French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[wiss19]

Right from day one, Ajaccio are just an average team in the Ligue 1 and PSG are definitely no match for them because the parisians are the giant of France with countless league titles to their team trophies collection. The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

mbappe's departure is just ordinary news, no need to exaggerate, we have seen for ourselves how mbappe provides assists to neymar, it indicates that he and neymar already have the same vision. against Haifa in the UCL, I'm sure both of them will look united again, PSG will be invincible if neymar and mbappe want to reduce their respective egos.

Mbappé departure from PSG is never been easy for any club because right now no one can afford this luxury as we have in last summer transfer window no club was ready to have Cristiano Ronaldo just because of salary and bonuses issues, so same can happen here, but his childish behavior is surely creating problems for PSG and other teammates which are not good but here if some club going to sign him then surely this could be good for PSG because after his departure they could be in strong shape, and they can do better in Ligue 1 and Champions League.

Messi and Neymar both are quality players which are playing for many years, and they are doing amazing job which is enough for winning matches and having better performance in all formats of this game for PSG management which is also now feeling bad for Mbappé behavior and things which are creating problems in club.

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[herurist]

I agree with you. Messi is able to adapt himself very well to any position. And so Messi is playing quite well this season too. Maybe he is not the highest scorer. But from his position, the way he is performing is very admirable. And if the bonding between PSG's players is strong. At the same time, if Mbappe could resolve his conflict with the coach and Neymar, PSG's performance would be stronger and more consistent. Coach Galtier is trying his best to make the PSG team stronger. Hopefully, we will see a stronger performance from PSG in the Champions League this season than last season.

He is one of the goats who are given natural talent so that indeed he can contribute in any position.
This is his second season at PSG and of course he already understands more about what to do with the existing scheme and pattern of play.
Now it seems that he is starting to feel quite comfortable at PSG so his performance is still very good so far.

[Tony116]

Yesterday Neymar was not in the squad. Did Mbappe stays at Paris St. German... that has to do with Neymar. There is currently no friendship between Mbappe and Neymar, if you believe the media. Neymar should leave Paris and then Mbappe would stay until 2025, if that does not happen probably both will not have a great future in Paris. Neymar has another problem, he has to testify in court because of fraud. It is about the transfer in 2013 from Santos to Barcelona and how much money was really paid. Paris is looking for a new club for Neymar although he has scored 9 goals in 11 league games. Mbappe has scored only 1 more goal, so 2 yesterday against AC Ajaccio.

I don't think have serious problem between Neymar and Mbappe after watching last games both player success give 3 points for PSG when defeating Marseille, seems media have contribution and more over when publish between friendship between Neymar and Mbappe. Last match against with Marseille Mbappe have contribution giving assists to Neymar and seems between them not any problem yet despite on games between Ajaccio Neymar not in player list. I think not any problem yet again whatever Neymar absent just have confirmed by PSG manager, lets waiting when PSG have play at champion league, will Neymar back to starting eleven again and playing together with Mbappe?

Messi Mbappe's combination was something to watch. But Mbappe missed some good chances which is very bad for a team. In addition, the way Mbappe played in harmony with everyone in this game is appreciated. If everyone in the team plays together like this, it will be possible to achieve something big for the team.

Taking a closer look at the whole PSG squad, it can be said that it has been divided into two parts. The side with Mbappe and the side with Messi-Neymar are two very different sides. There is certainly some internal conflict between Neymar and Mbappe, and it is bound to cause some problems. The thing is that Mbappe really has an arrogant personality when it comes to his behavior. The problem with him is that he thinks he is the best player and that everyone around him should obey him which is obviously not the case.

The PSG are the one who is to blame as they are the ones who gave Mbappe the administrative powers he has now. Even Mbappe's form has dipped in recent months, but Neymar has risen to the occasion and has been playing really well since the beginning of this season. As a matter of fact, I believe that Mbappe should leave the club and that PSG should keep Neymar for the betterment of the team.

[bitgolden]

I don't see anything happening with Messi's performance, but if Messi is allowed to play like he did then he will play great like he did in Barcelona. But Messi is not getting that opportunity in PSG. But I don't see the previous performance of Ramos as he performed for Real Madrid. But maybe Ramos is trying to do better.

I don't know about Ramos, not really looking for him when the game is on, but I can tell that Messi is still the same Messi we know, the difference is that he played in clubs where he was the best player all his life, maybe not on early days when he first started out, but later on he became the best player very very quickly at a very young age. This time around? They have Mbappe who is clearly better, and they have Neymar who could be better but he is inconsistent so I don't know.

This is why it's not that easy to make deductions. This causes him to look for passes more, and he does pass very well too, so maybe he won't score as much anymore, but he is still a positive for the team.

[ShowOff]

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

I will justify your assumptions about Messi, I mean Messi has really had a different role at PSG over the years. Most recently, Messi contributed to Mbappe's 2 goals with his assists and Messi also scored in that match. So far Messi has been the owner of the most assists in Ligue 1 with 9 assists, which is 2 numbers higher than Neymar who has 7 assists.

So it's true that PSG's strategy is actually around Mbappe, it's very visible from their game. Messi even started to feel comfortable with this strategy even though he was still very savage about goals, but in the end he had to do it for the sake of the team and his coach's strategy. Last season did not look good for him in terms of goal statistics, but Messi managed to register 14 assists in 26 appearances in Ligue 1. For this season, Messi's goal record has equaled last season's record in Ligue 1 "6 goals", but this he did in 11 match.

[bekti3]

The Ligue 1 has become really interesting lately. The closest opponents of PSG in the standings are Lens and Lorient now. However even with them PSG have a five-point gap at the moment. They are already starting to consolidate their lead in the league earlier in the season. This is important for them also because this will help them decrease their load here and focus more on the Champions League title.

It is a pity to see Marseille's performance dropping this much on the recent weeks. They seemed like they cared about the league more than the Champions League before. But now it is like there is no difference for them. Actually we see a change now because they are better in the Champions League considering their last results. 

For PSG I wouldn't be too strange but it will be interesting to see Lorient and Lens this season.
They are very different from before especially Lorient. Last season they could even only collect 36 points from 38 matches played and this is clearly in contrast to this time where they are so strong and continue to try to stick to PSG.
This is clearly a threat to Marseille because if this continues some great clubs like Rennes or Marseille should be able to play even better.

Marseille really disappointed a lot of people, they were the ones that people had faith on to make ligue 1 more interesting, but so far i don't think that Lens and Lorient can keep up with PSG and keep the gap close to them, as you said, PSG will focus now on Champions League, Ligue 1 is almost official.

This 3 defeats in a row saw them catapulted to 5th position now and of course this is not very good for those who are supposed to be the strongest challengers.
But in the mirror from before like Lille in several seasons ago, actually things like this can still be predicted because instead of underestimating but sometimes teams that are predicted to be PSG's competitors in the end they always give up on their own.

[LUCKMCFLY]

This is also rumoured:

PSG star wants January exit, will only be allowed Liverpool move – Marca bring big transfer claim

Kylian Mbappe’s situation at PSG doesn’t seem the most peaceful right now, despite the France international agreeing to stay with the club in the summer.

He could have moved as a free agent, with many expecting him to join Real Madrid, but instead he continued with the Ligue 1 side. Even bigger wages were handed out and Mbappe was reportedly given extra power within the club.

Source: http://sportwitness.co.uk/psg-star-wants-january-exit-will-allowed-liverpool-move-marca-bring-big-transfer-claim/

Well many things can happen, you just have to be aware of how true these things are.

I've come here now to talk about this and seen that you've already shared the recent news about him.



Fabrizio Romano also tweeted about his situation at the team. Things have progressed even faster than I expected. Mbappe seems like he doesn't want to waste any time here as long as he continues to have problems. Real Madrid have been the biggest candidate to sign him for a long time. Maybe this is a golden opportunity for them to convince him to play for themselves. They can do this by making a big offer also as they didn't spent too much money in the previous transfer window while Barcelona were doing the opposite.

The truth is that I don't think that Real Madrid wants to sign Mbappé more, that is why there is a saying that says: "Saying no to Real Madrid is something very difficult" because it is simple, no player is above the club, and that is something that a Club of that category has the luxury of doing, if not, you have to ask Francesco Totti how he said no and had to stay in Roma forever, although it was not a bad thing, but in part it limited him, some clubs are not very grateful to their stars, the case of PSG I don't know how it is, but Real Madrid and Barcelona are very ungrateful, if not, you just have to see the way Messi came out, that was a lack of respect.

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

I will justify your assumptions about Messi, I mean Messi has really had a different role at PSG over the years. Most recently, Messi contributed to Mbappe's 2 goals with his assists and Messi also scored in that match. So far Messi has been the owner of the most assists in Ligue 1 with 9 assists, which is 2 numbers higher than Neymar who has 7 assists.

So it's true that PSG's strategy is actually around Mbappe, it's very visible from their game. Messi even started to feel comfortable with this strategy even though he was still very savage about goals, but in the end he had to do it for the sake of the team and his coach's strategy. Last season did not look good for him in terms of goal statistics, but Messi managed to register 14 assists in 26 appearances in Ligue 1. For this season, Messi's goal record has equaled last season's record in Ligue 1 "6 goals", but this he did in 11 match.

Well one thing is understandable here, it all depends on the technical director how he wants to use his players, first of all, it is known that Messi scores goals, that is what must be clear, you can never put Messi on defense (even so he I would do it) but if he is in defense you cannot demand that he be the best player, or the one who scores the most goals, because obviously they are not using him for what he is, if PSG played in order to put the whole game on Messi I would be I'm sure he scored a lot of goals and PSG will always win, but it turns out that they have Mbappé and Mbappé is PSG's project even above the club itself, if they have Neymar, Messi and Mbappé you can work with all 3 for PSG without fights, but the other star players have to give in, otherwise they will continue playing with the same mistakes they have, and that at least in the UCL will not help them.

The Ligue 1 has become really interesting lately. The closest opponents of PSG in the standings are Lens and Lorient now. However even with them PSG have a five-point gap at the moment. They are already starting to consolidate their lead in the league earlier in the season. This is important for them also because this will help them decrease their load here and focus more on the Champions League title.

It is a pity to see Marseille's performance dropping this much on the recent weeks. They seemed like they cared about the league more than the Champions League before. But now it is like there is no difference for them. Actually we see a change now because they are better in the Champions League considering their last results. 

For PSG I wouldn't be too strange but it will be interesting to see Lorient and Lens this season.
They are very different from before especially Lorient. Last season they could even only collect 36 points from 38 matches played and this is clearly in contrast to this time where they are so strong and continue to try to stick to PSG.
This is clearly a threat to Marseille because if this continues some great clubs like Rennes or Marseille should be able to play even better.

Marseille really disappointed a lot of people, they were the ones that people had faith on to make ligue 1 more interesting, but so far i don't think that Lens and Lorient can keep up with PSG and keep the gap close to them, as you said, PSG will focus now on Champions League, Ligue 1 is almost official.

This 3 defeats in a row saw them catapulted to 5th position now and of course this is not very good for those who are supposed to be the strongest challengers.
But in the mirror from before like Lille in several seasons ago, actually things like this can still be predicted because instead of underestimating but sometimes teams that are predicted to be PSG's competitors in the end they always give up on their own.

I am a person who has always advocated that Marseille play a great role so that they can have a good competitor, PSG, but somehow they cannot maintain the level, and they go down very easily, this is something that usually happens, neither do I. know if they are dazzled when they play against stars, I am not saying that they play with fear, but it seems that they have a lot of respect for them and in soccer it cannot be like that, on the field the two teams are equal, it depends on each player if he decides to go out to play with that determination, I am one of those who believed in Marseille, but obviously if it is as you say it is a disappointment, you can have a great team, but if everyone has a low moral mind, it is very difficult.


Regarding Messi:

Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi will decide on his future after the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, the 35-year-old wants to wait until after the tournament before choosing where he would like to continue his career.

Nonetheless, the French giants would like to lock up Messi, and reportedly, the capital club and sporting advisor Luis Campos agree that the veteran forward should stay in Paris past this 2022-23 season.

Source: https://psgtalk.com/2022/10/report-psg-luis-campos-agree-on-what-procedure-to-take-with-messis-future/

[rahmad2nd]

This 3 defeats in a row saw them catapulted to 5th position now and of course this is not very good for those who are supposed to be the strongest challengers.
But in the mirror from before like Lille in several seasons ago, actually things like this can still be predicted because instead of underestimating but sometimes teams that are predicted to be PSG's competitors in the end they always give up on their own.

Marseille's defeat did not escape some of their core players who suffered injuries, of course an unfavorable result for Igor Tudor. as a result, Marseille had to experience three of their defeats in Ligeu 1 and they had to be willing to drop to 5th place. It was difficult for them to remain consistent throughout the matches this season in all competitions, which incidentally they were quite tired with a very busy schedule.

Marseille, do not have second-tier players commensurate with their core players. plus at this time, their focus is more on the Champions League match which incidentally has the second rank with 6 points.
Thursday, Marsielle will play away to Deutsche Bank Park, home to Frankfurt. let's see, whether Marseille will win this match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Messi was the main striker in Barcelona. Barcelona's match strategy was made around Messi. And every player assisted Messi to score goals. Messi's bonding with the players was excellent. So Messi could consistently perform well and score a lot of goals. But PSG's main striker is Mbappe. I think Messi is now playing the role of an attacking midfielder. So we don't get the good performance we expected from Messi. Although he may not score a lot of goals, Messi's contribution to each match is quite visible.

I will justify your assumptions about Messi, I mean Messi has really had a different role at PSG over the years. Most recently, Messi contributed to Mbappe's 2 goals with his assists and Messi also scored in that match. So far Messi has been the owner of the most assists in Ligue 1 with 9 assists, which is 2 numbers higher than Neymar who has 7 assists.

So it's true that PSG's strategy is actually around Mbappe, it's very visible from their game. Messi even started to feel comfortable with this strategy even though he was still very savage about goals, but in the end he had to do it for the sake of the team and his coach's strategy. Last season did not look good for him in terms of goal statistics, but Messi managed to register 14 assists in 26 appearances in Ligue 1. For this season, Messi's goal record has equaled last season's record in Ligue 1 "6 goals", but this he did in 11 match.

Galtier has put Mbappe at the centre of his match strategy this season. Messi's main responsibility is to assist Neymar and Mbappe to score goals. And Messi is doing his job well. At the same time, Neymar's performance is much better and more stable than in previous seasons. He is able to continue to perform consistently well.

However, the main problem of PSG management this season is Mbappe. Mbappe has clashed with coach Galtier and Neymar. PSG's overall performance will be more stable if Mbappe changes his behaviour. There are also rumors that Mbappe is interested in leaving PSG in the winter transfer window. At the moment, if Mbappe leaves PSG, the effect will be seen very well in PSG's performance. Because PSG's match strategy is highly dependent on Mbappe.

[Docnaster]

Right from day one, Ajaccio are just an average team in the Ligue 1 and PSG are definitely no match for them because the parisians are the giant of France with countless league titles to their team trophies collection. The club is financially stable and very balance, they offered Kylian Mbappe one of the biggest deal in the world of football and the 23years old is absolutely doing well in the team with outstanding form he developed. Rumours circling Mbappe wants to leave the club have been considered false as the player have already clear the air.

mbappe's departure is just ordinary news, no need to exaggerate, we have seen for ourselves how mbappe provides assists to neymar, it indicates that he and neymar already have the same vision. against Haifa in the UCL, I'm sure both of them will look united again, PSG will be invincible if neymar and mbappe want to reduce their respective egos.

No matter how comfortable these three players appear or pretend to be in PSG, one thing is very obvious about them, the obvious thing is that this three players cannot play together in the next season. It is either Messi leaves or Neymar will leave. It is difficult for mbappe to leave the club. The only mission this season is to win the Champions League and if that mission fails they will part ways either one person among the three will leave, the three cannot strangle next season

[hahay]

This 3 defeats in a row saw them catapulted to 5th position now and of course this is not very good for those who are supposed to be the strongest challengers.
But in the mirror from before like Lille in several seasons ago, actually things like this can still be predicted because instead of underestimating but sometimes teams that are predicted to be PSG's competitors in the end they always give up on their own.

Marseille's defeat did not escape some of their core players who suffered injuries, of course an unfavorable result for Igor Tudor. as a result, Marseille had to experience three of their defeats in Ligeu 1 and they had to be willing to drop to 5th place. It was difficult for them to remain consistent throughout the matches this season in all competitions, which incidentally they were quite tired with a very busy schedule.

If I notice that Marseille is indeed difficult to stay consistent from season to season, because they always end the season in a very different position. As happened in the previous four seasons, where Marseille always got bad results after previously successfully ending the season in second place and playing in the Champions League.
If that happens again this season, then surely Marseille cannot regain a place in the Champions League zone, but it would still be good if Marseille can still finish for the Europa League zone. Due to a worse scenario Marseille cannot end the season for next season's European zone tournament.

But basically Marseille could still get a point with a draw but it looks like Marseille don't have enough luck, because when Marseille against a strong team the end result is not with a big score. So yes, Marseille should be better at least for a draw, because then the position will be fine in the standings but the competition will still not be easy.

Marseille, do not have second-tier players commensurate with their core players. plus at this time, their focus is more on the Champions League match which incidentally has the second rank with 6 points.
Thursday, Marsielle will play away to Deutsche Bank Park, home to Frankfurt. let's see, whether Marseille will win this match.

Against Eintracht Frankfurt is a tough task for Marseille because even, Marseille in the previous home match also lost by Eintracht Frankfurt. Moreover, Eintracht Frankfurt are currently at the bottom of the standings with 4 points, and Eintracht Frankfurt are only 3 points behind leaders Tottenham. That means, Eintracht Frankfurt in the home match this time will not provide a chance for Marseille to hold it.

Because if Eintracht Frankfurt can win away and beat Marseille in the previous match, then of course mathematically Eintracht Frankfurt will also be able to win at home to beat Marseille. Because this is a big chance for Eintracht Frankfurt to overtake them and even, head to head Marseille really can't beat Eintracht Frankfurt at all.

[dezoel]

This 3 defeats in a row saw them catapulted to 5th position now and of course this is not very good for those who are supposed to be the strongest challengers.
But in the mirror from before like Lille in several seasons ago, actually things like this can still be predicted because instead of underestimating but sometimes teams that are predicted to be PSG's competitors in the end they always give up on their own.

Suddenly we have the wort time for Marseille as now they are on three matches losing streak in French Ligue1 and drop from second spot to fifth with their performance is good in Champions League after having two early defeats but on other side opponent Frankfurt is also improving performance and quality which is giving them currently good rank in Bundesliga, and they have fair chance against Marseille to win at home and having their chance for going into knock out stage injuries problems are also surely having their impact on performance, but they need to do something special if they want to have their chance alive into Champions League.

Group situation is currently not clear but if today Tottenham won against sporting then surely all other teams could be going to fight for second spot as first could be set for Tottenham, and they have good chance to win this match with their current performance level and today Marseille need to be at their best for having some advantage otherwise they could be ended with empty hands.

[bitgolden]

No matter how comfortable these three players appear or pretend to be in PSG, one thing is very obvious about them, the obvious thing is that this three players cannot play together in the next season. It is either Messi leaves or Neymar will leave. It is difficult for mbappe to leave the club. The only mission this season is to win the Champions League and if that mission fails they will part ways either one person among the three will leave, the three cannot strangle next season

As right now situation is going into PSG and Mbappé is also already announces about his problems in this team most chances he set his mind for departure from this club and now having sights on any other club which is surely going to be positive movement for both parties.

Messi and Neymar both are quality players which can give better results and with this all as many feeling they are going to win Champions League in this season for me, it's not going to happen because with the current situation they can't end in positive way specially when they will be in knock out stage where competition could be more tough, and they have better understanding and maturity for having good results.

Even here we have few other options as well as if current team fail to win then most chances PSG management try to sell this club because they were already fed up with this all and now with current situation these things also can happen without any big trouble.

[ginsan]

No matter how comfortable these three players appear or pretend to be in PSG, one thing is very obvious about them, the obvious thing is that this three players cannot play together in the next season. It is either Messi leaves or Neymar will leave. It is difficult for mbappe to leave the club. The only mission this season is to win the Champions League and if that mission fails they will part ways either one person among the three will leave, the three cannot strangle next season

It is possible that Messi will leave because next year his contract with PSG has ended and that is only a possibility if Messi does not extend his contract. Besides that, Neymar might leave because so far Neymar and their mbappe don't seem to have a harmonious relationship. I think PSG main target this season is the UCL and that is a very difficult target to achieve because several other teams have also performed more impressively such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
so far psg is quite safe at the top of the standings there is no other team that can beat psg so far with only 2x draws and 10 matches ended in wins.

[BALIK]

No matter how comfortable these three players appear or pretend to be in PSG, one thing is very obvious about them, the obvious thing is that this three players cannot play together in the next season. It is either Messi leaves or Neymar will leave. It is difficult for mbappe to leave the club. The only mission this season is to win the Champions League and if that mission fails they will part ways either one person among the three will leave, the three cannot strangle next season

It is possible that Messi will leave because next year his contract with PSG has ended and that is only a possibility if Messi does not extend his contract. Besides that, Neymar might leave because so far Neymar and their mbappe don't seem to have a harmonious relationship. I think PSG main target this season is the UCL and that is a very difficult target to achieve because several other teams have also performed more impressively such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
so far psg is quite safe at the top of the standings there is no other team that can beat psg so far with only 2x draws and 10 matches ended in wins.

I don't think Messi would be interested in staying at PSG if he gets an offer from a better club. Because the performance of PSG players is still not stable. And the important thing is that Mbappe is the most important to the PSG management. PSG's match strategy is built around Mbappe. And Mbappe's relationship with the team's players is not good. This could be one of the reasons why Messi is not interested in staying at PSG. No wonder Messi extended his contract with PSG. Because Messi is old enough now. In a new league, it will be difficult for Messi to adapt to new players.

[arimamib]

Galtier has put Mbappe at the centre of his match strategy this season. Messi's main responsibility is to assist Neymar and Mbappe to score goals. And Messi is doing his job well. At the same time, Neymar's performance is much better and more stable than in previous seasons. He is able to continue to perform consistently well.

However, the main problem of PSG management this season is Mbappe. Mbappe has clashed with coach Galtier and Neymar. PSG's overall performance will be more stable if Mbappe changes his behaviour. There are also rumors that Mbappe is interested in leaving PSG in the winter transfer window. At the moment, if Mbappe leaves PSG, the effect will be seen very well in PSG's performance. Because PSG's match strategy is highly dependent on Mbappe.

Galtier strategy in compiling the PSG squad is very effective, he puts players in the right position. Making Mbappe and Neymar the main center on the front lines with the support of Messi in the Playmaker position makes PSG pounding power even stronger. Messi can provide a through ball to Neymar or Mbappe when one of these players is in the right position to score, Mbappe goal productivity is further increased with Assists coming from Messi feet.

PSG is very easy to beat their opponents, especially in Ligue 1 if Messi, Neymar and Mbappe are well connected. The same situation must be applied to Galtier in the Champions League, team cohesiveness and supported by the best performances can take PSG to go further in the Champions League.

[casperBGD]

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PSG is very easy to beat their opponents, especially in Ligue 1 if Messi, Neymar and Mbappe are well connected. The same situation must be applied to Galtier in the Champions League, team cohesiveness and supported by the best performances can take PSG to go further in the Champions League.

man, you cannot compare Ligue 1 and Champions league, in any way

it is easy to dominate in Ligue 1, first because it is season long, so each mistake can be outdone later on, and quality is far lower than CL, and in Champions league one game can decide everything, they will pass group stage, but they lack quality and mental strength to reach final stages against tough competitors, like Real, City or Bayern

[Boristhecat]

It is possible that Messi will leave because next year his contract with PSG has ended and that is only a possibility if Messi does not extend his contract. Besides that, Neymar might leave because so far Neymar and their mbappe don't seem to have a harmonious relationship. I think PSG main target this season is the UCL and that is a very difficult target to achieve because several other teams have also performed more impressively such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
so far psg is quite safe at the top of the standings there is no other team that can beat psg so far with only 2x draws and 10 matches ended in wins.

The main reason why Messi can leave PSG is age - his influence is already being felt and even though in Ligue 1 PSG can afford to play not at the maximum/have the optimal composition, in the Champions League it is already too dangerous. The second reason is the salary - Messi receives 41 million a year and this is a significant part of PSG's salary fund. Maybe if Argentina does well in the World Cup, Messi leaves PSG for MLS at the end of the season and thus "leaves at the top" from European football.

[blue Snow]

~snip

PSG is very easy to beat their opponents, especially in Ligue 1 if Messi, Neymar and Mbappe are well connected. The same situation must be applied to Galtier in the Champions League, team cohesiveness and supported by the best performances can take PSG to go further in the Champions League.

man, you cannot compare Ligue 1 and Champions league, in any way

it is easy to dominate in Ligue 1, first because it is season long, so each mistake can be outdone later on, and quality is far lower than CL, and in Champions league one game can decide everything, they will pass group stage, but they lack quality and mental strength to reach final stages against tough competitors, like Real, City or Bayern

Maybe because PSG stand on H group with not has much power like A or C group. but still with any condition, PSG is good so far. PSG is still normal with the squad, we can see their coordination and strategy implement is good, nothing is wrong in the middle of the issue Mbappe can not stand on club. but as we can see in past, they are is always hot in beginning, this is different when they play on ligue 1, on champions league, PSG is not much power when face the club like Madrid or Mancity.

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The main reason why Messi can leave PSG is age - his influence is already being felt and even though in Ligue 1 PSG can afford to play not at the maximum/have the optimal composition, in the Champions League it is already too dangerous. The second reason is the salary - Messi receives 41 million a year and this is a significant part of PSG's salary fund. Maybe if Argentina does well in the World Cup, Messi leaves PSG for MLS at the end of the season and thus "leaves at the top" from European football.

Messi had a first season in PSG very bad but in this season, the second season there, he has started to show his importance. We saw that in matches without Messi, PSG had issues to create opportunities and find goals. With Messi, their attacking system works more smoothly and more unpredictable for opponents. Messi scored more goals in this season but his bigger contribution is from key passes and assists to other players.

I feel that Messi does not want to return to Barcelona after all of bad drama he received years ago and after the recent drama against Pique as well as Busquet. Therefore, if PSG want to resign a new contract with Messi, I believe he will be ready to sign it. I also believe that it would very likely to happen as it will be good for both Messi and PSG. They can resign a new contract which last 2 more years.

Also important, Messi will retire from his national team after the World Cup so that he will fully focus on his club for last years of his career.