French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[CLS63]

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I read new rumors.

"Luis Enrique is PSG's coach of choice ! The former Spain coach will be hired by the Parisian club, with just a few details left to be worked out"

Source : Marca
Seems like PSG are still aiming for the UCL trophy. Luis Enrique started working as a manager in 2008 with Barcelona B, and then him move to Roma three years. In the 2013–2014 season he can also become a coach at Celta, and then move to Barcelona. If i'm not mistaken, Him can make Barcelona winning the treble in his first year and the double in his second. With an amazing record, if PSG get his services, so there is a chance for them to win the title they have been aiming for.

I have also heard about this news later on. Maybe it might be good to have Luis Enrique for PSG. Because he is a Champions League champion with another big team like Barcelona. He didn't make do with only this achievement of course. He has many more titles achieved with the same team as well and all their achievements are only with Barcelona.

Now in this case he will need to concentrate on doing the same for PSG. We all know how desperate PSG are to win the Champions League title at least for once for a long time. They have made so many manager changes in the last 10 years but there is still no positive result.

Luis Enrique doesn't have a history with managing a French team though. Therefore let's see how much he can adapt first.

[Docnaster]

Luis Enrique is really close to make the deal official with PSG now. Everyone has been saying that Zidane would be the best coach for PSG and I also agree. However it doesn't look like Zidane want that in the first place. Of course PSG still could have tried their chance by making an official offer to him but they haven't either.

In this situation there is no other thing to do than hoping Luis Enrique to be successful here. He is a decent career as he has managed Barcelona and Roma as big teams. He even managed Spain national team also. His most successful years were with Barcelona indeed. He won 10 titles in total with Barcelona and one of them was even a Champions League title.

At least it must be exciting to have a Champions League winner coach around here.

It could be difficult because Luis Enrique, like Guardiola, favors ball possession, whereas PSG focuses more on transition and quick counterattacks. This is why I'm not very excited about it. Nagelsmann or Mourinho are my top choices.  Mbappé must leave for Luis Enrique to achieve anything significant because if he stays, he won't ever have full control or won't be spared from making tough choices like Erik ten Hag had to with Ronaldo at Manchester United. If we don't give him control of the locker room, it will be another failure, and no respectable coach will be interested in coaching PSG again.

Luis Enrique is a great coach who had a very successful reign in his days as a Barcelona manager and would definitely make a good coach if he finally become the official manager of Paris Saint Germaine.
However, I think Zinedine Zidane would definitely make a better manager than Enrique because I think the latter understands modern day football than the former. Paris Saint Germaine has won the French Ligue 1 for 9 consecutive times now so winning the domestic league isn't the problem of PSG but to win the Champions League and I think Zidane is the best man to bring that dream to reality

[Leviathan.007]

Luis Enrique is really close to make the deal official with PSG now. Everyone has been saying that Zidane would be the best coach for PSG and I also agree. However it doesn't look like Zidane want that in the first place. Of course PSG still could have tried their chance by making an official offer to him but they haven't either.

In this situation there is no other thing to do than hoping Luis Enrique to be successful here. He is a decent career as he has managed Barcelona and Roma as big teams. He even managed Spain national team also. His most successful years were with Barcelona indeed. He won 10 titles in total with Barcelona and one of them was even a Champions League title.

At least it must be exciting to have a Champions League winner coach around here.

It could be difficult because Luis Enrique, like Guardiola, favors ball possession, whereas PSG focuses more on transition and quick counterattacks. This is why I'm not very excited about it. Nagelsmann or Mourinho are my top choices.  Mbappé must leave for Luis Enrique to achieve anything significant because if he stays, he won't ever have full control or won't be spared from making tough choices like Erik ten Hag had to with Ronaldo at Manchester United. If we don't give him control of the locker room, it will be another failure, and no respectable coach will be interested in coaching PSG again.

As far as I can see the best thing PSG can do about their players like Mbappe who won't extend his contract is to keep him for another season when his contract ends and until that time they can use this player to achieve their goals. Also, PSG would use another coach and Luis Enrique can be a good option for them in the next season while they still can have Zidane as their first priority.

[Zlantann]

Luis Enrique is a great coach who had a very successful reign in his days as a Barcelona manager and would definitely make a good coach if he finally become the official manager of Paris Saint Germaine.
However, I think Zinedine Zidane would definitely make a better manager than Enrique because I think the latter understands modern day football than the former. Paris Saint Germaine has won the French Ligue 1 for 9 consecutive times now so winning the domestic league isn't the problem of PSG but to win the Champions League and I think Zidane is the best man to bring that dream to reality

According to some sources, Zidane has a low interest in coaching clubs currently because his main target is to coach the French national team. He has won almost everything as a club coach and might not be motivated by club trophies. As a player, he has won the world cup maybe his main focus now is to win trophies as a national team coach. French current coach Didier Deschamps has a contract till 2026 and he also has a good record as the French coach winning the world cup in Russia and runners-up recently in Qatar. Zidane might have to take a club coaching job because it is clear that coach Didier will take the French national team to the 2026 world cup except something else happens. Luis Enrique will be a good option if Zidane is not ready to pick up the PSG job. He may not have won more trophies like Zizou but he has better credentials than PSG's former coach Christophe Galtier. There are still speculations that Thiago Motta and Antonio Conte are also targets of PSG if they fail to attract Zidane.

[X-ray]

Since zi
PSG hopes to sign Luis Enrique, but I doubt he will fit in with the Parisians' approach. PSG wants the most effective trainer to lead them to the UEFA Champions League trophy; winning the Ligue One has been a regular reward for them; now is the time to change things up and attempt for a more important title. Zinedine Zidane is a terrific coach with excellent winning qualities; he would be ideal to replace Galtier Christophe at Parc des Princes, but the Frenchman would not want to endanger his position as manager of a club. PSG is a quality club, and acquiring Zidane would not cost them a fortune, but Zinedine rejects their bids.

Since zidane was not even giving single sentences regarding his future club and i think that's actually useless to talk about him. He has been rejecting any clubs that linked to him. PSG is now having more important mission to rebuild the club as so many players have been leaving the club including one of most important player. PSG will be playing without mbappe next year. That means if PSG will be also losing another potential talent again from the club. As you can see that the future of neymar is still remain uncertain.
He wants back to the barcelona while barcelona is now focusing to rebuild the club with so many young talented players. I think that the possible thing if neymar will be staying even longer in PSG.

He will not go to the another club in summer. Neymar's contract is still remain a bit long at this moment. I think that neymar gonna be staying in PSG.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Since zidane was not even giving single sentences regarding his future club and i think that's actually useless to talk about him. He has been rejecting any clubs that linked to him.

He is smart and disciplined. He knows what he want, a France national team's coach position. He does not need money from rich clubs and he can wait a few more years to take over his national team coach position. I guess Zidane knows that France currently have a very good squad with many talented players and many of them are young and can grow up more. If he takes over that position, he will have good chance to win big titles with France like World Cup and Euro and even can repeat success of Spain, winning three big titles during 6 years (1 World Cup, 2 Euros).

PSG is now having more important mission to rebuild the club as so many players have been leaving the club including one of most important player. PSG will be playing without mbappe next year. That means if PSG will be also losing another potential talent again from the club.

We don't know about future of Mbappe, lot of things can happen in future, this summer or next summer.

As you can see that the future of neymar is still remain uncertain.
He wants back to the barcelona while barcelona is now focusing to rebuild the club with so many young talented players. I think that the possible thing if neymar will be staying even longer in PSG.

He will not go to the another club in summer. Neymar's contract is still remain a bit long at this moment. I think that neymar gonna be staying in PSG.

If Barcelona did not bring Messi back to their club, they will not bring Neymar back to Nou Camp. Neymar is younger than Messi but he will require high salary that will not be paid by Barcelona with their not too good finance recent years. He is sensitive with injuries and Barcelona will not pay expensive cost for such players.

Neymar might leave PSG but his destination will not be Barcelona.

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As far as I can see the best thing PSG can do about their players like Mbappe who won't extend his contract is to keep him for another season when his contract ends and until that time they can use this player to achieve their goals. Also, PSG would use another coach and Luis Enrique can be a good option for them in the next season while they still can have Zidane as their first priority.

it is a little difficult to keep Mbappe to stay at PSG while Mbappe has the goal of leaving PSG and getting a better team to be able to win the champions league title.
because this champion league title is one of the dreams that Mbappe had to get a long time ago and by joining PSG this Mbappe cannot get what he wants and on the other hand there are many rumors that will buy this reliable player and one of them is Man City and Real Madrid.
but I think Mbappe will at least stay at PSG until January 2024 and for the PSG coach it seems that Zidane has no interest in becoming a PSG coach.

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Luis Enrique is a great coach who had a very successful reign in his days as a Barcelona manager and would definitely make a good coach if he finally become the official manager of Paris Saint Germaine.
However, I think Zinedine Zidane would definitely make a better manager than Enrique because I think the latter understands modern day football than the former. Paris Saint Germaine has won the French Ligue 1 for 9 consecutive times now so winning the domestic league isn't the problem of PSG but to win the Champions League and I think Zidane is the best man to bring that dream to reality

Undoubtedly, Enrique's time at Barcelona speaks volumes, promising value to Paris Saint Germaine. However, Zidane, in my assessment, embodies a sharper grasp of modern football. Despite that, given his current preference for national team coaching, Zidane's PSG prospects seem slim. Yet, Enrique's credentials, even if lacking Zidane's glittering trophy haul, outperform ex-PSG coach Galtier. Ultimately, if Zidane proves unreachable, other prospects like Motta or Conte may emerge as top contenders

[rendravolt]

As far as I can see the best thing PSG can do about their players like Mbappe who won't extend his contract is to keep him for another season when his contract ends and until that time they can use this player to achieve their goals. Also, PSG would use another coach and Luis Enrique can be a good option for them in the next season while they still can have Zidane as their first priority.

But the thing is Mbappe has stated that he will not renew his contract after next year and that has PSG starting to panic now. We cannot control the will of players who don't want to agree with the club's wishes and players like Mbappe should start being freed from the responsibility of the Paris capital team.

Moreover, he has never won a champion's league title, of course he will come to a club that has that goal and will not stay at PSG. We know Mbappe's goal is to one day become the best player in the world and if he was still with PSG that goal would never be achieved.

[CLS63]

I don't know if Luis Enrique would make any impact on Mbappe's decision to change. He has won a Champions League title before but he can't reassure anything for PSG already now of course. But if we see some good chemistry maybe PSG can really make it to the title for the first time in team history. But even this might not be enough to convince Mbappe to stay longer.

Because Mbappe really seems like he has made up his mind. He says he is contented with staying here for his last year on his contract but he has no intention to extend with PSG until 2025. PSG have no intention to let him go as free agent either. In this situation I really wonder how this will end up.

It is like everything can change suddenly this summer and PSG might even decide to sell him right away.

[OcTradism]

I don't know if Luis Enrique would make any impact on Mbappe's decision to change. He has won a Champions League title before but he can't reassure anything for PSG already now of course. But if we see some good chemistry maybe PSG can really make it to the title for the first time in team history. But even this might not be enough to convince Mbappe to stay longer.

Winning Champions League is very difficult and Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Ancelotti are very few coaches who won Champions League with more than one club. Pep Guardiola managed Bayern Munich and Manchester City but he only won a Champions League with Manchester City in this season, many years since a day he left Barcelona.

PSG have more problems than Bayern Munich and Manchester City and Enrique must talk to PSG owner, sport director to rebuild the club strategy. If he can not succeed to change the club strategy, it's not easy for him to win Champions League with PSG.

Because Mbappe really seems like he has made up his mind. He says he is contented with staying here for his last year on his contract but he has no intention to extend with PSG until 2025. PSG have no intention to let him go as free agent either. In this situation I really wonder how this will end up.

It is like everything can change suddenly this summer and PSG might even decide to sell him right away.

Mbappe wants more than Champions League, he wants Ballon d'Or too. Ligue 1 is a smaller league than La Liga and Premier League so his goals in Ligue 1 will have less contributions for his personal race with other star players for Ballon d'Or. I believe that even he wins Champions League with PSG, he will still have plan to leave PSG.

[Jody.Drummer]

Luis Enrique is really close to make the deal official with PSG now. Everyone has been saying that Zidane would be the best coach for PSG and I also agree. However it doesn't look like Zidane want that in the first place. Of course PSG still could have tried their chance by making an official offer to him but they haven't either.

In this situation there is no other thing to do than hoping Luis Enrique to be successful here. He is a decent career as he has managed Barcelona and Roma as big teams. He even managed Spain national team also. His most successful years were with Barcelona indeed. He won 10 titles in total with Barcelona and one of them was even a Champions League title.

At least it must be exciting to have a Champions League winner coach around here.

It could be difficult because Luis Enrique, like Guardiola, favors ball possession, whereas PSG focuses more on transition and quick counterattacks. This is why I'm not very excited about it. Nagelsmann or Mourinho are my top choices.  Mbappé must leave for Luis Enrique to achieve anything significant because if he stays, he won't ever have full control or won't be spared from making tough choices like Erik ten Hag had to with Ronaldo at Manchester United. If we don't give him control of the locker room, it will be another failure, and no respectable coach will be interested in coaching PSG again.

The conditions are still possible because looking at PSG's current condition, ball possession is not a difficult thing for them to do. On the other hand, when looking at Enrique's quality, the style of ball possession that he always does, of course we also realize that what he was training was Barcelona at that time, so he must have done something like that because Barcelona's signature is clearly in tiki taka.
Now with PSG's conditions that he can take advantage of, of course it won't be difficult to make some adjustments, especially considering the individual qualities of the players, of course he won't find it difficult to train a club like this.

[nlovric]

Luis Enrique is really close to make the deal official with PSG now. Everyone has been saying that Zidane would be the best coach for PSG and I also agree. However it doesn't look like Zidane want that in the first place. Of course PSG still could have tried their chance by making an official offer to him but they haven't either.

In this situation there is no other thing to do than hoping Luis Enrique to be successful here. He is a decent career as he has managed Barcelona and Roma as big teams. He even managed Spain national team also. His most successful years were with Barcelona indeed. He won 10 titles in total with Barcelona and one of them was even a Champions League title.

At least it must be exciting to have a Champions League winner coach around here.

It could be difficult because Luis Enrique, like Guardiola, favors ball possession, whereas PSG focuses more on transition and quick counterattacks. This is why I'm not very excited about it. Nagelsmann or Mourinho are my top choices.  Mbappé must leave for Luis Enrique to achieve anything significant because if he stays, he won't ever have full control or won't be spared from making tough choices like Erik ten Hag had to with Ronaldo at Manchester United. If we don't give him control of the locker room, it will be another failure, and no respectable coach will be interested in coaching PSG again.

Enrique fondness for ball possession and PSG emphasis on quick counterattacks represent a glaring disparity in playing styles that may make it difficult to develop a cohesive team chemistry. Your choice for managers who may be more in line with PSG style such Nagelsmann or Mourinho demonstrates your desire for a more harmonious strategy. The idea that Luis Enrique would need Mbappé departure in order to succeed comes from the idea that it would provide him more control and decision making power. If such control is not given as in the case of Erik ten Hag and Ronaldo at Manchester United it can make it more difficult for the coach to successfully implement his plans. In order to prevent future failures and keep respectable coaches interested PSG must foster a supportive environment and provide the coach the freedom to win the players respect and cooperation.

[Litzki1990]

Mbappe wants more than Champions League, he wants Ballon d'Or too. Ligue 1 is a smaller league than La Liga and Premier League so his goals in Ligue 1 will have less contributions for his personal race with other star players for Ballon d'Or. I believe that even he wins Champions League with PSG, he will still have plan to leave PSG.

Every football star dreams of winning the Ballon d'Or but some may not win the Ballon d'or because of their club's poor performance and some may not win the Ballon d'or because of the team's performance. Mbappe is one of the contenders for the Ballon d'Or based on his skills but that dream is not coming true for the club. Every season Mbappe has done well, his team has failed to win the Champions League trophy. The English Premier League, La Liga or the Italian leagues are J-level France League, but Mbappe lags behind in either direction, so his change of club should be a priority in order to win the Ballon d'Or.

[JeffBrad12]

Neymar had a not so good career at PSG, he was under pressure from various sides, whether it was PSG teammates or fans. Rumor has it, he wants return to Barcelona and is fine with a small salary, but Barcelona finances do not allow to recruit Neymar again, also Xavi has made it clear that Neymar is not in his plans for next season. Too sad for Neymar, but hopefully he can find a club that suits him, because Les Parisiens reportedly handed Neymar departure into the hands of  the player himself.

Neymar shall accept it if he will not able to come back again to the barcelona. It seems like that if he forces himself to stay even longer in PSG. That's a very bad result for his hope. Xabi was making it to the point.

The only problem is now whether he will able to stay in PSG with so many pressures toward him or not. Remember the case when fans are coming to the neymar's house. That can also happen again to him. It makes him feel unconvinced with the situation in the club.

I do know what he feel but this is the only way for him to stay in PSG or move to the club other than barcelona. So many clubs are willing to get him but that's neymar's choice.

The club like manchester united was not as bad as people think. I hope he can decide his future as soon as possible.

[harapan]

@wmaurik Poch wasn’t a bad coach but he failed at managing the ego’s of the PSG player’s and hence I feel that Enrique will do a better job due to his vast experience. Furthermore I’m keen to see what kind of rebuild will Enrique do because buying star player’s has back fired and Mbappe is bound to leave next year hence he has to rebuild this squad immediately.

Pochettino was not a good coach at PSG. The way PSG played were hurtful to the eyes. They were horrible. In fact, it was due to those big players that he was able to maintain the top spot position.
PSG had no style of play, they played so individually. They couldn't create chances, they couldn't break defenses and their own defense was awful. When a team with Messi and Neymar in attack struggle to create chances then you know the coach is bad.

[JeffBrad12]

As far as I can see the best thing PSG can do about their players like Mbappe who won't extend his contract is to keep him for another season when his contract ends and until that time they can use this player to achieve their goals. Also, PSG would use another coach and Luis Enrique can be a good option for them in the next season while they still can have Zidane as their first priority.

Do you mean to win french league again? Mbappe has been signed for something bigger than it to win UCL. Losing mbappe as free agent is a big loss for PSG. You can remember that if PSG paid a lot of money for him.
It's not even worthy of PSG paid almost 1/5 from 1 billion to win only french league. The price that already got from winning french league was smaller compared with money used to buy mbappe.
Im thinking about PSG must try to make him leave from the club by selling it. It will help PSG so much to recover some funds used to bought him.

[LUCKMCFLY]

For some reason when talking about Paris Saint Germain, I have confidence that they will return to transfer star players again for next season even though they will be left behind by 2 other star players such as Neymar and Messi. But I hope they stop doing things like that, because nothing changes when they make transfers that cost a lot of money. I would prefer that when they start to regenerate their squad, yes they can bring back potential young players that they can use for long-term progress.

It is a fact, I think PSG could go looking for or sweetening Haaland, and any of the players who are shining worldwide, but of course, they are also showing themselves to Brazil, which is where I think there is a lot of talent, no matter how bad it is have gone to Brazil, these players always have that special talent and make a difference, thanks to them everything related to soccer has been placed with a high level of competition, South America is one of the continents where Europe has been taught a lot about Soccer Well, I cannot deny that in Europe there are players that I admire with all my being, one of them CR7, Mbappé, Ibrahimovic , but here in this part of the world, it is where the Players who set the pace have Come out.

Actually it's not a problem for PSG to do something like that because they still have plenty of money and they can still just do it in conditions like now. Looking for a player labeled a star must also be seen in terms of age conditions and compatibility with the club.
PSG don't pay too much attention to that (just like Todd did to Chelsea) they only see good players and buy them but don't really see if these players will fit or not later.
If things like that continue to be carried out, the results will not change and I feel that PSG will continue like this stagnantly and without change.

What happens is that right now you cannot find a player like the stars that are like Messi and CR7, this suggests that for now the most sought after stars are Haaland, Mbappé and some others , until now I have not seen prospects that are very promising , but we have to see how the talent scouts of the world's great teams are handling it, maybe they already have stars that have not yet been seen, at least in Qatar we did not see some  Players from countries like Italy , Sweden , that they are always very good and they did not see each other , that is Something that we have to take into Consideration.

As far as I can see the best thing PSG can do about their players like Mbappe who won't extend his contract is to keep him for another season when his contract ends and until that time they can use this player to achieve their goals. Also, PSG would use another coach and Luis Enrique can be a good option for them in the next season while they still can have Zidane as their first priority.

Do you mean to win french league again? Mbappe has been signed for something bigger than it to win UCL. Losing mbappe as free agent is a big loss for PSG. You can remember that if PSG paid a lot of money for him.
It's not even worthy of PSG paid almost 1/5 from 1 billion to win only french league. The price that already got from winning french league was smaller compared with money used to buy mbappe.
Im thinking about PSG must try to make him leave from the club by selling it. It will help PSG so much to recover some funds used to bought him.

I think that Mbappé's success here is because he really did not have success as expected, despite the fact that he was next to two greats like Ney, Messi, they are very good players, and he could not win a UCL, in addition He initially rejected Madrid's offer and he couldn't do anything, I think that what Mbappé is winning is due to his own decision, which was not the correct one, this is the only thing that can trigger things to go up for a player or not.

[Doell]

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Neymar is a complete failure with PSG. We have to accept that. Neymar is a great player. But he did not play well with PSG. In 4 seasons with Barcelona, Neymar played 123 matches and scored 68 goals. And made 20 assists. On the other hand, Neymar played only 112 matches in 6 seasons in Ligue 1. Neymar has faced a lot of injuries at PSG. And that's why he didn't succeed with PSG. If Neymar had not faced so many injuries, we could have enjoyed more excellent gameplay from Neymar.

Yes, unfortunately it is. If Neymar doesn't have many injuries, maybe we will see him playing to his full optimal, as a striker and the most expensive player he should be able to give good results for PSG. By the way, if Luis Enrique becomes PSG new coach, Neymar is likely can stay in Paris. Because Enrique really understands the character of this striker, so I think there is still an opportunity for Neymar to show his great skills at PSG.

[Bobrox]

Do you mean to win french league again? Mbappe has been signed for something bigger than it to win UCL. Losing mbappe as free agent is a big loss for PSG. You can remember that if PSG paid a lot of money for him.
It's not even worthy of PSG paid almost 1/5 from 1 billion to win only french league. The price that already got from winning french league was smaller compared with money used to buy mbappe.
Im thinking about PSG must try to make him leave from the club by selling it. It will help PSG so much to recover some funds used to bought him.

Are you kidding with PSG financial condition? they has much money and seems not problem losing Mbappe as free agent than sell him for next season. Regarding last contract Mbappe ever become free agent and he was success extended his contract until June 2024, I don't think with Mbappe last announcement he will not extend his contract when expiry on June 2024 because ever was broken his statement want to join with Real Madrid.

PSG still difficult for winning Champion League and make some star player frustrated keep stay with PSG, but I believe with excited offering from PSG for Mbappe seems can't denied and make him will stay for longer time there than joining with Real Madrid and has good chance winning Champion League.