Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 140. (Read 184973 times)

PSG can launch a strategy that is often used when recruiting players from other teams, PSG financial strength can buy any player they want. Barcelona financial limitations have made PSG increasingly at the forefront of the hunt for Nico William, now Barcelona is no longer a competitor to PSG in the hunt for Nico William due to financial factors. The transfer market is still open for a while, maybe PSG will make a big surprise in this transfer market, they could recruit Nico William and Osimhen at the same time because currently there are no obstacles with their finances.

There are reports that Nico Williams will stay in Bilbao next season and this is a strong possibility. Nico Williams had an average season in Athletic Bilbao last season. If Nico will stay at the same team again, it will decrease his market value. Because Nico Williams had a successful tournament at Euro 2024 and shone well in the process. He's in the hype period and Athletic Bilbao won't get a good income if they keep him. If Nico Williams is going to transfer, in my opinion he should definitely opt for PSG. Barca's attitude towards young players lately has been worrying and Nico could be the one to carry the team at PSG.

Nico Williams is facing three options for his future: join Barcelona, ​​move to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), or stay at his current team.
As for Barca, they do not have enough financial capacity to recruit Nico Williams this summer. Williams is on the target list and plans to recruit this striker next summer. I hope he will come here in the future, but right now that is impossible.
As for PSG, they can make the Camp Nou team regret the Nico Williams case with financial advantages. PSG are reportedly willing to pay Williams twice as much as Barcelona are offering. PSG still have their attraction for the Spanish international. That's why Nico Williams should go to PSG instead of staying at Athletic Club. But we will see what happens because here, every day there is new news in the press and we cannot let ourselves be led by that news. Until we read the official offer from PSG.

It seems that Nico Williams will stay at Athletic Bilbao because until now there has been no clarity from Barcelona or PSG. Of course Barcelona's problem is financial, they are actually interested but their finances do not allow them to buy the player, while PSG with their financial strength can of course easily buy any player but the problem is that Nico Williams does not seem interested in joining PSG.

So I think Nico will not go to PSG, because of course Nico will think that even if he wants to leave Bilbao, of course he will look for a club that can win many championship titles and PSG is not a team that has that. Because PSG is not a big club in Europe, they are just a big club in France. PSG in league one is indeed very strong even without bringing in players like Nico, I think they will easily get the league trophy but not the UCL league trophy.

Actually, both teams are not bad for Nico Williams, but we also need to know about Barcelona's seriousness in recruiting Nico Williams and also about Nico Williams' own desire to be on which team next season. Because if Barcelona is not that serious about getting Nico Williams, of course another option that could be a good option for Nico Williams is PSG because in Ligue 1 he can also develop his career as you said so that it could also be very good for him because he is still young and still has the opportunity to move to another team when his contract is over at PSG.

Barcelona is not a rich team anymore. Since they hired many players and paid too much salary to these players, they don't have a good financial situation to race with the other teams, especially with a team like PSG when they are loaded with money. I think even Nico Williams himself prefers to play where he gets a good amount of money instead of playing for a team like Barcelona.
However other than Barcelona and PSG, Bilbao is trying hard to keep Nico Williams in the team for the next season.  

I like these words and the fact that PSG really likes Portuguese players because their quality is no less good than players from other countries. Maybe there are still some French players like Kimpembe, Lucas Hernandez, Barcola, Dembele, or Kolo Muani but what is clear is that this will provide additional color from PSG to perfect the depth of its squad.

On the other hand, with the many Portuguese players on the PSG list, of course, the Portuguese national team is very advantaged because they have the players they want to defend their home country. Apart from all that, the most important thing is how all these players unite on the field and find chemistry in their game and I think as long as the players are good and make real contributions, PSG will always be open to players from any country who want to wear the same uniform in the Ligue 1 competition or anywhere.

So far I have not heard any official news about Nico Williams transfer. PSG and Barcelona have shown interest in getting Nico Williams but it seems Nico Williams will stay this season. Some rumors in X say that Barcelona actually does not have the money to buy Nico Williams. PSG has the money power and he can get any player he wants. But I think it seems Athletic Bilbao has no desire to sell one of their best players. Besides IMO playing in Spain will be better than in Ligue 1. Nico Williams has the potential to be one of the best strikers in the world in the future.

PSG is currently still targeting many players to recruit, but unfortunately we have not yet seen that their are actively moving to recruit players who are projected to replace Mbappe nex season, the latest news is that PSG has succeeded in bringing in Joao Neves to fill their midfield, but who knows, they forgot or not, but it seems like they are slower in recruiting a striker at the moment, previously Osimhen was PSG's solution to cover the hole left by Mbappe but instead PSG didn't want to pay a high price and left Napoli in the negotiations, but now they are being linked with William, I think PSG interest in Nico Williams is not as big as their interest in Osimhen, because with their current finances of course PSG will have no difficulty recruiting Nico Williams from Bilbao, but in fact they are not making a serious offer to Bilbao at this time in order to bring Nico Williams to Paris.
Barcelona is the club that is most serious about getting Nico Williams, but it looks like this transfer will not happen because currently Barcelona is almost getting Dani Olmo as an alternative if Nico Williams is failled to recruited, Barcelona has previously confirmed that they have enough money to recruit Nico Williams, but it seems that did not materialize because there may be a rejection from nico william now on to join Barcelona.

 
PSG has recruited many Portuguese players at this time and made them now the Portugal Saint Germany team 

It seems that Barcelona will not be able to get a player like Nico Williams with their current financial condition because Barcelona also has several other players who are being targeted so it will be a little difficult for them to bring Nico Williams into their squad at this time. While PSG who have a lot of power through their finances can certainly easily fulfill the agreement with the team that houses Nico Williams if PSG really wants a player like Nico Williams to be in their squad next season.

Williams is staying at Athletic Bilbao, he has decided not to move to another club this summer, so Barcelona and PSG may not try to lure him. PSG's financial capabilities can allow them to get any player, we saw this when they tried to buy all the top players a few seasons ago and did not care how much they cost. And Benfica are of course happy that they managed to sell Neves for 70 million euros, for Benfica it's a business, I saw somewhere that they are the leaders in profits from player transfers, so for them it's a usual thing.

I have said this few weeks back, Benfica are doing crazy business, placing crazy fees on players both the players that are worth it and those that are not worth it.
Manchester United should have been tue club to get him but the new owners have no such plans to spend such crazy fees on players. Ho can they buy such a player for that figure? What has he achieved and done during the big European Competitions and games?!

Despite the money they have, they have been cautious with the kind of deals they get Into, they also should have gotten Victor Oshime but take a look at them, saying the valuation placed on him is outrageous and I see it that way.
Concerning the Nico Williams case, he needs to play for Barcelona not Paris Saint Germany. He will quickly adapt and settle in if he swings that. Paris Saint Germans are also profit wise now. They have no plans to sell Manual Ugarte for a lesser fee than what they bought him.

But even so, they will still try to get it, it will not be easy for Barcelona to be able to spend lot of money and bring in Nico Williams, but the fans are very excited for it to happen.
If they can really make lot of money in fundraising then it could make history where big team like Barcelona gets new players bought by fans, haha ​​that very embarrassing.

Financial problems that occurred and experienced by Barcelona will take long time to be resolved, I think they will still find it difficult in the next one or two season to be able to compete for the title.
If Nico Williams joins them then he is sure to fast from winning the title for several season, joining PSG is also not bad thing in my opinion.
Indeed, Ligue 1 is not very popular league but Nico Williams can develop here like what Mbappe did before, he will be able to become star with several titles before joining another big team in the future.

I'm sure PSG will be able to even spend more money on hiring players like Nico Williams. Nico Williams is a good player and he is young too which can make Nico Williams to play for PSG and shine there for years. But Nico Williams is still in Bilbao and I'm sure they know they should try to keep Nico Williams in the team for al long time or as the last plan they should get more for selling this player.

Nico Williams would have been the biggest positive news that would have happened to Barcelona in this season. Combining him with Lamine Yamal would have produced one of the most productive attacking forces in La Liga. But it is now clear that Barca has zero chance of signing him, and there are reports that Athletic Club will not sell him this season. Interested clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea, and PSG will have to look for other alternatives. Barca was looking towards Dani Olmo as another target to cover the loss of Nico, but it seems RB Leipzig is asking for about €60millon, and I don't know if Barca can afford such an amount. Joan Laporta wanted to make serious moves to get this young player, but Victor Font, who might be the next president of Barca, clarified that it is not possible to get Nico this season.

Nico Williams would suit both clubs, but the choice certainly won't be easy. PSG has Luis Enrique as their coach, while Barcelona is the dream team for many Spanish players apart from Real Madrid. I tend to agree if Nico Williams chooses Barcelona, ​​but Barcelona's unstable financial condition must be considered carefully before Nico Williams makes a decision.

Nico Williams will be Hansi Flick's main choice if he joins Barcelona, ​​of course because his duet with Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski is more anticipated. Barcelona will be better if Nico Williams joins, that is the hope from all of fans. But Barcelona also needs to consider other alternatives if Nico Williams does not join, while Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati are also already in the squad.

I thought Barcelona didn't have money to sign new players, I saw their fans on tiktok live donating gifts to assist in signing Nico William when everything was looking positive for Barcelona to sign him. PSG is going to be the best club for him to go to as he can win many trophies with them. Real Madrid has an unstoppable team that no players should be going to their rivals as it is going to take sometimes before any team is going to win anything in la liga. At PSG he's going to be treated as a king and have alot of minutes to play which will help him improve at his skills and get more famous. French league isn't very popular but it'll give him more playing time.

Hoooooly s... That is a lot of money. They are paying 60 million, plus 10 million bonus, plus Renato Sanchez to get Joao Neves. Don't get me wrong that kid is a great player and they do need more players on their midfield so the transfer itself is not that bad at all, but the amount? I mean for a kid?

Well, they do have a lot of money so it wouldn't shock me that they are spending this much again, but haven't they learned anything from the past ten or so years? They have been spending 100+ a year on players every single season and they are having trouble getting good results anyway, aside from ligue one of course which they are used to by now and not even celebrating to be fair. I think it's clear that we are going to end up a good team this year anyway, so they can be very happy with this deal.

Nico Williams plays in the left wing of the attack and Paris Saint Germaine already have a young, pacy and energetic player who plays in that position. Bradley Barcola who's a Paris Saint Germaine player plays in that position and if Nico Williams should join the club, he'll face strong competition from the France international for who'll will be a  regular starter in that position.
Personally I feel Barcelona is the best club to go for Nico Williams at the moment because he'll easily adapt to another Spanish club than moving to a different league. I'm surprised that Barcelona are yet to sign Nico Williams by this time of the summer despite all the reports about their seriousness to sign the Spain international

IMO, it seems that PSG will not have a difficult season even without Mbappe in the Ligue 1 competition. because after all they are a strong team that has a depth of players above the average of their competitors, and I have no doubt that Goncalo Ramos or Randal Kolo Muani can be better than the previous season. my speculation is, at least one of these players has adapted very well and played with high performance. besides, if PSG does not have a main striker who can be relied on. Enrique once rotated Marco Asensio as a center forward before he was injured, and his performance was quite good.

Talking about Nico Williams, I would not put him like Mbappe. unless, if Enrique wants Nico to also focus on scoring goals.
I mean this 22-year-old player is more ideal in the winger position, his role can be very central when PSG builds attacks and this player can penetrate the opponent's defense. but, his job is not to be a player who becomes a finisher in the PSG squad. while Mbappe is a player who can play in several positions. even under Luis Enrique he is often played as a center forward, but that does not mean Nico Williams can not do it. it's just that, we often see him operating in the wing sector. related to Barcelona, ​​we have no recent news that links if they have given a proposal to Bilbao. let's assume Nico to PSG, then he can be a good choice for Enrique in his position he plays, his presence can sharpen the Paris Saint-Germain attack line.