French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Cryptmuster]

It is very normal for Mbappe to reject such a big offer from Saudi Arabia at this time because Mbappe is at the peak of his career so at this time he will want to achieve something personal. He could earn several times what was offered so he is now focusing on his career rather than money. Maybe he can go to Saudi Arabia when the European achievements are over. It is almost certain that Mbappe will stay at PSG this season, but many people are talking a lot about the next season because which club Mbappe will go to next season is completely dependent on Mbappe, but it is understood that Mbappe has rejected the offers of several clubs, even then Real Madrid may be the destination.

Considering how much he wanted to become a Real Madrid player, it is likely that this club is where he sees his career going, which can give him what he is looking for in football. I mean the goals that he wants to achieve, because if we talk about money, this is what he can achieve at PSG without Saudi Arabia, he could extend contracts with PSG and live in his native country and not worry about anything.

[Strongkored]

It looks like Real Madrid will sign him next year. Signing him this year will put a huge burden on Real Madrid. Mbappe has already informed PSG that he will not extend his contract. The only staying power for PSG is Mbappe. If he leaves the team, we can say that hard times are coming for PSG.

The latest news is that Florentino Perez is directly involved in negotiating a move for Mbappe to Real Madrid, with a few hours left, maybe we will get surprising news, although it is not impossible that the deal will be carried out in the middle of the season, and it seems that PSG is ready with everything possible by bringing in a new striker from Frankfurt who is also quite sharp when playing in the Bundesliga.
PSG may reduce the player's transfer value to avoid bigger losses because next season his contract expires and Mbappe is free to play for any club he wants, especially Real Madrid.
In a few days PSG will play againts Lyon, having managed to bring PSG to their first win of the season, Mbappe is again expected to do the same, unless the latest news distracts him or an agreement is reached in the limited time remaining

[len01]

IMO, PSG have some great players even though they are not as big as Mbappe, we cannot rule out the other players. Luis Enrique has other players, namely, Dembele, Assensio, Goncalo Ramos and several other players. these players, will work together properly as a team. although Mbappe is the only superstar in the PSG squad, without his teammates he is nothing. that is why, every player has their own role which the coach combines with the system he implements to achieve the results they want.

Now, Enrique is trying to build a squad for his team. Unfortunately, Goncalo Ramos, Kang-in Lee, Marco Assensio, have not found the rhythm of play that the coach wants. In the first two matches they only got minor results, in the third match Mbappe was the difference and won his first match this season. no one can deny how great this player is, but football is not just a matter of one player. there are 11 people who will work together, to achieve the desired result. I'm pretty sure, gradually the other players will find their rhythm. especially, for the front and middle line players. Enrique will maximize his team and bring PSG to the best level. although currently the standings are occupied by Manoco and Marseille, it does not mean that PSG cannot reduce the difference in points between these two teams. after all, it's only a two point difference. this week, it is possible that the top position of the standings will change.

This is what bothers me the most as well, Mbappe is a great player and all but he turned the team into a mockery and the owner just let him be, he really believed whatever Mbappe said and I think it should be important to realize that Mbappe may leave and if he does, PSG did something wrong by letting him walk around like he owns the building during his stay here.

Remember that PSG existed before him, and started their run before him as well. They could very well easily bench him, not play him any games at all, not even use him at training if they can, and just basically overall end up making sure that he is not playing any games. If Mbappe leaves, then the other team should get someone who hasn't played a game for over a year.

and in fact PSG still really need Mbappe even though this conflict might be heated but overall both parties need each other. I mean Mbappe needs a big salary from PSG and PSG needs Mbappe talent to get satisfactory results at the end of the season and in reality Mbappe is really one of the important players who is still pocketing several scores from his reliable talent. so if PSG is harsh on Mbappe, I think this player is just acting normal because he feels that he no longer wants to be on this team and wants to leave PSG immediately. but to be honest, Im not sure whether Mbappe will really leave this team at the end of the season because after all, Mbappe has also done drama.

[Oneandpure]

It is very normal for Mbappe to reject such a big offer from Saudi Arabia at this time because Mbappe is at the peak of his career so at this time he will want to achieve something personal. He could earn several times what was offered so he is now focusing on his career rather than money. Maybe he can go to Saudi Arabia when the European achievements are over. It is almost certain that Mbappe will stay at PSG this season, but many people are talking a lot about the next season because which club Mbappe will go to next season is completely dependent on Mbappe, but it is understood that Mbappe has rejected the offers of several clubs, even then Real Madrid may be the destination.

Personally, Mbappe want to win many trophies with top Eurpean team and Champion League is most priority during his professional career not winning yet with this trophy, he doesn't have planning for joining with Saudi League teams. Excited payment salary and become most expensive around the world can't make Mbappe want to leaves Europe team because he has big dreaming one day later want to play with Real Madrid. Left one year for Ligue 1 and PSG fans watching with Mbappe appearance because he has decision not extend contract will ended next summer, big loss if Ligue 1 and PSG can't extend Mbappe because he has been star and promising player make Ligue 1 more interested after losing many star player before like Neymar and Lionel Messi.

[Oluwa-btc]

There is no place to stay in PSG for Marco Verratti anymore because, according to some French news, Enrique said Marco Verratti will not play when he is coaching PSG.
Marco Verratti got an offer from the Saudi teams in this transfer window and he could leave PSG, now after his bad relationship with Enrique he is even closer to accepting one of his offers and leaving Paris.


  
  
https://frenchfootballweekly.com/2023/08/30/luis-enrique-destroys-a-psg-executive-with-me-you-will-never-play/

Marco Verratti has been a loyalist to the Paris Champions over the past years. He's always been consistent with the squad. Since Luis Enrique has no good relationship with him, he'll create or make the environment and dressing room uncomfortable for him.
It's best if he finally leaves for the Saudi's, they have made several approach for the player I still don't know what's cooking with the much delays.

With Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior absence, it'll be collectively togetherness amongst the entire squad and players to achieve whatever results needed. Main focus should be channelled towards winning the Champions League. It's possible, Manchester City did it. It took them years to achieve that but they finally did.

[bering]

The speculation about Folarin Balogun future has been ended that finally AS Monaco has successfully to gets his sign that Monaco has win the race to get this player and reported they have to spend at least 34 millions for transfer fee and Balogun will gets long term duration contract 5 years until 2028 previously Balogun was linked to several big clubs just like Inter Milan but apparently Monaco is the most serious team who really want him and i think it doesn't took long time for him to adapt with his new team because before he was bought from Arsenal Balogun has loaned to Reims for 1 season and 21 goals is really impressive performance and this weekend while Monaco will fight against Lens Balogun can make his debut match

[Jody.Drummer]

Lol, that's how it is when a player is labeled "star", whatever happens to them is always a rumor in the end. Even when he's out of sight, there will still be rumors, and the rumors will be diverse, and probably never thought of before.
Even the emojis he posts will become speculation, just like now. Lol
But I'm just like you, that I'm just waiting for official news, because I've been through so many rumors about her, and it's just a rumor, no official news, no confirmation that eventually sinks in.

I understand that Mbappé is a big star. And anything he does. He's definitely going to be starting some speculation about him, especially when he is not certain about his future. I also understand that the media is also going to try to take advantage of that, and make news out of almost nothing.

But what I am trying to say is, is there actually any reason to make anything out of the emoji that he put on his post? I definitely do not think so. He is definitely a big star but the media is just trying to print news out of thin Air. And right now I am actually angry about this because most of the News does not have any base. I mean why are they talking about him going to another club? Just because him giving some emojis on his post?

Your question has been answered, how the media seize the moment to make speculation and give useless baseless rumors as you said. That's what always happens when a "star" player does something including making a post. And this is not the first time this has happened, even before it happened to other players.
And it's back to us to filter every news or rumor that comes. Therefore, I personally do not want to speculate too much in response to existing rumors, especially for rumors that have no basis that can really make us speculate like that.

[piebeyb]

It is very normal for Mbappe to reject such a big offer from Saudi Arabia at this time because Mbappe is at the peak of his career so at this time he will want to achieve something personal. He could earn several times what was offered so he is now focusing on his career rather than money. Maybe he can go to Saudi Arabia when the European achievements are over. It is almost certain that Mbappe will stay at PSG this season, but many people are talking a lot about the next season because which club Mbappe will go to next season is completely dependent on Mbappe, but it is understood that Mbappe has rejected the offers of several clubs, even then Real Madrid may be the destination.

Yes, because he is still relatively young and still has a bright future playing for great clubs in Europe like Madrid and others. After all, it's impossible for his achievements to just disappear if he moves to the Arab league and only because of money, unless he is already over 35 years old, maybe he really deserves to spend his time in the Arab league like CR7, Neymar and others, Mbappe is already the best player in the European league.

I think we all know that Mbappe is always rumored to be moving to Madrid next season, but we can't guess where he will actually go next season, but people are speculating that he will play at Madrid, but even so, he could extend his contract at PSG , no one knows everything for sure he doesn't want to bury his big name and move to the Arab league just for big money.

[shogun47]

It is very normal for Mbappe to reject such a big offer from Saudi Arabia at this time because Mbappe is at the peak of his career so at this time he will want to achieve something personal. He could earn several times what was offered so he is now focusing on his career rather than money. Maybe he can go to Saudi Arabia when the European achievements are over. It is almost certain that Mbappe will stay at PSG this season, but many people are talking a lot about the next season because which club Mbappe will go to next season is completely dependent on Mbappe, but it is understood that Mbappe has rejected the offers of several clubs, even then Real Madrid may be the destination.

Yes, because he is still relatively young and still has a bright future playing for great clubs in Europe like Madrid and others. After all, it's impossible for his achievements to just disappear if he moves to the Arab league and only because of money, unless he is already over 35 years old, maybe he really deserves to spend his time in the Arab league like CR7, Neymar and others, Mbappe is already the best player in the European league.

I think we all know that Mbappe is always rumored to be moving to Madrid next season, but we can't guess where he will actually go next season, but people are speculating that he will play at Madrid, but even so, he could extend his contract at PSG , no one knows everything for sure he doesn't want to bury his big name and move to the Arab league just for big money.

You shouldn't forget that he is a role model, this guy who came from nowhere and gives everything to his beloved sport and could become the best in the world, the dream that all the little kids looking up to him really have. This is important to note because they want to see him on the Champions League stages, on the world soccer player stage holding the highest individual rewards, that is why they buy his jersey and his shoes. But if someone who is already unbelievable rich goes after money at such a young age, this can actually be quite disturbing because young kids will ask themselves different questions out of a sudden given that they are at an age that allows them to understand it. I see why people are going to Saudi Arabia at the age of 35 or maybe in some cases even 30. But go there when you already have half a billion in your account and give up all the dreams you have been living for for so long?

[Smack That Ace]

Marseille had a shocking start this season by being eliminated in the Champions League in qualification phase already. Marcelino couldn't prevent this elimination by Panathinaikos after taking the job. Now he will need to concentrate fully on the Ligue 1 and French Cup. Marseille are normally a team that should be in the race for the Champions League places at worst. For now their placement in the standings is decent. But we are just at the beginning of the season now.

Consistency is the most important factor to maintain their presence in top 3 to qualify for the Champions League group stage directly. This would be an improvement for Marseille considering they couldn't do it last season. Maybe this season is an opportunity to fight for even the league title while PSG are dealing with issues who knows.

It's a time of historic chaos for PSG right now. His scores in the first 2 matches seem to confirm this. Marseille must be able to leave PSG behind in the league this year and become champions. So far they are good in the league but their elimination at UCL came as a huge shock to them.

Marseille is definitely showing a decent performance in the Ligue 1. They have played three matches so far and they have won two and had a draw in the other one. I think we can hope that they will be able to do decent enough in the league competition. But the performance from them in the Champions League was absolutely unbelievable. They got knocked out by a team that I did not even hear the name of. And I am pretty sure that a lot of people are going to say the same thing about them.

The Champions League competition performance was definitely bad from them. But now with the Champions League competition out of the way, I think they can concentrate on the league competition. They will have to impress people in the league competition otherwise they are going to have some problems.

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duke

[topbitcoin]

There is no place to stay in PSG for Marco Verratti anymore because, according to some French news, Enrique said Marco Verratti will not play when he is coaching PSG.
Marco Verratti got an offer from the Saudi teams in this transfer window and he could leave PSG, now after his bad relationship with Enrique he is even closer to accepting one of his offers and leaving Paris.


  
  
https://frenchfootballweekly.com/2023/08/30/luis-enrique-destroys-a-psg-executive-with-me-you-will-never-play/

Marco Verratti has been a loyalist to the Paris Champions over the past years. He's always been consistent with the squad. Since Luis Enrique has no good relationship with him, he'll create or make the environment and dressing room uncomfortable for him.
It's best if he finally leaves for the Saudi's, they have made several approach for the player I still don't know what's cooking with the much delays.

With Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior absence, it'll be collectively togetherness amongst the entire squad and players to achieve whatever results needed. Main focus should be channelled towards winning the Champions League. It's possible, Manchester City did it. It took them years to achieve that but they finally did.

In the end, loyalty doesn't really suit a club like PSG because as long as he is not needed, he will be kicked out regardless of his previous player status and loyalty.
Verratti did have some options to leave last season as there were a few clubs interested in the player but he decided to stay but that doesn't seem possible now.

The latest news is that he is currently getting closer to the Arab club Al Arabi which is indeed a fairly easy move now.
PSG lowered his original price of 80 million to 45 million which made Al Arabi have no trouble bringing Veratti from PSG.

[X-ray]

The speculation about Folarin Balogun future has been ended that finally AS Monaco has successfully to gets his sign that Monaco has win the race to get this player and reported they have to spend at least 34 millions for transfer fee and Balogun will gets long term duration contract 5 years until 2028 previously Balogun was linked to several big clubs just like Inter Milan but apparently Monaco is the most serious team who really want him and i think it doesn't took long time for him to adapt with his new team because before he was bought from Arsenal Balogun has loaned to Reims for 1 season and 21 goals is really impressive performance and this weekend while Monaco will fight against Lens Balogun can make his debut match

Even chelsea linked to him as well. Im glad to hear that balogun officially becomes a new player of monaco. Monaco has been getting a horrible result in the previous match. The come of him will be changing the tempo in the club. Although Balogun's performance was stable last season, Arteta is uninterested in recalling him.. The final decision to sell was already taken by the club. Balogun is still worthy enough as a striker. I do agree with you if he had an impressive performance, but that's not enough to make him able to attract arteta's attention.
Arsenal keeps use nketiah/gabriel as its striker at this moment. Even though nketiah rarely performs so well in the match. Nketiah is just an overrated striker for me. Balogun seems to have better quality than him.
Balogun will able to play regularly in monaco which is good for the future of his career. he can attract the big club to sign him in the future as long as balogun will have good performance like previous season.

[LordShanken]

There is no place to stay in PSG for Marco Verratti anymore because, according to some French news, Enrique said Marco Verratti will not play when he is coaching PSG.
Marco Verratti got an offer from the Saudi teams in this transfer window and he could leave PSG, now after his bad relationship with Enrique he is even closer to accepting one of his offers and leaving Paris.


  
  
https://frenchfootballweekly.com/2023/08/30/luis-enrique-destroys-a-psg-executive-with-me-you-will-never-play/

Marco Verratti has been a loyalist to the Paris Champions over the past years. He's always been consistent with the squad. Since Luis Enrique has no good relationship with him, he'll create or make the environment and dressing room uncomfortable for him.
It's best if he finally leaves for the Saudi's, they have made several approach for the player I still don't know what's cooking with the much delays.

With Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior absence, it'll be collectively togetherness amongst the entire squad and players to achieve whatever results needed. Main focus should be channelled towards winning the Champions League. It's possible, Manchester City did it. It took them years to achieve that but they finally did.

In the end, loyalty doesn't really suit a club like PSG because as long as he is not needed, he will be kicked out regardless of his previous player status and loyalty.
Verratti did have some options to leave last season as there were a few clubs interested in the player but he decided to stay but that doesn't seem possible now.

The latest news is that he is currently getting closer to the Arab club Al Arabi which is indeed a fairly easy move now.
PSG lowered his original price of 80 million to 45 million which made Al Arabi have no trouble bringing Veratti from PSG.

PSG team could not use a player like Lionel Messi well. One of the reasons for this is that the coach of the team does not have enough knowledge of how to use a player like Lionel Messi.

[Docnaster]

It looks like Real Madrid will sign him next year. Signing him this year will put a huge burden on Real Madrid. Mbappe has already informed PSG that he will not extend his contract. The only staying power for PSG is Mbappe. If he leaves the team, we can say that hard times are coming for PSG.

As long as real madrid can get him with worthy price by madrid and i don't think he will become a burden for real madrid this year. As far as i know that PSG already rejected first offer from madrid which was around 125 millions.
Im aware if people are starting to talk about the possibility for madrid to send another bid for him. It's caused by the situation that is forcing madrid to do that. So many players injured and madrid don't have proper attacking line at this moment.
Joselu was a flopp. Madrid can't fully relying upon bellingham. The club needs to find the solution for this problem. 

From the reports we've seen since the start of the summer tranfer window, it's clear that Real Madrid has always wanted to sign Karim Benzema to the club next summer but just that they wanted to sign him as a free agent. There was even a report that the player had an agreement to join the Spanish club next summer when his contract with Paris Saint Germaine had expired and that was the reason PSG wanted to sell the France international this summer so they can make some money from his transfer.
But from the reports in France so far, it seems the striker is gonna sign a one year contract extension with PSG which will see Madrid spend reasonable amount of money in getting Mbappe's signature

[Davian144]

PSG team could not use a player like Lionel Messi well. One of the reasons for this is that the coach of the team does not have enough knowledge of how to use a player like Lionel Messi.

So far I have never heard anyone say that to PSG except you today, because if you say the team coach cannot use a player like Lionel Messi, it means that other players cannot be used better by a coach. But when there was still Lionel Messi at PSG I think the coach put him in a very suitable position so that PSG can continue to win trophies in Ligue1 even though PSG have never succeeded in the UCL as long as there was Lionel Messi in the squad in the past.

[rendravolt]

The speculation about Folarin Balogun future has been ended that finally AS Monaco has successfully to gets his sign that Monaco has win the race to get this player and reported they have to spend at least 34 millions for transfer fee and Balogun will gets long term duration contract 5 years until 2028 previously Balogun was linked to several big clubs just like Inter Milan but apparently Monaco is the most serious team who really want him and i think it doesn't took long time for him to adapt with his new team because before he was bought from Arsenal Balogun has loaned to Reims for 1 season and 21 goals is really impressive performance and this weekend while Monaco will fight against Lens Balogun can make his debut match

Monaco has certainly been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Folarin Balogun because they have been targeting him for quite some time. His market value is around 30 million euros and Monaco bought him for about the same fee and not too much from Arsenal, so it is an ideal transfer in terms of price. The contract is also long, so Monaco is the team that will benefit the most. Maybe that was the reason he chose Monaco over Inter because he had previously played for a Ligue 1 team so his adaptation would also be quicker. When he makes his debut against Lens, I hope he can score goals and continue to contribute fully to Monaco so that Arsenal will be disappointed by letting him go.

[Razmirraz]

PSG team could not use a player like Lionel Messi well. One of the reasons for this is that the coach of the team does not have enough knowledge of how to use a player like Lionel Messi.

So far I have never heard anyone say that to PSG except you today, because if you say the team coach cannot use a player like Lionel Messi, it means that other players cannot be used better by a coach. But when there was still Lionel Messi at PSG I think the coach put him in a very suitable position so that PSG can continue to win trophies in Ligue1 even though PSG have never succeeded in the UCL as long as there was Lionel Messi in the squad in the past.

The opinion may be because PSG failed to win the UCL last season. If the coach could not use a player like Messi, maybe other players are very difficult to control. Any coach would feel proud to be able to train a player like Messi, he would give Messi the freedom to run in any area to look for empty space.
Now Messi has become a thing of the past for PSG. Luis Enrique's arrival came a bit late, when he set foot at PSG the player he most wanted had already left the club.

Luis Enrique has to work hard to form a team with the players he currently has, he has not yet found a suitable strategy to utilize the players available in the squad he leads. Enrique needs time to adapt and build good chemistry with PSG players, I'm not sure PSG will be successful in the UCL this season, but in the following seasons maybe he will.

[ShowOff]

PSG team could not use a player like Lionel Messi well. One of the reasons for this is that the coach of the team does not have enough knowledge of how to use a player like Lionel Messi.

So far I have never heard anyone say that to PSG except you today, because if you say the team coach cannot use a player like Lionel Messi, it means that other players cannot be used better by a coach. But when there was still Lionel Messi at PSG I think the coach put him in a very suitable position so that PSG can continue to win trophies in Ligue1 even though PSG have never succeeded in the UCL as long as there was Lionel Messi in the squad in the past.

Christophe Galtier is not a coach who has much experience handling star players like Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. Even so, Christophe Galtier's experience while coaching PSG was not too disappointing, meaning he could have won at least a title for the team even though he failed in the Champions League.

I agree with that opinion because in reality Messi doesn't seem to have a better role at PSG than his role at Barcelona. PSG has Kylian Mbappe who is the main star of the team, while Messi and Neymar play around Mbappe and help him score goals. Messi's assist statistics prove that, I mean Messi has create 30 assists in 58 appearances in Ligue 1, while Messi scored 22 goals for the same number of appearances in two seasons.

[MusaMohamed]

Christophe Galtier is not a coach who has much experience handling star players like Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. Even so, Christophe Galtier's experience while coaching PSG was not too disappointing, meaning he could have won at least a title for the team even though he failed in the Champions League.

PSG can not blame it on Galtier or any coach as they are partially or can say mainly responsible for it too. Galtier and previous coaches are responsible to handle star players and internal relationships, connections among players and players vs coach but the club are more responsible. Because they are responsible for the club strategy and they negotiate with players before signing contracts. So coaches are people who will execute the club strategies and they are impacted a lot by contracts between the club and star players.

PSG bought Neymar from Barcelona, gave him a lot of money and privileges, how PSG coach in that season can let Neymar sits on bench or refuse to give the Brazilian player some big rights on field like penalty shots. A same story with Mbappe in the last three seasons in PSG.

I agree with that opinion because in reality Messi doesn't seem to have a better role at PSG than his role at Barcelona. PSG has Kylian Mbappe who is the main star of the team, while Messi and Neymar play around Mbappe and help him score goals. Messi's assist statistics prove that, I mean Messi has create 30 assists in 58 appearances in Ligue 1, while Messi scored 22 goals for the same number of appearances in two seasons.

Messi got good support from Barcelona fans and only treated badly by Barcelona board  members. In PSG, the club board members treated him well but PSG fans did not much support Messi. He did not feel happy in PSG and it makes sense that eventually he decided to leave as a free agent and chose MLS as a next destination.

So far he played well there, made great impacts and brought great success for Inter Miami as well as MLS. He is surely very happy in the USA. recent weeks.

[hahay]

PSG team could not use a player like Lionel Messi well. One of the reasons for this is that the coach of the team does not have enough knowledge of how to use a player like Lionel Messi.

So far I have never heard anyone say that to PSG except you today, because if you say the team coach cannot use a player like Lionel Messi, it means that other players cannot be used better by a coach. But when there was still Lionel Messi at PSG I think the coach put him in a very suitable position so that PSG can continue to win trophies in Ligue1 even though PSG have never succeeded in the UCL as long as there was Lionel Messi in the squad in the past.

After all, even though Messi only played one season at PSG but in fact, PSG won the Ligue 1 title last season. But strangely, PSG fans are not happy with Messi when I think, it is very natural that Messi still needs time to be able to play with his best performance. But unfortunately, with PSG fans displeased with Messi, it made Messi leave and I think, it was a mistake. Because anyway, if Messi is still playing at PSG this season, then I'm sure PSG will have a better performance than last season.