French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[lizarder]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

There are too many similarities between the time he came to Barcelona and the time he came to PSG and hopefully that doesn't repeat Dembele's case of frequent injuries as it will keep him from making a contribution to PSG. Dembele's presence is believed to be able to help Enrique's squad and will make their attack even sharper, but Dembele must be able to take care of himself to avoid injury.

PSG need a front line to help them face the competition going forward, the departure of Messi and Neymar will affect the attack line and fortunately at this time they still have Mbappe and Dembele. Regardless of how Mbappe is trying to speculate about moving and has now reached a decision at best to last another season.

[Hvdv]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

If he sees Neymar as his idol, I can understand why he wants to get his jersey numbers, but if there is no such thing, I say it's just a coincidence. Dembele is a key player. Time will tell if he can contribute more than Neymar. I also love Neymar, but he has injury problems very often and we cannot watch his football.

[Oneandpure]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

For the second time, Ousmane Dembélé used the number left by Neymar after receiving an offer from Al Hilal, when leaving Bacelona Neymar wear 11 number and Ousmane Dembélé use that number for after arriving in Camp Nou. Today he has the same situation wearing number left by Neymar and will use 10 number for this season with PSG. No doubt with 10 number wearing by Ousmane Dembélé with PSG, he has top performance with Barcelona and potential has better performance than last 10 number wearing by Neymar.

Has chance for Ousmane Dembélé make debut with PSG on upcoming match in Ligue 1, against Toulouse is great opportunity for Ousmane Dembélé to show his potential for PSG fans and they can forget with losing Neymar.

[Doell]

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It only fitting that the FC Metz club was beaten to a pulp by Rennes whereas Metz is a club that just joined in league 1 so it only natural to be surprised to have to compete with a stronger club and think of it as a warm up in their first match but in this case it failed to improve performance they I think will go into the relegation zone again.
The next match if according to my prediction it looks like Lens will win the match because Lens will be the host that gives strength to be confident with great enthusiasm and on the other hand Rennes also haven't beaten Lens in previous season so it looks like Rennes will have to accept the upcoming defeat or if you don't have to use stronger defensive formation to end the match in a draw.

If FC Metz fail to improve their performance in the upcoming matches and so on, then of course they might be relegated to League 2 again. FC Metz against Rennes was completely slaughtered and I'm not too sure on matchday two they can defend very well against Marseille, although FC Metz will be playing at home and they are have 4 draws in their last 5 matches but tomorrow maybe Marseille will aim for three points, because Marseille will focus on the league again after failed in the UCL qualifying round.

[shogun47]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

If he sees Neymar as his idol, I can understand why he wants to get his jersey numbers, but if there is no such thing, I say it's just a coincidence. Dembele is a key player. Time will tell if he can contribute more than Neymar. I also love Neymar, but he has injury problems very often and we cannot watch his football.

Good that we are speaking of injuries and how Neymar suffered from many of them and couldn't contribute to the game because he wasn't on the pitch all the time. But did people forget how many games Dembele missed since the season 17/18 because of injuries?

If you take both together, the missed games for the French national team and Barcelona, Dembele missed a total of 141 games due to various injuries. That doesn't sound much better than Neymar to me. If you calculate the average per season, that is 141 games in 6 seasons, which means 23.5 games missed on average per season.   So far that isn't an improvement over Neymar. I didn't have a look at his numbers, but missing well over 20 games per season is tough for the player and the team.

[Docnaster]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

If he sees Neymar as his idol, I can understand why he wants to get his jersey numbers, but if there is no such thing, I say it's just a coincidence. Dembele is a key player. Time will tell if he can contribute more than Neymar. I also love Neymar, but he has injury problems very often and we cannot watch his football.

It is nice that Dembele is taking over the number 10 jersey from Neymar Jr. I have two things to say about this development;
1. Both are skillful
2. Both are injury players
Let me add again that we should not expect Dembele to perform like Neymar. He will not be able to perform like Neymar I PSG not only because Neymar is bigger than him, also there is Mbappe who everyone will be playing for.

[CryptoBuds]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

If he sees Neymar as his idol, I can understand why he wants to get his jersey numbers, but if there is no such thing, I say it's just a coincidence. Dembele is a key player. Time will tell if he can contribute more than Neymar. I also love Neymar, but he has injury problems very often and we cannot watch his football.

It is nice that Dembele is taking over the number 10 jersey from Neymar Jr. I have two things to say about this development;
1. Both are skillful
2. Both are injury players
Let me add again that we should not expect Dembele to perform like Neymar. He will not be able to perform like Neymar I PSG not only because Neymar is bigger than him, also there is Mbappe who everyone will be playing for.

Neymar can not meet the expectations of PSG management. Because Neymar was signed by PSG management for a record transfer fee. For this reason, PSG's expectations from Neymar were also high. He has been plagued by injuries every season since his arrival at PSG. He could not play a single season without injuries. However, in the few matches he was with the team, he impressed the fans with great performances. He could have scored a lot of goals with the team if not for the injury problem.

Dembele is truly talented. But I will not compare Dembele with Neymar. Dembele has yet to reach the heights of Neymar. And so Dembele should not expect a great performance like Neymar. However, if Dembele can maintain his fitness then he will be able to perform well with PSG. Also let's not forget that PSG's coach is now veteran Luis Enrique. He knows very well how to use his players properly.

[Josefjix]

It is nice that Dembele is taking over the number 10 jersey from Neymar Jr. I have two things to say about this development;
1. Both are skillful
2. Both are injury players
Let me add again that we should not expect Dembele to perform like Neymar. He will not be able to perform like Neymar I PSG not only because Neymar is bigger than him, also there is Mbappe who everyone will be playing for.

With the present illustration given above, you're absolutely correct about the facts based on injuries, they're both not consistent and highly skilled players. PSG shouldn't expect much from the Frenchman, afterall he never actually deliver in crucial times when his former club, Barcelona needed him, so Paris Saint Germain won't be an exception. Ousmane Dembele is handed the jersey 10 in PSG, following the exits of Neymar Jr. It would be a crucial times for the parisians but they will remained top in their performance this season. The fans are expecting more improvement in their squad and from the new coach, Luis Enrique.

[AakZaki]

A few seasons we saw PSG become a club that ruled the league thanks to unlimited funds. That makes PSG's strength a dominance that is difficult to beat. This makes the French League quite boring. This makes the French League seem to have no healthy competitiveness between clubs. This caused La Liga to file a complaint on this matter. They complained about PSG's funding. This relates also to the European Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market (the "Foreign Subsidy Regulation". La Liga has a desire to eliminate market distortions that damage the sporting ecosystem.

[Hvdv]

A few seasons we saw PSG become a club that ruled the league thanks to unlimited funds. That makes PSG's strength a dominance that is difficult to beat. This makes the French League quite boring. This makes the French League seem to have no healthy competitiveness between clubs. This caused La Liga to file a complaint on this matter. They complained about PSG's funding. This relates also to the European Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market (the "Foreign Subsidy Regulation". La Liga has a desire to eliminate market distortions that damage the sporting ecosystem.

PSG has a significant economic power in the French league. However, if La Liga is going to complain about something, it might be the Saudi league instead of the French league. It is obvious that teams pay incredible fees in the Saudi Arabian league and FIFA is not taking a step in this regard. This surprises me. It shouldn't be natural for any team out there to be this rich. Let's say you are so rich, FIFA should work on this issue to prevent unfair competition between leagues.

[klidex]

Ousmane Dembélé will be the new number 10 for PSG, taking over after Neymar's departure. The iconic number 10 didn't stay vacant for too long after Neymar left. The number 10 holds a magical, iconic status and has a history filled with significance. I just wish Dembélé takes on this responsibility well. Congratulations.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time Dembélé has taken over Neymar's old shirt number. Back in 2017, when Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG, Dembélé inherited his number 11 jersey at Barcelona.

If he sees Neymar as his idol, I can understand why he wants to get his jersey numbers, but if there is no such thing, I say it's just a coincidence. Dembele is a key player. Time will tell if he can contribute more than Neymar. I also love Neymar, but he has injury problems very often and we cannot watch his football.

It is nice that Dembele is taking over the number 10 jersey from Neymar Jr. I have two things to say about this development;
1. Both are skillful
2. Both are injury players
Let me add again that we should not expect Dembele to perform like Neymar. He will not be able to perform like Neymar I PSG not only because Neymar is bigger than him, also there is Mbappe who everyone will be playing for.

We all know how Dembele's performance with Neymar is very different which will never be the same and it is very clear that even though Dembele is wearing the jersey that Neymar used, he doesn't need to have to look like Neymar because I know every player has different talents and there is no need put pressure on Dembele to look like Neymar.
Injury problem I think Dembele's injury is not as bad as Neymar's and we all know how Neymar when on the field often has problems because the injury has not fully recovered and for Dembele he has a less severe injury so even though he doesn't have the same talent as Neymar he is still able to strengthen Paris SG especially since there is still Kylian Mbappe who can help to become stronger.

[imamusma]

PSG definitely made a big mistake by keeping Mbappe, I mean not like he was willing to leave neither, but at the very least they could have kept him off the list and not give him a minute of play time, that would have forced his hand to leave eventually.

I get that they want to make amends and play him and hope that he stays, but if he leaves, that means they didn't made a dime off him. They need to build the new squad without him already to get used to it. They are good enough, with this new Neymar deal they should be able to replace anyone, and if they sold Mbappe, then they could have made a lot more as well. The moment Mbappe said no to 700 million dollars for a single year from Saudi Arabia, it was all downhill from there.

PSG and their owners still really hope that Kylian Mbappe can last longer with them. They have no intention of selling him anywhere if Mbappe accedes to their wishes for a contract extension, but things will change once PSG realize that Kylian Mbappe will leave at the end of the season on a free transfer. Of course this will force PSG to sell him to make a profit, while Kylian Mbappe still refuses and is firm on his decision.

He can create a lot of problems in the team because PSG pays too much attention to him as an influential player. That can obviously spoil the coach's plans because he won't be able to perform with his best form because he has shifted his focus to another team as his future target. But I hope something will change regarding the rumors going around, even if it's tough right now.

[Slow death]

There's been reports in different sports tabloids in France suggesting that the France national team captain is in advanced talk with the club to extend his contract with the club beyond the end of this season. If the club can convince and keep their talisman at the club, then PSG will be a huge force in the European stage this season

I also heard that Mbappe has agreed to extend his one-year contract at PSG, so the Mbappe problem is over. But if asked how they will look next season when they are in the Champions League competition, I don't think it will be much different because they used to have such a great attacking trio, but it was very difficult to compete in the Champions. It took time for Luis Enrique to make PSG a strong challenger in the Champions League and we saw that experience when Pep Guardiola took over Manchester City.

PSG definitely made a big mistake by keeping Mbappe, I mean not like he was willing to leave neither, but at the very least they could have kept him off the list and not give him a minute of play time, that would have forced his hand to leave eventually.

I get that they want to make amends and play him and hope that he stays, but if he leaves, that means they didn't made a dime off him. They need to build the new squad without him already to get used to it. They are good enough, with this new Neymar deal they should be able to replace anyone, and if they sold Mbappe, then they could have made a lot more as well. The moment Mbappe said no to 700 million dollars for a single year from Saudi Arabia, it was all downhill from there.

it was absurd the blackmail that PSG management was doing to the mbappe, they knew very well that the player gave a lot of himself to the team to win the games, they were not being fair in using blackmail for the player to extend the contract, the mbappe is a player a lot of game and no doubt he dreams of winning individual awards, see a good example was the case of haaland who moved to manchester city and managed to win the european champions league, and we all know that players who manage to win many individual awards are the players who are in the stable teams that manage to win the champions league

let's look at the case of neymar, if he had stayed at barcelona he would have achieved great things, but he didn't, he may have made a lot of money but he didn't achieve much individually and had to retire early, go play in saudi arabia soa like retirement. the same end could have the mbappe of staying at psg, looking at this psg squad, and of course they have no chance of getting far in the champions league and even to win the league 1 they will have a lot of difficulties, messi preferred to leave this team to go and play in the usa, he will have peace of mind, the environment that PSG management has created

it's not a good environment psg already lost a lot of good players, instead of keeping them to win the champions league, i think mbappe should prioritize moving to a better team like real madrid or other big teams if he's one one day you want to win the european champions league and win individual awards

[ShowOff]

A few seasons we saw PSG become a club that ruled the league thanks to unlimited funds. That makes PSG's strength a dominance that is difficult to beat. This makes the French League quite boring. This makes the French League seem to have no healthy competitiveness between clubs. This caused La Liga to file a complaint on this matter. They complained about PSG's funding. This relates also to the European Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market (the "Foreign Subsidy Regulation". La Liga has a desire to eliminate market distortions that damage the sporting ecosystem.

Maybe you are right about that, but La Liga should also highlight the Premier League, which in all probability has the same case among several of its teams. PSG has large funds to build its squad thanks to funds from the owner, it is clear that this has made them a team that is able to dominate domestic competition as if no team can compete with it.

I look at the strength of Ligue 1 clubs based on market value, clearly PSG are a team that has great strength financially as they have €1.02bn total market value for their team of 35 players. Lowest is FC Metz with a total market value of €36.05m.

Complete information here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/ligue-1/startseite/wettbewerb/FR1

[KTChampions]

"Expected" is not the same as happening. PSG has long voiced its position and has been waiting for something for a long time, but nothing is changing 
They may keep wanting more, but Mbappe is hardly stupid enough to be involved in a scheme that PSG needs but Mbappe doesn't need.
I did not understand about the rumors and Real Madrid. Real Madrid is ready to buy Mbappe at an adequate price or take him away for free in a year, do you doubt it?

Yes i do. I meant madrid has not even sent an official bid for him and how can we expect the club to buy him. Renewing the contract with PSG is even more sense compared seeing him to go to the real madrid.
Real madrid will be ready to take mbappe once he leaves from there with free agent. It reminds me so much talks about madrid prepared huge sum amounts of money for mbape but it has not proven. Mbappe is now starting to talk about the chance for PSG to win UCL this season.

Mbappe will make everything clear as soon as possible. So much news related to the to sign a new agreement with PSG already spread. I hope the new deal will be coming true.
Madrid has no choice other than buy him.

Why make a formal offer when PSG publicly announces the inadequate amount they want for Mbappe, and you can just wait for PSG (which is very interested in selling Mbappe) to moderate their appetites. You say that Real have no other choice but to buy Mbappe, can you justify your words with something? I see no reason why Real Madrid couldn't take Mbappe for free.

[Docnaster]

"Expected" is not the same as happening. PSG has long voiced its position and has been waiting for something for a long time, but nothing is changing 
They may keep wanting more, but Mbappe is hardly stupid enough to be involved in a scheme that PSG needs but Mbappe doesn't need.
I did not understand about the rumors and Real Madrid. Real Madrid is ready to buy Mbappe at an adequate price or take him away for free in a year, do you doubt it?

Yes i do. I meant madrid has not even sent an official bid for him and how can we expect the club to buy him. Renewing the contract with PSG is even more sense compared seeing him to go to the real madrid.
Real madrid will be ready to take mbappe once he leaves from there with free agent. It reminds me so much talks about madrid prepared huge sum amounts of money for mbape but it has not proven. Mbappe is now starting to talk about the chance for PSG to win UCL this season.

Mbappe will make everything clear as soon as possible. So much news related to the to sign a new agreement with PSG already spread. I hope the new deal will be coming true.
Madrid has no choice other than buy him.

Why make a formal offer when PSG publicly announces the inadequate amount they want for Mbappe, and you can just wait for PSG (which is very interested in selling Mbappe) to moderate their appetites. You say that Real have no other choice but to buy Mbappe, can you justify your words with something? I see no reason why Real Madrid couldn't take Mbappe for free.

Kylian Mbappe's future and transfer has been the most talked about transfer rumour in this year's summer transfer window and the fact that each day that breaks comes with a new topic about him and his club Paris Saint Germaine has left so many football fans confused.
After the end of last season, the Frenchman had secretly reached agreement with Real Madrid to move to the club next summer but unfortunately for the two parties PSG got the news and told Mbappe that he's gonna be sold this summer so they can make some profits from his sale stating that he'll be sold to the highest bidder but recently there's been reports that the PSG are in talks with him to extend his contract with the club. It's high time the player comes out clear and make a bold decision about his career so that the continuous saga surrounding his future can stop for good

[snipie]

Injury problem I think Dembele's injury is not as bad as Neymar's and we all know how Neymar when on the field often has problems because the injury has not fully recovered and for Dembele he has a less severe injury so even though he doesn't have the same talent as Neymar he is still able to strengthen Paris SG especially since there is still Kylian Mbappe who can help to become stronger.[/left]

Dembele style is different than Neymar and no one wants him to be a copycat from him. Ligue 1 is less stressful and the gameplay is more calm than La Liga so I assume injuries will be less for Dembele.
There is a lot of efforts for Dembele to do to be able to prove himself as a good replacement for Neymar and to let fans forget a little about Mbappe.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar's shirt in PSG got a new owner and now Dembele is a player who is going to wear the number ten in PSG for next season, in fact when there was some news about Mbappe leaving PSG there were some people they said Dembele will use the number seven. But now the posters of Dembele's shirt are published and he will use the number ten.

[GiftedMAN]

Neymar's shirt in PSG got a new owner and now Dembele is a player who is going to wear the number ten in PSG for next season, in fact when there was some news about Mbappe leaving PSG there were some people they said Dembele will use the number seven. But now the posters of Dembele's shirt are published and he will use the number ten.

It's really a big one for the man Dembele seeing him take over the jersey number 10  from Neymar who's no longer a player of PSG, to me I think Dembele is a good player and taking the number will also help to motivate him on the pitch seeing the performance of Neymar on the number 10 also. I didn't hear the news of Dembele taking the number7 from Mbappe had it been he left PSG for Real Madrid though different rumors has it thst the French player already made up his mind to move to Real Madrid but seeing him stay back after much rumors shows his loyalty to the club. I hope Dembele live up to expectation because the number 10 jersey has so many big names attached to it.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar's shirt in PSG got a new owner and now Dembele is a player who is going to wear the number ten in PSG for next season, in fact when there was some news about Mbappe leaving PSG there were some people they said Dembele will use the number seven. But now the posters of Dembele's shirt are published and he will use the number ten.

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It's really a big one for the man Dembele seeing him take over the jersey number 10  from Neymar who's no longer a player of PSG, to me I think Dembele is a good player and taking the number will also help to motivate him on the pitch seeing the performance of Neymar on the number 10 also. I didn't hear the news of Dembele taking the number7 from Mbappe had it been he left PSG for Real Madrid though different rumors has it thst the French player already made up his mind to move to Real Madrid but seeing him stay back after much rumors shows his loyalty to the club. I hope Dembele live up to expectation because the number 10 jersey has so many big names attached to it.

Not sure yet but maybe PSG wanted to say we respect you more than Barcelona to Dembele and we always have alternatives to Neymar by giving him the number 10 because when Dembele was playing for Barcelona they didn't let Demble to play in many games and he was not a key player for Barcelona to care about him. Actually, it was the main reason for Dembele to leave Barcelona because Xavi didn't use his player a lot. Now is going to wear number 10 which can show us he will be a more effective player in PSG.