French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[klidex]

That's right, PSG management must learn from the experiences of other elite clubs that have won the Champions League trophy, Manchester City being a very relevant example. PSG must learn patience from Manchester City, where Pep Guardiola took 6 seasons to build a squad that could win the Champions League, at least PSG can give the same confidence to Luis Enrique. Ligue 1 cannot make PSG more competitive, in that case they can learn from the experience of Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga giants also come from a league that is not as competitive as Premier League, La Liga and Serie A, but they can always be one of the favorite teams in the Champions League. We realize how important all these processes are, there are no instant results that can be obtained, sometimes not all problems can be solved with money.

It all depends on the decisions of PSG's management who always make wrong decisions. They think that changing coaches and having star players in it is enough to make PSG appear strong in the Champions League even though in fact it is not enough to win a prestigious title, because PSG is used to less competition competitive in league 1 so it is difficult to compete competitively in big competitions and even though the coach can bring PSG to a domestic title but that is not enough for PSG and sometimes they make the decision to change the coach and PSG always does this if the coach cannot give the prestigious title.

Even though it is true, as you said, the coach also needs time to improve PSG's performance, so the club must also give the coach the opportunity to not only provide a short-term contract but also provide the opportunity for at least the next few seasons, if the coach can still provide domestic titles, at least PSG must be patient so that Being able to get a prestigious title all requires a process, at least the coach continues to make PSG dominate League 1, so for the Champions League title, PSG must be more patient to get it.

[Hirose UK]

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After leaving by Mbappe, make Ligue 1 loss the popularity about their competition and recently has bad news after difficult finding TV broadcast official, its problem for Ligue 1 how to bring another star players for next season and make Ligue 1 more interested again not only dominance by PSG but the other team has opportunity for winning Ligue 1 trophy.

All of this will only happen for moment because starting next season it will return to normal as before, it is not Ligue 1 but PSG that will lose popularity and dominance because Ligue 1 will remain league that can provide competitive competition.
Presence of Mbappe means that PSG can really dominate the championship title which can very rarely be replaced and now the opportunities have changed, Mbappe is gone and PSG has lost one of their biggest strengths which gives all team great chance of fighting for the championship title.
This is what many people want, to be able to see Ligue 1 competition much more competitive and what makes Ligue 1 monotonous is when only PSG dominates it, we see how next season goes and I sure several teams are very superior with Mbappe departure from PSG.

But regarding star players, perhaps only PSG can bring them in because from financial perspective, only PSG has more, the question is who these players are because there is no clear certainty yet.

[Iranus]

It's now official, Kylian Mbappe's Brother Ethan Mbappé has announced he is leaving PSG as a free agent.
Ethan said, in the name of sincere love I have for you, I say goodbye and thank you PSG

Source: https://sportsbrief.com/football/67147-kylian-mbappes-brother-ethan-quits-psg-days-french-star-dumped-club-real-madrid/

Seems like Ethan Mbappé has also understood that staying in PSG is actually not going to give him anything substantial in his career. So it is in his best interest to leave PSG and build up his career with some other big club if possible. And if not, even some other clubs that might not be S tier but A tier are also going to be OK for his future. The only thing Ethan will be able to do in PSG is farming Ligue 1 title.

You know, the only reason players actually go there is because of the money they can offer to those players. I am not saying there is anything wrong if the players go to PSG for money. But they also have to understand that potential that they will be wasting, right?

[Hanadawa]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

[mamesso]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

I don't agree with you, Ligue 1 will lose popularity if there are no world class players playing there, the LFP as the League authority is still having difficulty finding parties who will broadcast matches there. Kylian Mbappe departure will have a big impact on the popularity of Ligue 1, LFP really hopes that PSG can bring in several quality players to increase the sales value of the competition.

PSG will not lose its dominance in Ligue 1 even without Mbappe, Mbappe departure will not leave a big hole in the PSG squad because they still have other quality players. PSG can bring in other players with the money they have, they are able to make Mega transfers without any financial problems. It is very unlikely that PSG will lose their dominance because they still have time to bring in other top players before the League starts.

[arimamib]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

I think ligue 1 is not a league that has quite high popularity in the other 4 European leagues, if we pay attention to ligue 1 maybe we can interpret if they are at the lowest level in terms of the popularity of the current European league league due to the uncompetitive competition so far, ligue 1 is not a competitive league while PSG is the strongest and dominating team so far in ligue 1,  Mbappe, who has been a mainstay player of PSG, of course has a huge contribution to PSG, but his departure will certainly not make PSG lose dominance in ligue 1 next season, since PSG became a rich team in ligue 1, of course they already managed to dominate ligue 1 even when Mbappe was not a PSG player at that time.
Ligue 1 so far does not have a team that can indeed jeopardize PSG's position as a dominant team, because indeed apart from PSG, the team team in Ligue 1 does not have the financial strength to be able to compete with PSG so far, even without Mbappe at PSG next season, PSG is still the favorite to win while other teams will only continue to compete for a position to qualify for the Champions League and Europe.  But if you say PSG without Mbappe then they will have a hard time in the Champions League, of course agree with you.

[W Jr.]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

Of course, Mbappe is an important player. His deficiency will affect Paris badly, but Paris is a team with financial strength. That's why there will be a transfer to PSG to fill his absence. League 1 will still be a good and followable league, but the fact that there will be competition will make the viewers even more enjoyable. We may not see the dominant PSG leadership after Mbappe leaves.

[hahay]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

Of course, Mbappe is an important player. His deficiency will affect Paris badly, but Paris is a team with financial strength. That's why there will be a transfer to PSG to fill his absence. League 1 will still be a good and followable league, but the fact that there will be competition will make the viewers even more enjoyable. We may not see the dominant PSG leadership after Mbappe leaves.

In fact, when Mbappe last season was not in the PSG squad on several occasions, PSG more often got bad results when Mbappe was absent. Therefore, it will certainly still be a difficult season for PSG to get good results next season, because at least PSG will also still adapt after Mbappe departure. Indeed, I also admit that PSG will still be able and easy to bring in their target players in the transfer market later. But still, for me personally quite sure, even though PSG still has a good squad and manager, but to be consistent and to dominate Ligue 1 without Mbappe it will still be difficult. Therefore, this factor will open up a good chance for other teams to be able to enter the team in the title candidate next season.

[Lannakosa]

In fact, when Mbappe last season was not in the PSG squad on several occasions, PSG more often got bad results when Mbappe was absent. Therefore, it will certainly still be a difficult season for PSG to get good results next season, because at least PSG will also still adapt after Mbappe departure. Indeed, I also admit that PSG will still be able and easy to bring in their target players in the transfer market later. But still, for me personally quite sure, even though PSG still has a good squad and manager, but to be consistent and to dominate Ligue 1 without Mbappe it will still be difficult. Therefore, this factor will open up a good chance for other teams to be able to enter the team in the title candidate next season.

PSG are delaying the choice of a new forward for the team, this is not very good, because the summer will pass very quickly, and Enrique will still need time to prepare him for the new season and will need time to adapt to the new team. Kvaratskhelia wants to move to PSG, but Aurelio De Laurentiis does not let the striker go, it seems to me that the same thing happened with Osimhen, when he overpriced him, and don't let him leave Napoli. But it seems to me that PSG should not focus attention only on him, if Napoli do not let him go, then they need to have a backup option.

[Velvet78]

You know, the only reason players actually go there is because of the money they can offer to those players. I am not saying there is anything wrong if the players go to PSG for money. But they also have to understand that potential that they will be wasting, right?

Exactly, you have a point there. PSG has been paying tons of money for salaries. According to the source below, the current total is 300 million euros per year and there are 77 million bonuses additionally as well.

https://www.capology.com/club/psg/salaries/

This is mostly due to Mbappe's costs of course. But PSG wouldn't refrain from spending a lot of money on other talented players either. You can play for money there for some time. But at one point you need to think about your career as well.    This is what Mbappe has done now. PSG just can't win a Champions League title. But it is much more likely to do it at Real Madrid.

[Lidger]

PSG since being taken over by Naseer has spent a lot of money to fulfill its ambition in winning the Champions League trophy, but it is strange indeed when a team that is full of stars and able to dominate the league so far has only been able to reach the final round as their best achievement in the Champions League and even that only happens once, PSG has been building a team with a short time so indeed their team balance is often disturbed when there are players who leave and enter,  we can see that so far PSG has often made player transfers every season and made the coach have to continue to change their main line-up which has the effect of team not being cohesive and not creating chemistry between players so far.
What you said is true, it is better for PSG to do what Manchester City is doing at the moment, it is better for PSG to start looking for young talents and form them into a unit in the team so that they have a very good cohesion like other teams, the arrival of Luis Enrique of course gives great expectations to PSG,  Even though they failed this season, I think with his experience and ability to coach a team like Barcelona so far, of course it is possible for Enrique to provide a new nuance for PSG by forming a team that relies on collective play and also young talents later.

I mean if your only goal is to win UCL and the only thing you do is spending money, then you are bound to lose some money anyway and not get it. Just spending money alone doesn't get you a win, that is not how it works, you need to end up with something much better.

We should consider that they have never kept a manager for too long, and kept on changing their manager, that could be one of the reasons. They need to get some good manager, and a great director of football and let them do what they do for five seasons in a row. Right now they have Enrique, about to go on his second season, just let him run for 4 more seasons, I guarantee you that they will have a higher chance, even without Mbappe, because manager would create his ideal team.

It is definitely a failure for them as they are single champions in League 1 tournament so there is no extra pressure on them and their plan should be only Champions League. They were not short on spending money but what was lacking was the lack of a proper manager. Now that they have handed over their club to Luis Enrique, if they had done the same thing 5 or 4 seasons ago, they might have won at least one UCL trophy. When they hire a manager after one season with that manager who has expired and hire a new one again, team performance is not as good as different managers use different strategies at different times. Now that they have appointed one of the best managers at their club, if they are willing to spend money again, maybe they can do well in the Champions League.

[bitgolden]

Seems like Ethan Mbappé has also understood that staying in PSG is actually not going to give him anything substantial in his career. So it is in his best interest to leave PSG and build up his career with some other big club if possible. And if not, even some other clubs that might not be S tier but A tier are also going to be OK for his future. The only thing Ethan will be able to do in PSG is farming Ligue 1 title.

You know, the only reason players actually go there is because of the money they can offer to those players. I am not saying there is anything wrong if the players go to PSG for money. But they also have to understand that potential that they will be wasting, right?

Let's be honest about it, Ethan is not going to be a player anywhere, maybe some lower leagues if he gets any chances, but that's about it. Kylian is so great that PSG wanted to keep his brother for a while, to keep Kylian happy, but as soon as Kylian left, there was no way that Ethan would have continued there. The fact that ethan "quit" is just saving himself from humiliation, because the reality is that we are talking about him being fired if he didn't quit, and that would have looked worse.

This is why I believe that the best thing to do for him would be finding a second or even third division team where he could constantly play and get time, which would help him a lot but that is his level and he can't get any better than that.

[pusaka]

In fact, when Mbappe last season was not in the PSG squad on several occasions, PSG more often got bad results when Mbappe was absent. Therefore, it will certainly still be a difficult season for PSG to get good results next season, because at least PSG will also still adapt after Mbappe departure. Indeed, I also admit that PSG will still be able and easy to bring in their target players in the transfer market later. But still, for me personally quite sure, even though PSG still has a good squad and manager, but to be consistent and to dominate Ligue 1 without Mbappe it will still be difficult. Therefore, this factor will open up a good chance for other teams to be able to enter the team in the title candidate next season.

This is a result of their dependence on Mbappe, so that Mbappe's absence is felt when they play. But let's see whether they will be able to get rid of that dependency quickly or not, but what is clear is that I won't rush to say that it will be difficult for them after Mbappe's departure, I will first see how they perform next season.
But I hope they will be able to play as usual and even better next season. For Ligue 1, maybe I won't discuss it further, but what I want to see is how they perform in the Champions League after being without "star" players. Will that make it more difficult for them or will it actually give them a new color because they can play more relying on team cohesion.

[Palakka]

PSG since being taken over by Naseer has spent a lot of money to fulfill its ambition in winning the Champions League trophy, but it is strange indeed when a team that is full of stars and able to dominate the league so far has only been able to reach the final round as their best achievement in the Champions League and even that only happens once, PSG has been building a team with a short time so indeed their team balance is often disturbed when there are players who leave and enter,  we can see that so far PSG has often made player transfers every season and made the coach have to continue to change their main line-up which has the effect of team not being cohesive and not creating chemistry between players so far.
What you said is true, it is better for PSG to do what Manchester City is doing at the moment, it is better for PSG to start looking for young talents and form them into a unit in the team so that they have a very good cohesion like other teams, the arrival of Luis Enrique of course gives great expectations to PSG,  Even though they failed this season, I think with his experience and ability to coach a team like Barcelona so far, of course it is possible for Enrique to provide a new nuance for PSG by forming a team that relies on collective play and also young talents later.

I mean if your only goal is to win UCL and the only thing you do is spending money, then you are bound to lose some money anyway and not get it. Just spending money alone doesn't get you a win, that is not how it works, you need to end up with something much better.

We should consider that they have never kept a manager for too long, and kept on changing their manager, that could be one of the reasons. They need to get some good manager, and a great director of football and let them do what they do for five seasons in a row. Right now they have Enrique, about to go on his second season, just let him run for 4 more seasons, I guarantee you that they will have a higher chance, even without Mbappe, because manager would create his ideal team.

Building a team without money is possible if they are able to produce a lot of good talent from their academy, but currently PSG does have a super luxurious academy but we don't see any good talent from PSG, so it does require PSG to look for star players to fill their squad every season, talking about the duration of the coach contract so far, indeed if PSG has never retained their coach for more than two seasons, including the current Enrique.

I don't know what their goal is to often give a two-year contract to the coach, but I think maybe they really want to see how good the performance of the coach is at PSG, so that even if later PSG's performance is not in accordance with the expected expectations, of course PSG will not have difficulties and also have to pay a large compensation for the dismissal of the coach, ashort time to build a team will certainly not produce an ideal team but on the other hand giving trust for a long time to the coach is also a big risk to the team, many experiences we can see how the club gives a long trust to a coach ,but the coach is not able to provide the results expected by the management and fans so far.

[BITCOIN4X]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

What makes you think that PSG will no longer dominate Ligue 1 now that Kylian Mbappe is gone?
I don't think Mbappe is the only player who can score goals when he is the target man. Other players such as Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani can also be expected to be good if Luis Enrique makes them target men. So I don't think PSG will lose much to be proud of next season, that includes their goal productivity.

As a result of Mbappe leaving, the two existing center forwards are likely to get main places in Luis Enrique's squad. Ramos or Muani will shine even more next season, so I don't think PSG will lose ground in dominating Ligue 1.

[khiholangkang]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

Most people also think that it will be a concern how PSG will be without Mbappe in the course of the season that will begin, because indeed Mbappe became the core player of the attack that PSG had last season besides Mbappe's presence was very influential in the front line with his speed and ability.

But apart from that I quite believe that the popularity might decrease although not significantly but people will pay more attention to where the star plays and that league will be the highlight, after all Mbappe is one of the stars of football and he has a lot of fans so it is possible that some viewers switch to watch the match especially at Real Madrid where he has a career today.

[ancafe]

What makes you think that PSG will no longer dominate Ligue 1 now that Kylian Mbappe is gone?
I don't think Mbappe is the only player who can score goals when he is the target man. Other players such as Goncalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani can also be expected to be good if Luis Enrique makes them target men. So I don't think PSG will lose much to be proud of next season, that includes their goal productivity.

As a result of Mbappe leaving, the two existing center forwards are likely to get main places in Luis Enrique's squad. Ramos or Muani will shine even more next season, so I don't think PSG will lose ground in dominating Ligue 1.

I don't think losing Mbappe will make it difficult for PSG next season, PSG will continue to dominate Ligue 1 and I don't think PSG will have any problems with Mbappe's departure next season. PSG must immediately forget about Mbappe because they have to look for another replacement next season and if there are no players they can successfully recruit then Ramos or Muani will be options that Luis Enrique can use.

Every team will definitely experience the same problem where players will come and go, so this is not a big problem. The problem is how next season they can be stronger in the Champions League competition because the big target that Luis Enrique must achieve is to give the PSG the trophy.

[Blitzboy]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

With Mbappe out of the picture, Ligue 1 is suddenly wide open. PSG, they're still strong, nobody's denying that. They are not, however, invincible. Last season, that was evident. They will have to make adjustments without Mbappe. They can, of course, always afford to buy their way out of any situation. Chemistry matters. Team spirit matters. You cant just purchase that overnight.

So, for the other teams, this is their chance. They can rise up, take on PSG, and bring excitement back to Ligue 1. Folks, that is what we want. Competition. Drama. A real race to the finish line. This season, anything can happen.

[LUCKMCFLY]

If Mbappe cannot control himself and cannot lower his ego, then it will be very dangerous for him. Keep in mind, his current team is Real Madrid, not Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid is a strict team so he can't do whatever he wants, unlike when he was still in the Les Parisiens uniform.
At Paris Saint Germain he had that privilege, but at Real Madrid he did not have that privilege. I'm sure if his attitude is unpleasant and he can't change it, then Real Madrid will not hesitate to throw him away, even if he is a "star" player who has very good abilities.
He must be able to adapt and lower the ego that he has often shown, all for the sake of his future.

I am a Real Madrid fan and the truth is I am not very happy because he is from Madrid and that is the reason, he can create differences and disparity in the team but I think what you say is a great and very valid argument, also as time goes by the player begins to mature more, in the Eurocup we saw again how he did it, and the football system itself made him teach a lesson, something that was not even his fault, but with what happened to his nose it set off the alarms, in fact I hope he is okay and that there is no danger, but these types of experiences make a good player mature in many aspects.}

[lalabotax]

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Ligue 1 will not lose its popularity but PSG will lose its dominance. I actually think that without Mbappe, other teams will have the opportunity to eliminate PSG's dominance. Yes, PSG is still the #1 favorite for now, but at least they won't be as dominant as they were when they were with Mbappe. We might be able to see where PSG has to fight to win the league championship, unlike this season where PSG really dominated Ligue 1 with a goal difference of +48 goals and collected 76 points, 9 points ahead of Monaco in second place.

Seriously?
Even without Mbappe, I am sure that PSG will still dominate the French League. So far, there has not been a French League club that is that strong, we can see from the statistical data. PSG has a lot of money too. Maybe they won't be as strong as before without Mbappe. But that doesn't mean they have become that weak. PSG still has many talented players and they will also purchase other talented players to improve or maintain PSG's performance. And they have the money for it. So, it doesn't mean that PSG is very weak and can even be eliminated easily. I thought, it wouldn't be like that.

I don't underestimate other clubs in the French League, yes, not at all. However, I still think that PSG will still be strong compared to other clubs in the French league. While now, PSG is making and setting their strategy to strengthen the club even without Mbappe. We know that they also target some big players in all lineups, not only for the attacking lines. So, this will keep the strength of this top club French League.