French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[shogun47]

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.

Well i don't blame the fans impatience because alot was spent to bring Messi into the team to help them secure the Champions league trophy but they couldn't even reach the semi's and that broke the heart of both fans and club owners because that was a trophy they desperately needed so they invested lots of funds to make it happen but to no avail, imagine having a team made up of Messi, Neymar,  Mbappe and several other and they fail to meet up to their demands, i believe that's why they got fed up and the player on noticing that decided to leave.
 But i feel if they had tried to keep him for another season like they did with Mbappe, he would had performed better than last season of which he's recently doing in his current club at Intermiami baging goals in every match.

Yes but the same guy they are blaming for not winning the Champions League did win the World Cup with Argentina. He can't be that bad can he? It wasn't him alone, it was a deficiency in the balance that PSG had. You brought up Mbappe, Messi and Neymar. Now imagine if they also had Ronaldo, Haaland and Lewandowski. It was too much and they couldn't cope with their attackers to not start defending in the last third of the pitch. That's why mistakes happened in the defense and why they were overwhelmed at times because you can have one Messi, or maybe a Messi and Mbappe, but having three attackers who just stay in front and wait is not balanced enough.

[rahmad2nd]

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.

IMO, from my point of view, Galtier is a pretty smart trainer and has a lot of strategy. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the experience to handle a club as big as PSG, let alone one with so many stars. we can see that the previous PSG coach could not control the situation in the locker room, so there was a lot of commotion among the players. Plus, Galtier doesn't have the freedom like other famous coaches to bring in the players he wants. PSG is sharp up front, but weak in midfield. when one of their three star players was injured, it was obvious that their game performance had greatly decreased. The midfielders they have are not very creative when helping build attacks. So, Galtier tends to change his formation patterns.

Now, Neymar, Messi, have left, as has Galtier. PSG is currently being coached by Luis Enrique, it is hoped that he will be able to make PSG much better. unfortunately again they need an experienced midfield figure, especially an attacking midfielder. there is also a target target, namely Bernardo Silva, reluctant to join this squad. which in the end, Enrique must maximize the available players. to build this team much stronger, they need time. well, let's see how far this Spanish coach is able to take his team, especially in the Champions League competition.

[marcous]

PSG joined in Group F, which is inhabited by three other strong clubs Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle. Overall, if you look at the other groups, Group F is Hell. But I predict PSG and AC Milan can get out of the group phase and move on to the round of 16. Of course this depends on their performance in their respective Domestic Leagues. Not only that, player injuries are also very influential for the journey in this group phase.

Meanwhile, FC Lens joined group B, along with Sevilla, Arsenal and PSV. I think it is no less tough either. By the way Halaand is the best player in Europe, hopefully Mbappe can compete with him.

[emrecemsan]

Monaco have been doing a great work in the league so far. Now they have signed Balogun which has made their attacking side stronger. However there is going to be a tough rivalry between Ben Yedder and Balogun for the centre-forward position in the starting eleven. Because Ben Yedder is doing great so far - 4 goals in 3 matches. 

In addition to this situation Monaco adopt a formation like 3-4-2-1. Balogun can normally play as a winger as well but he can play as a left midfielder according to the formation. Because of that Balogun would be preferred only as a centre-forward unless there is a change in the formation. Let's see if he can make use of his chances well to take Ben Yedder's place.

[klidex]

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.

It would be very ridiculous if someone said about a coach who couldn't provide the best strategy for Messi or couldn't utilize Messi's talent and in fact when Messi was still at Paris SG Christophe Galtier succeeded in achieving the 1st league title for Paris SG and if someone said he failed to utilize Messi to getting the champions league title even now or when Mauricio Pochettino was still the coach of Paris SG also failed to get the champions league title so it would be unfair to just blame the coach because it is difficult to get the champions league title while this club has never had experience in the champions league so anyone can understand this matter.

[FanEagle]

To be fair if you are PSG, then facing Milan, Dortmund and Newcastle shouldn't be a problem for you. I think they should be the leader of that group, they are capable of beating them all, their aim is usually winning the UCL but we know that they fail that but for a team that aims at winning the whole thing, it should not be really considered to be a big trouble to face these teams.

PSG does have some serious rivals, like Madrid, like City, like Bayern, but those are not in the same group, which Real could have been so that's lucky. I think this is why they should not fear this group, and hope to get out with 18 points if they possibly could, but if not, at least go out with the first place to make sure they are doing fine.

[QueenVera]

To be fair if you are PSG, then facing Milan, Dortmund and Newcastle shouldn't be a problem for you. I think they should be the leader of that group, they are capable of beating them all, their aim is usually winning the UCL but we know that they fail that but for a team that aims at winning the whole thing, it should not be really considered to be a big trouble to face these teams.

PSG does have some serious rivals, like Madrid, like City, like Bayern, but those are not in the same group, which Real could have been so that's lucky. I think this is why they should not fear this group, and hope to get out with 18 points if they possibly could, but if not, at least go out with the first place to make sure they are doing fine.

Yeah the only team that looks threatening in that group is only Intermilan that's had better experience in the Champions League and even reached the finals last season, i expect Paris Saint-Germain  to comfortably beat Newcastle United and Dortmund especially Newcastle who's had little experience in the Champions league, if they fail to quality to the next round then their something  wrong and it would be either the coach ain't competent or they lack the rightful players in their squad.

 They should be very lucky be a group not very tough and would be easy for them to move into the next round and going out in the first place is definitely what they should be aiming for but im not too sure if they'll go far in this because the teams you've mentioned looks tougher and would make it tough for PSG to win the competition especially Realmadrid that would be looking to recover the trophy from Manchester City.

[borovichok]

To be fair if you are PSG, then facing Milan, Dortmund and Newcastle shouldn't be a problem for you. I think they should be the leader of that group, they are capable of beating them all, their aim is usually winning the UCL but we know that they fail that but for a team that aims at winning the whole thing, it should not be really considered to be a big trouble to face these teams.

PSG does have some serious rivals, like Madrid, like City, like Bayern, but those are not in the same group, which Real could have been so that's lucky. I think this is why they should not fear this group, and hope to get out with 18 points if they possibly could, but if not, at least go out with the first place to make sure they are doing fine.

They were drawn in Group F of the UEFA Champions League. With Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, and Newcastle in the group, it's going to be an extremely tight struggle. We'd be more interested to see which of these teams made it out of the group. Extremely tough rivalry between these elite clubs, and I'm hoping for the most outstanding performance from the Parisians. PSG's performance this season appears to be inconsistent; they're making a lot of blunders in league games; perhaps Luis Enrique has addressed the concerns weighing on the club.

[Leviathan.007]

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.

The fact about PSG in the last season is they had a good player and their owner hired many players for this team but whenever you hire superstar players, the team also needs to hire a good coach to control these players and this coach should have the high prestige while a coach like Galtier was never in the situation to have the great players as they had before. I think this team can have a better situation with Enrique considering the experience he has.

[Docnaster]

Luis Enrique knows that Paris Saint Germaine's main problem of signing him wasn't to win the French Ligue 1 or the domestic cups in the country but to help the club win the most important club football trophy that's eluded them since the formation of the club and that's the UEFA Champions League title and with the quality of players in his possession, he can go on to achieve the very difficult task.
From the reports so far, Kylian Mbappe isn't gonna leave the club this as it looks like it'll be his last season with the club so I think the manager should make good use of the player and help them make history. They're in a group that they're regarded as the favourites to win the group

[topbitcoin]

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.

Even though I agree with you but my focus right now is still on Veratti because it does discuss some of the players who left like Neymar and Messi even though it was still very regrettable but seeing the fan treatment I think it was a good choice for big players like them to leave PSG.
In the end, the one who failed in this case was still PSG because they could not maximize well and demanded too much even though they deserved good results with several star players there but still the treatment of the fans and the arbitrary actions of the club officials I did not like this too much.

[Westinhome]

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

If the Real Madrid wanted to sign the contract with the Benzema,actually the Benzema need to agree the agreement with the Madrid.The move of Paris Saint Germaine will not be the good one,because they can use other player to cash out. Karim Benzema Was playing in the game of Al littihad as an good striker on the Saudi Arabia League.Since Benzema was 35 years,he was very close to the retirement.So we need to check the PSG to take the Benzema for the game for the next summer.Because if the performance of the Benzema was good till the summer,anything can be happen in the contract.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title.

Despite it being too early to start concluding, I have seen improvement in some teams that will be challenging to pgs in this on-going Ligue 1 competition, especially Monaco and Marseille, which I have seen how they have performed over three matches now. It is not new to me that PSG have been the club dominating their league competition trophy for some seasons now, but I am thinking that maybe they have lost some of their experienced key players and it may not look out this season because of the three of their matches I have watched, I am not really impressed with their performances, especially when mbappe is absent on the field, so I believe if mbappe goes down with any injury, it will really affect them, and other teams may take advantage of that.

[Leviathan.007]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/kylian-mbappe-psg-contract-until-2026-special-real-madrid-clause/bltd287166a007c9123

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

The fact about PSG in the last season is they had a good player and their owner hired many players for this team but whenever you hire superstar players, the team also needs to hire a good coach to control these players and this coach should have the high prestige while a coach like Galtier was never in the situation to have the great players as they had before. I think this team can have a better situation with Enrique considering the experience he has.

One of the big mistakes that PSG and the sheikh had for the most part was to see if with the trident at that time of Ney+Mbappé+Messi they did not give good results like winning a UCL because what was left over here was the coach that it was not up to the task, that was what it had to have been discarded, there is no other way , so if it was not done, the consequences were barbaric, personally for me, PSG's failure was always that, of course, not only PSG as well There are other teams that also have it, that are not from Ligue 1, but in the PL I have one in Particular, that they continue with it and they will never get good Results.

Now that this has been said , we are Clear that for some Luis Enrique is not the right Coach, the right coach for this type of team has to be Zidane, Ancelotti, a coach who has always had a good run and an incredible Career , I don't know They can go for any coach, and except for one who failed due to making blunders of not putting any veteran player in the team, honestly the Spanish team was left at zero, and they lost it was because of him, it's a pity, I hope Luis Enrique He has matured all those mistakes , and now he is another type of Coach, we will have to wait and see.

Will Kylian Mbappe snub PSG? Nasser Al-Khelaifi says French champions will be 'fine' if all-time leading scorer refuses to extend contract

bappe and PSG have reportedly been in discussions over a new deal since the France star agreed to stay for at least one more season in Paris. So far, he has turned down at least one offer, but has also promised that he won't leave the club for free.

WHAT THEY SAID: Al-Khelaifi reaffirmed Mbappe's commitment to the club in an interview with RMC Sport on Thursday: "We have another 24 hours. Kylian is a PSG player. We have very good discussions with him, he is a magnificent player, as a person and as a professional. We discussed with the rest of his family. We're going to work, try to do something. If we can, why not? If not, we're ready, we're fine. An extension? I don't want to talk about that."

Source: https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/kylian-mbappe-psg-nasser-al-khelaifi-all-time-leading-scorer-extend-contract/blt5f8a480a8a28738f

Well, in a few words, here Mbappé is like leaving margartos, I'm staying, I'm not staying, the truth is I don't know why they give him so much imprint, he is a player who is as he wants in the team he wants where only he can shine, in the end Count, I don't know, but that wasn't what he wanted? he was left alone as the only star of PSG? when he made the blacklist, practically he was the one who wanted to be alone, it's just that the team has 10 more players and he has to adapt, so this kind of thing is what I don't like about this player, he's very good, yes, He is not denied, but you also have to see the type of person he is, with a person who tends to be toxic and too self-centered because things have to happen in which it should not be very good to have him in a team, in Personally, this type of person always tends to cause problems, entering or leaving a team, doing whatever, there is no need to take advantage of talent to achieve things, but here the Sheikh does not let himself be discouraged, he also told him that he had 24 hours to decide.

[BlackBoss_]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/kylian-mbappe-psg-contract-until-2026-special-real-madrid-clause/bltd287166a007c9123

That is another bad management decision from PSG. They were stupid in the last summer and they are going to repeat it in this summer. They did not learn anything from the last deal with Mbappe and how it raised drama in this summer.

They must be realistic that their club are not interesting and attractive enough with ambition of Mbappe. They only can give him money but he wants more than that, Champions League, likely PSG will not win it in this season. How will they succeed to convince Mbappe in a next summer?

Giving him more money, one more time, next summer. If PSG repeats it again, they make another bigger mistake and their club will be a favorite destination of star players who only wants money because they know they can bargain easily with PSG.

[borovichok]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/kylian-mbappe-psg-contract-until-2026-special-real-madrid-clause/bltd287166a007c9123

I have not validated the current report; but, I believe it would be an altogether fresh arrangement in the club. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi is devising important approaches to persuade their most important player to sign a fresh contract with the club, but I don't see it happening. PSG should look into more options for bringing in newly minted prospective players rather than settling for and exploring to hold onto Mbappe, who previously expressed his intention to leave Parc des Princes as a free agent next summer. Kylian Mbappe is being discreet about his upcoming initiatives for next summer.

[shinratensei_]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

It seems true consider there was an update regarding mbappe's transfer saga from romano's tweet.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1697310529683968102

It says that if khelaifi already confirmed if mbappe is still PSG player this season but there have been many fans news coming on twitter like this https://twitter.com/MadridUniversal/status/1697384318836895748

Mbappe needs to make everything clear as soon as possible. Signing a new contract is not that bad for him.

[len01]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

It seems true consider there was an update regarding mbappe's transfer saga from romano's tweet.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1697310529683968102

It says that if khelaifi already confirmed if mbappe is still PSG player this season but there have been many fans news coming on twitter like this https://twitter.com/MadridUniversal/status/1697384318836895748

Mbappe needs to make everything clear as soon as possible. Signing a new contract is not that bad for him.

considering Mbappe is a very high quality player he wants to join the right team who can give his career bigger to reach to UCL to get the title they want so its true if nothing is bad if one day he will sign for Real Madrid who can provides a great opportunity to get the title to the UCL because we all know that Madrid is one of the teams that has the most titles in the UCL. but back to PSG as the current owner of Mbappe who has the big right to decide whether PSG will release him to Real Madrid or continue to extend his contract.
If you look at the rumors that often spread about Mbappe and PSG, realistically next season Mbappe will leave PSG as a free agent.

[Hirose UK]

Mbappe is very close to signing a new contract with PSG until 2026. This Player wanted to leave PSG for free in the next season but since he is under pressure and PSG wants to extend his offer with him, It seems Mbappe wants to extend his contract with PSG until 2026 but in the new contract there is a chance for this palter to leave in the next summer.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/kylian-mbappe-psg-contract-until-2026-special-real-madrid-clause/bltd287166a007c9123

When the extension is successfully carried out and officially signed, there will be a phase where Mbappe just plays bored and is not too enthusiastic about playing for PSG because of his desire to leave PSG.
Football players can show their maximum contribution and create a good game when they have the intention or desire to win for the team they defend and Mbappe didn't have that during the contract extension.
Even so PSG decision to keep Mbappe was indeed the right decision and of course they don't want to lose their golden star because it could cause PSG to experience a decrease in the quality of playing during the match.
I don't know what will happen later but in the near future there will be a clearer decision regarding Mbappe status with PSG.
The dispute between Mbappe and the PSG manager has been going on for too long so that if it is not resolved soon it could make matters even more protracted.