French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[fullhdpixel]

The same situation continues between Mbappe and PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi. Mbappe doesn't want to extend his contract certainly but he wants to stay until the end of his current contract anyway. On the other hand PSG president is very determined to not let him go on a free transfer. If he doesn't have an intention for contract extension then he shows Mbappe the door.
PSG have only six months left to lose him for free as I assume that Real Madrid would make an official contract offer right away. They wouldn't wait up until next summer in the end while they have a golden opportunity. PSG are really desperate now as it seems really hard for them to sell him now as he is going to be available for free soon.

PSG have yet to make a decision on Mbappe. Mbappe has yet to renew his contract with PSG. Perhaps he is not interested in staying. I guess PSG management will make a decision about Mbappe after their coach change. If Mbappe is in Enrique's plans then maybe PSG management will try their best to keep Mbappe in the team. And if Enrique doesn't have Mbappe in his plans, Mbappe might be leaving the team soon.

Decision is already made about Mbappé that he is going to leave in this summer, and we have around three strong bids for him as well but nothing is officially coming with most chances Real Madrid will not lose this opportunity to bring him to Santiago Bernabéu even we have few English offers also in rumors but most chances things will be gone in favor of Spanish club with amount is also already discussed because PSG President is now all clear about club future and now allowing anything which create problems for them specially he doesn't want to allow Mbappé leave this club as free agent.

Now, new coach and many new players are also already coming which will surely bring completely change in this club and with this change now can they have change of fortune as well it's not clear because for this we have to wait for the start of new season.

[dezoel]

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

In last few weeks, we have completely different atmosphere at PSG because no one was expecting we will have changes like this right now they are doing changes which are surely going to help them for having their required results or surely changes will be happened in performance as well as they are announced two year contract is already signed with Luis Enrique secondly now Mbappé is also on sell list because he is not happy to extend his contract, and they don't want to keep him even few are thinking deal is already done now just announcement is coming as Real Madrid is completed this all and many new faces are coming here in this club.

Even few things are still looking for settlement but surely now they are doing things which can give change the atmosphere of this club, and also they will be able to have good changes in this club as well surely squad performance will be also much better even they lost too many big names.

[FanEagle]

Interestingly, they have spent only 120-130 million, and got a whole set of new players and manager and going to be awesome this season thanks to that. Ugarte is amazing, hernandes is quite great too, Asensio may not be amazing but getting him for free? That's amazing. I think they are going to be huge this year as well.

Only thing that matters now is to see if Mbappe stays or not, if he stays he will give at least one more season of victory for them, but if he leaves I do not know what they are going to do. He is not a player you can replace, there is no player they can get, maybe Haaland but we all know they are not getting him. So this is going to be very weird and I am not sure if it is going to work or not, it is going to be quite difficult.

[Litzki1990]

Maybe PSG believe in Enrique more than Galtier as they have signed a two-year contract with him. But in case of having a similar season I don't know how PSG chairman would react to that. One thing is certain that Enrique will need to take his time until applying his strategies and formation without any difficulties.

Because he will bring a much more different approach here. PSG have been playing a really fast game so far but now that is likely to change. Enrique might want to have a similar understading with PSG just as he had at Barcelona in those successful years.

We'll see if the team improves in performance owing to the loss of some key players or if they improve with the newly formed squad next season. PSG does not favor any coach unequally; all the Parisians want is a coach who can lead the club to greatness. The president of PSG, Al-Khelaifi Nasser, has yet to achieve his goal of winning the UEFA Champions League. He had the best trio previous season, but winning it was even more difficult. However, the Parisians are eager to see what the new boss in charge has to give. Luis Enrique has been entrusted with PSG's ultimate goals; let's see where they go from here.

The fact that the most famous star in the world once played for PSG is the main reason behind their lack of improvement in their game. Because the three big stars playing in the same club, the three considered themselves better than each other and there was an ego working between them which resulted in a bad relationship between the players in everything from passing the ball to other things, which is basically why PSG spent so much money. I did not get any success. At the moment psg has formed new squad for the new season where Messi and some other players have already been left out of the squad. PSG has now appointed a good quality coach in their team. Hopefully, with the right guidance of Luis Enrique, PSG will achieve success with the new team.

[onecall123]

Maybe PSG believe in Enrique more than Galtier as they have signed a two-year contract with him. But in case of having a similar season I don't know how PSG chairman would react to that. One thing is certain that Enrique will need to take his time until applying his strategies and formation without any difficulties.

Because he will bring a much more different approach here. PSG have been playing a really fast game so far but now that is likely to change. Enrique might want to have a similar understading with PSG just as he had at Barcelona in those successful years.

We'll see if the team improves in performance owing to the loss of some key players or if they improve with the newly formed squad next season. PSG does not favor any coach unequally; all the Parisians want is a coach who can lead the club to greatness. The president of PSG, Al-Khelaifi Nasser, has yet to achieve his goal of winning the UEFA Champions League. He had the best trio previous season, but winning it was even more difficult. However, the Parisians are eager to see what the new boss in charge has to give. Luis Enrique has been entrusted with PSG's ultimate goals; let's see where they go from here.

The fact that the most famous star in the world once played for PSG is the main reason behind their lack of improvement in their game. Because the three big stars playing in the same club, the three considered themselves better than each other and there was an ego working between them which resulted in a bad relationship between the players in everything from passing the ball to other things, which is basically why PSG spent so much money. I did not get any success. At the moment psg has formed new squad for the new season where Messi and some other players have already been left out of the squad. PSG has now appointed a good quality coach in their team. Hopefully, with the right guidance of Luis Enrique, PSG will achieve success with the new team.

The clubs have to let go of certain players and replace them with players with hunger, particularly when it comes to competing in European matches. I can already witness the positive changes happening. PSG has made a wise decision by choosing Enrique, who has a legacy, experience, and strong leadership qualities. However, it is necessary for the PSG boss to keep patience and avoid making quick decisions. Lets say if Enrique fails to win the Champions League next season, it would be better to exhibit patience and give him more time to achieve success. Congratulations to the man full of football experience, and wish him good-luck.

[shogun47]

Maybe PSG believe in Enrique more than Galtier as they have signed a two-year contract with him. But in case of having a similar season I don't know how PSG chairman would react to that. One thing is certain that Enrique will need to take his time until applying his strategies and formation without any difficulties. Because he will bring a much more different approach here. PSG have been playing a really fast game so far but now that is likely to change. Enrique might want to have a similar understading with PSG just as he had at Barcelona in those successful years.

Of course, the Paris Saint-Germain management believes in Luis Enrique much more than in Galtier. As far as I know, initially Zinedine Zidane was considered the favorite for this post, and only failure in negotiations with him led to the option with Galtier. By the way, I think that if PSG managed to persuade Zidane to lead the club, Mbappe would be happy to extend his contract with the club. There were rumors that Mbappe was almost promised the arrival of Zidane and the player was very disappointed in the end.

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

As for Galtier, I think many reasons now played a role in their decision and it became even easier when he was now confronted with the allegations concerning racism. But I guess they would have fired him either way and negotiations with Enrique were underway for a while already. But let's see what Enrique can even do now with that team. Winning Ligue 1 with PSG is easier than winning La Liga with Barcelona as their is at least Real Madrid that has to be beaten.

[CLS63]

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

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

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

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

I'm also wondering who it will be. While Bayern Munich are continuing to make offers for Harry Kane it is interesting that PSG don't. Because he has been speculated with PSG as well. I wonder what they are waiting for. Or maybe this is an indicator that they don't prioritize Kane transfer as his cost will be really high compared to his age.

This divides people about this situation as well. Some think that Kane is still worth that sum and some think the opposite. Kane is technically one of the best complete forwards right now. With the addition of him to PSG we can see Mbappe on the wing which wouldn't be any difference for Mbappe. This move would strengthen PSG's offense a lot.

[hd49728]

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

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

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

Some players I don't know and I can not discuss about them. Asensio from Real Madrid is a good choice for PSG so is Skriniar from Inter Milan. It's good for PSG as they already have a coach for a new season. Luis Enrique is an experienced coach with Barcelona, Spain and he will help PSG to achieve sexy football too. Lucas Hernandez looks to be good if they sell Hakimi to Real Madrid.

Three other players, Kang-In Lee, Ugarte, Ndour are very strange players and I don't know about them. With Kang-In Lee, PSG want to bet that they will get a successful transfer with a Korean player like Napoli got with Min-Jae Kim in the last season.

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

I believe that no negotiation with Zidane at all as he does not want to manage another club while still waiting for his chance with France. He got opportunities to manage PSG but never shown that he wants to take it.

[rahmad2nd]

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We don't know if Luis Enrique will succeed as PSG coach. But it would be foolish to think that he will lead PSG to the Champions League title in his first season in charge. A team needs time to stabilize and strengthen. The PSG team situation is very shaky now. And so even with an experienced coach like Luis Enrique, I don't think they will win the Champions League title next season. If Luis Enrique is able to carry out his duties well, he can build a squad worthy of winning the Champions League title in the next 2/1 season.

It is still unclear which team Mbappe will go to. Liverpool and Real Madrid have expressed big-money interest in Mbappe. PSG on the other hand is a very rich club. They are likely to offer Mbappe an increase in wages. And no wonder Mbappe extended his contract with PSG again.

I think by the time people are going to read this post, it is actually going to be officially confirmed that Luis Enrique is the new head coach of PSG. I was scrolling on Twitter, and I found this news. I still remember Luis Enrique being the manager of Barcelona. He did a very decent job. But I am a little skeptical about him finding success with PSG.

I think if I am not wrong, Luis Enrique was the coach of Barcelona when Barcelona beat PSG by 6-5 after being behind by 0-4. But a lot of things has changed since then. It is still going to be hard for PSG to win the Champions League trophy. I also agree with @rahmad2nd that he will need to build his own squad to find success.

Yes, we are following the rumors regarding a potential replacement for Galtier.  it's just that, in recent weeks PSG have not formalized Luis Enrique as their official coach. the problem was, at that time Galtier's position was still with PSG. now, Enrique has officially become a coach at the Parc des Princess. as I said before, Luis Enrique is a coach who has a track record that need not be doubted, he is one of the coaches who ever won a treble winner. on the other hand, PSG is a French giant club that always targets the Champions League trophy. whoever the coach is, they will be fired if in the end they fail to bring PSG to the top of the most prestigious event.

But now the situation is different, PSG has lost several important players. Messi left, and now Mbappe's status is still a hot issue in recent weeks. In fact, we don't hear many rumors about Neymar. with the current situation, as I said, that it will be very difficult for Enrique to lead PSG to win the Champions League trophy in the first season.
Ideally, Enrique will first fix the PSG squad according to what he wants. if the system is running as it should, Galtier only needs to add newcomers to deepen the depth of his squad. that's why I said it would be very difficult for Enrique to win the Champions League trophy, as the club has always wanted.
IMO, PSG can emulate the steps taken by City when they brought in Pep Guardiola, he was given the freedom to build his squad.  and give time to the coach, to build his army according to the desired level.

Thus, maybe PSG will be much better after being handled by Enrique.

[rendravolt]

Today PSG announced their two new recruits namely Milan Skriniar and Marco Asensio with free agent status. It is hoped that these two players will become reinforcements for the PSG squad and for sure they will immediately get a place in the starters. The duration of the contract given by PSG is also quite long and it looks like both of them will be ready to help PSG become a better team starting next season.

Milan Skriniar will replace Sergio Ramos who left PSG at the end of the season and Marco Asensio will replace Lionel Messi who also left for Inter Miami after his contract ended this season. If you look at the current condition of PSG's players, of course they won't have any problems and it's just a matter of how coach Luis Enrique can maximize the existing squad later.

[Juggy777]

Today PSG announced their two new recruits namely Milan Skriniar and Marco Asensio with free agent status. It is hoped that these two players will become reinforcements for the PSG squad and for sure they will immediately get a place in the starters. The duration of the contract given by PSG is also quite long and it looks like both of them will be ready to help PSG become a better team starting next season.

Milan Skriniar will replace Sergio Ramos who left PSG at the end of the season and Marco Asensio will replace Lionel Messi who also left for Inter Miami after his contract ended this season. If you look at the current condition of PSG's players, of course they won't have any problems and it's just a matter of how coach Luis Enrique can maximize the existing squad later.

@rendravolt the new coach of PSG has a very big mess on his hand thanks to Mbappe because the club has declared that he won’t be allowed to leave for free and the former had already declared that he won’t stay post this season which mean’s that it’s a very tricky mess and I’m not sure how the new coach will handle this distraction. Furthermore coming to these two player’s they both are experienced and they’ll definitely improve the team.

[Leviathan.007]

The only problem for PSG and Enrique is solved now and it seems PSG accepted Enrique's request about choosing his assistant coaches because they asked Enrique to keep working with two of Christophe Galtier's assistants and  Enrique didn't accept this because he wanted to have his own team in Paris.
Unzué and two other people are going to join PSG for the next season and help Enrique as he requested.

[shogun47]

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

I believe that no negotiation with Zidane at all as he does not want to manage another club while still waiting for his chance with France. He got opportunities to manage PSG but never shown that he wants to take it.

I am not sure if he is really waiting for France because that is still at least three years from now and if the right club had asked him for an engagement I think he would have decided to go for it, but PSG is not one of the clubs that he likes very much. He can do whatever he wants of course, but to me it is more likely that it wasn't the right circumstances and probably not the right offer. But I think it would be good if he returns soon as his presence is good for the soccer world in general. He is one of those characters that contribute to soccer in many different ways.

[Doell]

Interestingly, they have spent only 120-130 million, and got a whole set of new players and manager and going to be awesome this season thanks to that. Ugarte is amazing, hernandes is quite great too, Asensio may not be amazing but getting him for free? That's amazing. I think they are going to be huge this year as well.

Only thing that matters now is to see if Mbappe stays or not, if he stays he will give at least one more season of victory for them, but if he leaves I do not know what they are going to do. He is not a player you can replace, there is no player they can get, maybe Haaland but we all know they are not getting him. So this is going to be very weird and I am not sure if it is going to work or not, it is going to be quite difficult.

The situation now looks better for PSG, but indeed at the moment only Mbappe contract is an important part, because if he does not extend him contract then he will be released by PSG to another club. It's too bad if Mbappe left to another club, PSG attacks line might not be horrible again, although maybe there will be a new striker but PSG without Mbappe will not be too strong. As you said he is not a player who can be replaced, because he is really good player so far.

[hahay]

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

I believe that no negotiation with Zidane at all as he does not want to manage another club while still waiting for his chance with France. He got opportunities to manage PSG but never shown that he wants to take it.

I am not sure if he is really waiting for France because that is still at least three years from now and if the right club had asked him for an engagement I think he would have decided to go for it, but PSG is not one of the clubs that he likes very much. He can do whatever he wants of course, but to me it is more likely that it wasn't the right circumstances and probably not the right offer. But I think it would be good if he returns soon as his presence is good for the soccer world in general. He is one of those characters that contribute to soccer in many different ways.

As far as I know Zidane had received an offer to coach PSG but yes, Zidane turned it down so with this refusal it seems that PSG also did not make continuous efforts to get Zidane. But yes, I think the target of being able to recruit Zidane may have been forgotten at this moment because after all, PSG has also succeeded in recruiting Luis Enrique, of course Luis Enrique also has good qualities in building a team with a star squad.

[Jody.Drummer]

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

I believe that no negotiation with Zidane at all as he does not want to manage another club while still waiting for his chance with France. He got opportunities to manage PSG but never shown that he wants to take it.

I am not sure if he is really waiting for France because that is still at least three years from now and if the right club had asked him for an engagement I think he would have decided to go for it, but PSG is not one of the clubs that he likes very much. He can do whatever he wants of course, but to me it is more likely that it wasn't the right circumstances and probably not the right offer. But I think it would be good if he returns soon as his presence is good for the soccer world in general. He is one of those characters that contribute to soccer in many different ways.

As far as I know Zidane had received an offer to coach PSG but yes, Zidane turned it down so with this refusal it seems that PSG also did not make continuous efforts to get Zidane. But yes, I think the target of being able to recruit Zidane may have been forgotten at this moment because after all, PSG has also succeeded in recruiting Luis Enrique, of course Luis Enrique also has good qualities in building a team with a star squad.

Even the news about this happened several times and not only this season but also last season there was also the same news saying Zidane wanted PSG but because there were several things he could not become a coach for PSG.
Now PSG has Enrique and of course this can be something that can actually lift because when compared to Poche and Galtier before, Enrique has more experience when coaching at big clubs.
On the other hand, PSG's current condition and the strength of the players they have can also be an advantage for Enrique where he can adapt the results he met at Barcelona because he saw the way they attacked and with the strength of these players it can still be but indeed in this case there must be more proof from Enrique. Hopefully this will go well and PSG does not always change its coach after the season ends.

[fzkto]

Did negotiations with Zidane fail or did he turn down an offer before they could even send him one? I think he never really showed any interest in becoming the coach of PSG.

I believe that no negotiation with Zidane at all as he does not want to manage another club while still waiting for his chance with France. He got opportunities to manage PSG but never shown that he wants to take it.

I am not sure if he is really waiting for France because that is still at least three years from now and if the right club had asked him for an engagement I think he would have decided to go for it, but PSG is not one of the clubs that he likes very much. He can do whatever he wants of course, but to me it is more likely that it wasn't the right circumstances and probably not the right offer. But I think it would be good if he returns soon as his presence is good for the soccer world in general. He is one of those characters that contribute to soccer in many different ways.

As far as I know Zidane had received an offer to coach PSG but yes, Zidane turned it down so with this refusal it seems that PSG also did not make continuous efforts to get Zidane. But yes, I think the target of being able to recruit Zidane may have been forgotten at this moment because after all, PSG has also succeeded in recruiting Luis Enrique, of course Luis Enrique also has good qualities in building a team with a star squad.

Even the news about this happened several times and not only this season but also last season there was also the same news saying Zidane wanted PSG but because there were several things he could not become a coach for PSG.
Now PSG has Enrique and of course this can be something that can actually lift because when compared to Poche and Galtier before, Enrique has more experience when coaching at big clubs.
On the other hand, PSG's current condition and the strength of the players they have can also be an advantage for Enrique where he can adapt the results he met at Barcelona because he saw the way they attacked and with the strength of these players it can still be but indeed in this case there must be more proof from Enrique. Hopefully this will go well and PSG does not always change its coach after the season ends.

I'm not sure that a change of coach will have any effect on PSG. Every year they top the domestic league and that's understandable because they have no serious competition and have a stellar squad of players. But in the Champions League they constantly fail. I can't speculate what might be wrong with the club, but it seems to me that the coach doesn't play a major role in this situation.

[bering]

Wow, of course I am very happy to get info about PSG that PSG finally recruited a great coach like Luis Enrique. With the appointment of Luis Enrique as PSG's head coach for the next three seasons, I hope Luis Enrique can provide a stable and consistent performance for PSG both in Ligue 1 and the Champions League. So yes, because Luis Enrique has become PSG's head coach, it seems that this will have an impact on Mbappe, whether Mbappe will really leave or choose to stay at PSG. Because anyway, if Luis Enrique manages to provide the best results and performance for PSG, then I think there is a possibility that Mbappe will stay at PSG, who knows.

Enrique doesn't talk more about Mbappe because he just arrived and he still hasn't cooperated with Mbappe but maybe if Enrique is able to convince Mbappe to stay then not impossible for Mbappe to signing new contract but Enrique has hard jobs in this team because the club targetting champion league trophy this season and apparently this is mandatory target because if he cannot get the trophy then it is very likely that he will have the same fate as Galtier

However we all know Enrique is the former manager of Barcelona so he knows some of Barcelona players with very well and i think this summer possibly he will targetting Barcelona players to joining PSG and previously some of Barcelona players were linked to PSG such as Pedri, Gavi and Ousmane Dembele and i think there is possibility Enrique will buy one of them

[Davian144]

The only problem for PSG and Enrique is solved now and it seems PSG accepted Enrique's request about choosing his assistant coaches because they asked Enrique to keep working with two of Christophe Galtier's assistants and  Enrique didn't accept this because he wanted to have his own team in Paris.
Unzué and two other people are going to join PSG for the next season and help Enrique as he requested.

Apart from that, PSG has also brought in two good players into its current team to have a more brilliant next season, of course. The center back and right wing that PSG have got are very good players and also very suitable to be at PSG and for now I also don't think that PSG is in trouble because as you said the only problem for PSG is solved now including in terms of getting the best players to be placed into the PSG team itself.

[Jody.Drummer]

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I'm not sure that a change of coach will have any effect on PSG. Every year they top the domestic league and that's understandable because they have no serious competition and have a stellar squad of players. But in the Champions League they constantly fail. I can't speculate what might be wrong with the club, but it seems to me that the coach doesn't play a major role in this situation.

I even saw from the beginning that Paris Saint Germain had problems that could not be resolved until now. It's natural to have the belief that maybe under a new coach they will continue to be like that, especially in the Champions League, because there is no guarantee that with a new coach they will be better. But it raises a hope that might lift Paris Saint Germain's performance. Luis Enrique's experience will help them in solving some of their internal problems. Apart from that, I hope Luis Enrique will be a decisive coach to bring change to Paris Saint Germain.