predict how good Neymar, Messi, or Ramos will do when they switch team..
For Zidane, I believe his goal is to train the French national team and Deschamps will most likely retire (or be sacked) after Qatar World Cup so we will see him soon, by 2023 tho

City and PSG are throwing money around precisely because it costs nothing for them - it's not "earned" money, but the money of the sheikhs behind which the state stands. Unfortunately, sooner or later they will get their way, but at least I will not see a situation where both of these cheating clubs win the Champions League in the same year, at least one will remain a loser 
As for the players you listed, the golden years are already over for all of them, even for Neymar. I heard that the player is at the peak for about 5 years, for someone he comes in his youth, for someone already in maturity, like Zidane, it seems that Neymar has already passed his peak.

[RaltcoinsB]

Even the possibility of Zinedine Zidane to sign for PSG is making the fans very excited already as it seems. However I'm doubting this to happen now considering that they say Zidane is thinking of a France national team job rather than working for PSG now. PSG can still change his mind too maybe and I hope so. I don't think that France need Zidane now as they are good with Deschamps. It would be much better to see him managing PSG and this can be very helpful for PSG to achieve the Champions League title finally too.

He may have great success in the French national team, but I want to see Zidane lead a team in the champions league final.  That's why there's Psg, which can be considered a suitable job for him.  Being French, knowing the league, making us think that he can gain a good tactic where he can play very successful matches.  Zidane is one of the best options for France and PSG.

[ShowOff]

With so many star players that PSG have, it should be whoever coaches PSG will surely easily win the Ligue 1 trophy. The difficult thing is to win
the Champions League trophy, because PSG have fired their coach several times for failing to win the Champions League trophy.

I agree with your opinion. Even with his new coach, PSG will also be the favorite team to win the Ligue 1 title because PSG have a number of players they can rely on to prove it. PSG have not been able to win the Champions League title, and that is one result they may not be able to accept with Pochettino.

But I have to be honest about PSG. They should be able to imitate Manchester City who collaborated with Guardiola in the last 5 seasons. Manchester City trust Guardiola completely to prove that they can be one of the teams who deserve to be favorites for the title every season. Even though Manchester City still failed, the improvement in the quality of the team was far more than the expected result. Giving every coach 1-2 seasons to achieve great success is something that coaches may not be able to easily prove. I believe that if PSG want to win the Champions League, then they have to work with one good coach for at least 5 seasons. But I agree Pochettino may not be a good category of coach for PSG to keep in the long term.

[Ratash]

I started seeing the probability of Zidane to manage PSG as lower now. It depends on whether he goes for the France job actually. Deschamps' contract is running on December 31, 2022. Therefore Zidane is going to need to be patient until the World Cup ends. However I wonder if France are even thinking of parting their ways with Deschamps too. Maybe they will extend his contract depending on his success in the tournament. If we take this into account I reckon PSG will continue with Pochettino or maybe they will sign an unexpected name.

Yeah it seems that zidane is waiting for that france team management spot otherwise psg would've signed him i wish he would go to psg at least one season until the end of the world cup i don't think the frensh federation will change a manager before the world cup since it would be risky i think zidane with psg will do wonders and he can even win the champions league.

[S A KHAIR]

I would pick pochettino over Galtier and they are switching these two for some reason. Can't they just get another manager? Isn't there one that they could afford to get and be better than Galtier? Are there any free agent managers out there this year?

I also sincerely wonder why the Paris Saint-Germain leadership wants to replace Pochettino with Galtier's candidacy, then it would be better to leave Pochettino in this post for now. Undoubtedly, the shadow of Zinedine Zidane will hang over any coach who dares to lead a club like Paris Saint-Germain in any case. By the way, a strange situation has now been organized that concerns the coaching positions of two clubs at once. Lucien Favre is unable to start working with Nice due to the fact that Galtier has not yet left the club. And Galtier cannot come to Paris Saint-Germain as head coach due to the fact that Pochettino and the club's management cannot agree on the amount of compensation for the termination of the contract. PSG, which finds tens and hundreds of millions to sign new coaches and players and extend existing players, is sparing money and does not want to pay the full amount due to Pochettino for breaking the contract.

PSG must have gotten the new coach because they were not able to get Zidane To be the manager of PSG. I don’t think this is going to change things a lot because to me both the coaches are about the same. So, I don’t think PSG should count on their coach to bring them really good results. And I am also quite sure that this coach will also not be able to handle the star-filled PSG

[mv1986]

Interesting, I really missed that they consider hiring Galtier. That is quite a step down the ladder if you compare that to Zinedine Zidane. The thing with Zidane is that he has this aura that you need to coach a team like PSG. He has proven that in Madrid. I don't know whether he is the best strategist or anything, but his players trust what he has to say just because he is who he is. I personally think that charisma and aura is a major requirement for a coach when you want to successfully work with the top teams like City, Liverpool, Madrid, PSG. Full of superstars and all of them have their opinions. To get that orchestrated appropriately, I feel it is important everyone in the room knows that you have been where they are now.

[Webetcoins]

Even the possibility of Zinedine Zidane to sign for PSG is making the fans very excited already as it seems. However I'm doubting this to happen now considering that they say Zidane is thinking of a France national team job rather than working for PSG now. PSG can still change his mind too maybe and I hope so. I don't think that France need Zidane now as they are good with Deschamps. It would be much better to see him managing PSG and this can be very helpful for PSG to achieve the Champions League title finally too.

He may have great success in the French national team, but I want to see Zidane lead a team in the champions league final.  That's why there's Psg, which can be considered a suitable job for him.  Being French, knowing the league, making us think that he can gain a good tactic where he can play very successful matches.  Zidane is one of the best options for France and PSG.

After reading too many issues related to PSG about treating their players now I am feeling this job is not suitable for any reputable and good coach if they want to win Champions League and having strong worth like Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Liverpool they need to bring some suitable contact for all parties not which is going to favor few players, and they are not doing good and ideal job for other players and having nights at clubs and having some drinking problems which are creating issues.

Specially Neymar and Mbappé contract are rising by few peoples which are main issues, but hopefully they will understand this all in near future and settle this all if they want to win and have strong squad for long run.

[W Jr.]

I started seeing the probability of Zidane to manage PSG as lower now. It depends on whether he goes for the France job actually. Deschamps' contract is running on December 31, 2022. Therefore Zidane is going to need to be patient until the World Cup ends. However I wonder if France are even thinking of parting their ways with Deschamps too. Maybe they will extend his contract depending on his success in the tournament. If we take this into account I reckon PSG will continue with Pochettino or maybe they will sign an unexpected name.

Yeah it seems that zidane is waiting for that france team management spot otherwise psg would've signed him i wish he would go to psg at least one season until the end of the world cup i don't think the frensh federation will change a manager before the world cup since it would be risky i think zidane with psg will do wonders and he can even win the champions league.

Why don't we think he can coach both teams at the same time? Maybe Zidane will manage both France and Paris SG teams together? I see him as a coach with a very good technical capacity. I liked it very much in his Real Madrid career. I believe he will be very successful if he becomes the coach of Paris SG.

[bering]

Interesting, I really missed that they consider hiring Galtier. That is quite a step down the ladder if you compare that to Zinedine Zidane. The thing with Zidane is that he has this aura that you need to coach a team like PSG. He has proven that in Madrid. I don't know whether he is the best strategist or anything, but his players trust what he has to say just because he is who he is. I personally think that charisma and aura is a major requirement for a coach when you want to successfully work with the top teams like City, Liverpool, Madrid, PSG. Full of superstars and all of them have their opinions. To get that orchestrated appropriately, I feel it is important everyone in the room knows that you have been where they are now.

Compare to Zidane i think Galtier has more experience than Zidane but indeed so far he was train small teams such as St Etienne or Lille but for France league he has good achievement because while in St Etienne he can bring this team to get Coupe de la Ligue and in Lille he can get France league trophy and break the domination of PSG but indeed for European competitions he still lack of experience but seems PSG owner has believe Galtier can give positive impact for PSG and today i heard PSG reach an agreement with him and Lille so Galtier will get 2 years contract and PSG will published it to the public soon

[jaberwock]

Why don't we think he can coach both teams at the same time? Maybe Zidane will manage both France and Paris SG teams together? I see him as a coach with a very good technical capacity. I liked it very much in his Real Madrid career. I believe he will be very successful if he becomes the coach of Paris SG.

Foremost due to some rules and regulations he can't do two jobs at once secondly he is already rejected PSG job because he is not happy about PSG contract with few players which is having special treatment for few players because it's killing discipline of a team, and it's never been acceptable for top rank coach in world.

Now he is waiting for his most wanted job as France Coach, but it's all depend on current coach's tenure and if he is going to extend his job then surely Zidane has to wait for some more time, or he needs to look for any other job if he interested which is rare because if he has interest then surely there were few jobs available, but he takes no interest and waiting for all update about France coach's job.

[hahay]

Why don't we think he can coach both teams at the same time? Maybe Zidane will manage both France and Paris SG teams together? I see him as a coach with a very good technical capacity. I liked it very much in his Real Madrid career. I believe he will be very successful if he becomes the coach of Paris SG.

Foremost due to some rules and regulations he can't do two jobs at once secondly he is already rejected PSG job because he is not happy about PSG contract with few players which is having special treatment for few players because it's killing discipline of a team, and it's never been acceptable for top rank coach in world.

Now he is waiting for his most wanted job as France Coach, but it's all depend on current coach's tenure and if he is going to extend his job then surely Zidane has to wait for some more time, or he needs to look for any other job if he interested which is rare because if he has interest then surely there were few jobs available, but he takes no interest and waiting for all update about France coach's job.

Lol, @W Jr. how can you think the job is something that looks easy, because even if there is no rule about prohibiting a coach to coach two teams simultaneously I'm sure they or the coach will not be willing to do it. After all, a coach who coaches a team is basically a very busy job, with many leagues and competitions that need to be highly focused on strategy and other factors. If you think it's an easy job to coach a club and a national team at the same time it's crazy, it really can't be done haphazardly by just picking players and playing. Lol

[slaman29]

Interesting, I really missed that they consider hiring Galtier. That is quite a step down the ladder if you compare that to Zinedine Zidane. The thing with Zidane is that he has this aura that you need to coach a team like PSG. He has proven that in Madrid. I don't know whether he is the best strategist or anything, but his players trust what he has to say just because he is who he is. I personally think that charisma and aura is a major requirement for a coach when you want to successfully work with the top teams like City, Liverpool, Madrid, PSG. Full of superstars and all of them have their opinions. To get that orchestrated appropriately, I feel it is important everyone in the room knows that you have been where they are now.

Me too, all the news being pushed to me was with Zidane.

If Poch couldn't pull it off, I really don't see Galtier doing any better except perhaps he speaks the language (and I will never agree language is NOT a barrier, just look at Bielsa at the end of it all).

Zidane isn't just about aura though, it's really about him being familiar with superstars and galacticos. He knows how to handle them and manage their entourages. Something you'll require at PSG.

Poch was used to good boys in quiet lockers

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As long as PSG continue with their defensive approach, things will go wrong for them, Messi and Neymar are attacking by nature, they feel uncomfortable being in a midfield game of that style, especially Neymar who plays in Brazilian football where his best defense is the attack.

I think they need to change the technical director, more like the Sheikh who made Mbappé stay with a very juicy amount of money, I think that was what the player preferred, however if things go like this and if they don't playing the style of play that is consistent with those players will have very bad results, players cannot be forced to have a style of play similar to the Italian one.

I was interested in an article on a news portal that wrote about "mbappe has lost his identity because money"

Pampered players will definitely end up with a bad performance and that's definitely what will happen to mbappe.

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Well Takumi Minamino is not a bad idea for the team that they can bring him, also in French football he can have a lot of prominence, in Liverpool he still stands out, but I think that in Monaco he can make more of a difference, I also think that French football is emerging much, anything that can put PSG in competition is what a lot of French teams want.

it is true that Ligue 1 football is developing a lot and many star players are also anchored to Ligue 1. In other news apart from Minamino, Monaco is also eyeing Jovic, it looks like there will be a lot of great strikers (wings and center) competing for the core position in Monaco later.

The truth about the case of Mbappé I don't know how radical it is, but what I do know is that according to Florentino Pérez he was quite disappointed and it seemed to me that he gave him an indirect but very direct one by stating that no player no matter how good he is he is or will be above the club... well I think that with these words it is like telling Mbappé that he no longer has anything to do after looking for Real Madrid, on the one hand it seems like a good thing to me, he is not the only one who has told him that No to Real Madrid, I also don't know if you remember Francesco Totti, the emperor of Rome never wanted to leave and was one of those who said No, so I hope that Mbappé continues to grow at PSG and doesn't go out the door behind.

Interesting, I really missed that they consider hiring Galtier. That is quite a step down the ladder if you compare that to Zinedine Zidane. The thing with Zidane is that he has this aura that you need to coach a team like PSG. He has proven that in Madrid. I don't know whether he is the best strategist or anything, but his players trust what he has to say just because he is who he is. I personally think that charisma and aura is a major requirement for a coach when you want to successfully work with the top teams like City, Liverpool, Madrid, PSG. Full of superstars and all of them have their opinions. To get that orchestrated appropriately, I feel it is important everyone in the room knows that you have been where they are now.

Me too, all the news being pushed to me was with Zidane.

If Poch couldn't pull it off, I really don't see Galtier doing any better except perhaps he speaks the language (and I will never agree language is NOT a barrier, just look at Bielsa at the end of it all).

Zidane isn't just about aura though, it's really about him being familiar with superstars and galacticos. He knows how to handle them and manage their entourages. Something you'll require at PSG.

Poch was used to good boys in quiet lockers

At last it is not known if Zidane will manage both teams? It would be a great feat on the part of the PSG sheik to have Zidane, but I'm sure Zidane would ask CR7 to strengthen his team, if this happens, I think the other teams would be afraid of them, Zidane is used to dealing with the best stars in the world, at the time he played with the best in the world, so that for him is like a walk.

[minairia3]

Why don't we think he can coach both teams at the same time? Maybe Zidane will manage both France and Paris SG teams together? I see him as a coach with a very good technical capacity. I liked it very much in his Real Madrid career. I believe he will be very successful if he becomes the coach of Paris SG.

Foremost due to some rules and regulations he can't do two jobs at once secondly he is already rejected PSG job because he is not happy about PSG contract with few players which is having special treatment for few players because it's killing discipline of a team, and it's never been acceptable for top rank coach in world.
Now he is waiting for his most wanted job as France Coach, but it's all depend on current coach's tenure and if he is going to extend his job then surely Zidane has to wait for some more time, or he needs to look for any other job if he interested which is rare because if he has interest then surely there were few jobs available, but he takes no interest and waiting for all update about France coach's job.

I have never heard of such rules and regulations for which the same coach is not able to have the job of a club and also a national team. Probably the rules have changed over time. But it would have been really something to say Zinedine Zidane being the coach of PSG and France at the same time. I think he could have done really well with PSG.

But it is also true that PSG gives special treatment to some of its players and as normal human beings that should be unacceptable to anyone. If he is able to get the job as the coach of France I think the French team is going to be unbeatable. France already has a team that is absolutely stacked. How about it if a team where Griezmann has to play in the midfield?  

Lol, @W Jr. how can you think the job is something that looks easy, because even if there is no rule about prohibiting a coach to coach two teams simultaneously I'm sure they or the coach will not be willing to do it. After all, a coach who coaches a team is basically a very busy job, with many leagues and competitions that need to be highly focused on strategy and other factors. If you think it's an easy job to coach a club and a national team at the same time it's crazy, it really can't be done haphazardly by just picking players and playing. Lol

That is true, it is not going to be easy at all to manage both the French national team and also the PSG team. I know it is a very hard job to pull off but I don’t think the national team job takes too much stress, to be honest. But, I think it is better to just be committed to one job rather than take both jobs and do bad in both. If he was actually able to do both jobs he could have achieved a lot in my opinion.

[JeWay]

That is true, it is not going to be easy at all to manage both the French national team and also the PSG team. I know it is a very hard job to pull off but I don’t think the national team job takes too much stress, to be honest. But, I think it is better to just be committed to one job rather than take both jobs and do bad in both. If he was actually able to do both jobs he could have achieved a lot in my opinion.

I think it's very unlikely that Zidane wants to take on two jobs at the same time coaching the French national team and PSG. all will be difficult to do because there is not enough time for him to carry out his duties simultaneously. Maybe PSG can forget Zidane and look for a great coach like Joachim Low who has now chosen to step down from coaching Germany. I think he is very suitable to be PSG coach next season because he is a coach who has quite a lot of ambition in the work he does. I hope he becomes PSG coach next season.