Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 142. (Read 184983 times)

It looks like the logo of the Ligue 1 has changed and it is going to be like this.



A simple and decent design I think. I hope the league quality also increases in the future.   This season, one of the teams I'm curious about is Lyon.

In the previous season, there was a terrible start but a great recovery later on.    If they didn't start that badly, they could have really qualified for the Champions League. But I hope they can make more progress and make it there this time. They have that potential, but... They should focus on improving their defending. They conceded too many goals the last time. 

A few days ago Fabrizio Romano reposted his report on social media regarding Joao Neves and PSG, it was reported that Benfica wanted a very large fee. which in the end Joshua Kimmich was shortlisted, but not only as an alternative to Joao Neves. but the latest news reports that an agreement is being signed between the two clubs, only a medical examination remains. after this is completed, it is reported that Paris Saint-Germain will move to bring in other newcomers. two players who were previously linked with PSG, have not shown any progress in signs that they will get their signatures. none other than those who are being widely discussed, namely Nico Williams and Victor Osimhen. it seems that PSG will start to be aggressive in bringing in the newcomers they are targeting after securing Joao Neves, besides that PSG will soon play a friendly match. Luis Enrique's team is not ideal enough for now to compete in the Champions League competition, so they will get the ideal player as soon as possible in the summer transfer window. if Napoli are reluctant to let go of Osimhen, it seems that Enrique will look for other alternatives.

Yes indeed, it would be better to give him more rest time because after all, the fact is that PSG also still has a schedule to play two friendly matches playing against Sturm Graz and also playing against Leipizg. Because anyway, one more match is actually the final match of the France Super Cup which brings together the teams that managed to finish in first and second place at the end of last season's standings. So, the France Super Cup final match will bring together PSG vs Monaco but unfortunately,  based on the information available at this moment that the match was postponed, but I don't know the exact reason.

Thus, PSG still has two friendly matches and it is also not bad at all because after all, PSG is also still very visible to have a good team if for competition in Ligue 1. After all, making preparations for the Champions League can basically be done when the new season has started later, so there is nothing wrong about PSG not having a friendly match at all so far.

When currently the front line is PSG main problem after losing Mbappe, but instead they brought in a midfielder to strengthen the midfield, bringing in Joao Neves is indeed the right step for PSG apart from strengthening their midfield, of course Joao Neves will be a valuable asset in the future considering his age is still very young, currently they have succeeded in getting Joao Neves from Benfica for 60 million + 10 million euros, apart from having to pay Joao Neves a fairly high price, they also handed over Renato Sanches to Benfica as a condition for getting Joao Neves, considering that PSG dared to pay Joao Neves quite expensively, of course we are starting to think it is strange when that PSG refused to pay Osimhen the price which is also quite high at the moment, because if we take into account the transfer value to redeem Joao Neves from Benfica, it is actually almost value of 77.7 million euros.
Currently Joao Neves has officially joined PSG but I hope they now focus on bringing in a new striker as a replacement  Mbappe.

All clubs have health directors and health personnel’s that are looking at the health of every player and how well or good a player can be throughout the season checking their health conditions. Exercising which includes playing of matches will help improve health condition of players naturally. But overdoing it could also have its side effects. PSG can play more friendly matches that they need to test their players and how good they can be when the season begins. They don’t need to play in those players that don’t look fit to take more matches throughout the season and that will help them reduce fatigue in the team. They have a lot to learn before the new season begins, they’ve lost some players to transfer and will bring new ones to play so they should try all they can to understand the game pattern they’ll use for next season.

If PSG can sign Nico Williams to their club then I believe PSG will benefit financially from this player in the future. Nico Williams is a talented player and he has enough pace as well as good finishing so if he can be trained well at a good club he can fulfill his duties better. Whenever this player's speed and attack increase, other clubs will want to buy him from PSG with a big financial offer, but PSG will benefit financially. If this player wants to come to PSG then I think PSG should not miss this opportunity and sign this player as soon as possible. If PSG don't want to buy Nico Williams, there are a lot of better quality clubs where offers will surely come for the player.

João Neves on His Way to PSG

Paris Saint-Germain is looking to strengthen its squad for the upcoming season, and João Neves is now at the center of the discussions.

After several rounds of positive negotiations, the Parisian club is closing in on an agreement to secure the services of the young Portuguese midfielder from Benfica Lisbon.

Discussions between  PSG and Benfica have reached a crucial new stage. PSG is determined to finalize this transfer by next week, showing a clear intention to see João Neves join their ranks for the 2024-2025 season.

The financial details of the deal are still under discussion, but PSG’s offer is impressive. The package is expected to include €70 million, with additional players such as Renato Sanches, who is already familiar with the Lisbon club.

Source link: https://www.vipsg.net/transfer-news/joao-neves-on-his-way-to-psg-261095/#google_vignette

It seems Williams has finally made his choice, he decided to stay at Athletic Bilbao and the reason for this choice was very simple, because of his attachment to the club. Maybe he is right, you need to listen to your inner voice, and do what you feel most comfortable with, after all, he is still very young, and he will have many opportunities to move to another team, and another championship if he wants.

But now he wants to continue his career in Bilbao and try to reach the final with his club, which should take place on May 21, 2025 in Bilbao at the San Mames stadium.

Players coming and going is very natural, especially since it can stabilize the club's financial health and I think of course Monaco must set the right fee if a player leaves. I mean if they lose in the negotiation process it will be meaningless and they will actually lose.

The departure of Youssef Fofana and Mohamed Camara will certainly generate a lot of money for Monaco and after I see here Mohamed Camara also provides a thin margin of profit from the initial fee that Monaco has spent to recruit him. However, for Youssef Fofana the cost is still unknown but if you look at Monaco bringing him in from Strasbourg in 2020 for 15m euros and now we can see his market value has increased by 30m euros. Of course this will be a profitable investment but I am a bit doubtful whether Milan can afford that amount.

Those photographs and rumours make Nico Williams look like a Barcelona player. This negotiation isnt over yet.

Barcelona isnt playing well. Yes, they want Nico, but they have other possibilities. Nico has options too. This talented kid could fit in anywhere. They're spreading an ultimatum? A powerful but risky move. If you push too hard, you may lose everything.

Nico's agent accepted. That matters. But the final decision, thats Nico's alone. He must consider his options and future. Barcelona may be a good fit, or he could stay with Athletic and progress. The call is his. Whats the lesson? It's about relationships and respect, not simply money. Barcelona's tenacity may backfire. In the end, we'll see who wins this game. But remember, even in soccer, even in business, its not always about winning at all costs.

Lamine Camara was performing impressive with Metz he even became an the key player of that team but unfortunately Lamine Camara was unable to bringing Metz to avoiding relegation zone and i think this is could be a potential transfer for Monaco because Lamine Camara still categorized as young player 20 years old even with the current age Metz manager was trusted him to playing regularly for each matches of Ligue 1 and i think with Monaco Lamine Camara will be able to develop his skill and gets more experience with this team

Before gets Lamine Camara Monaco have already to gets George Ilenikhena from Royal Antwerp and i think he is one of talented youngster from France because he is currently 17 years old and was played 38 matches with Royal Antwerp and can able to scores 8 goals at Belgium League and i think these statistics is quite fantastic if we see based on his current age so i have no wonder why Monaco is really interested want to buy George Ilenikhena

From these two players i can assume Monaco was attempts to regeneration their squad because currently they will focusing to the young players but i think Monaco should be bought more because next season they will playing at champion league so Monaco should have good depth of squad because they have to playing with several different of competitions however about transfer player probably Monaco will lost Youssouf Fofana who targetting by AC Milan besides this player Monaco also lost Mohamed Camara who joining Qatar club Al Sadd

Nico Williams is a hot asset that is being fought over by many teams at the moment, Barcelona is the team at the forefront to may  recruit Nico Williams after they offered Bilbao an offer but it seems like Bilbao is still trying to keep Nico Williams by offering a higher salary increase, but it doesn't seem like this is happening it would be successful if several teams that were interested in Nico Williams actually offered a bigger contract and salary for him, Barcelona first offer has reportedly been rejected by Bilbao and Nico Williams, so I think if Nico Williams now sees that Barcelona is currently no better than Bilbao, after financial problem happen for Barcelona of cousre now their no different from Bilbao, which can't promise a championship trophy for Nico Williams if he joins later, while PSG seems to be a better club for Nico Williams at the moment than Barcelona, ​​even though PSG doesn't play in a competitive league, but at least he can get a guarantee  big salary, luxurious facilities, Ligue 1 trophy and also being able to continue for playing in the Champions League every season, PSG current weakness is that they haven't won the Champions League trophy and couldn't Nico Williams be a PSG hero and legend if later he could help PSG to win their first champions league trophies?

To be fair PSG had a lot of players at Euro, which means that those players are already quite fit and not need that many friendlies, and they will have two or three friendlies if I am not wrong, which is more than enough for them since they are going to play a lot of games.

When a team plays like nearly sixty games all season long, adding friendlies to that doesn't make sense, it would be just added fatigue for the players, most of whom ended up playing all through last year and during the summer as well, so it is not going to be easy at all, would be quite tough for them to keep going. So resting them, sending them on vacation and tell them to relax, would be a lot better.

That way, you are going to get fit players anyway, not like the yare going to suddenly gain 10kg or something, these are professionals and they played 60+ games last year, so this way you are at least giving them some time to be happy and relax and find some peace. Then, you could tell them to come back, have 2 friendlies, and then start playing at the league. It would be a shock if they lose their early games, but even if they do, let's face the reality that they will end up winning the league easily, even without Mbappe.

Yes, Athletic Bilbao seems to really mind losing this player even though they will get profit from his sale but it all also depends on Nico William's decision to choose to leave to pursue his dream or stay, but the club that suits him better is Barcelona not PSG, at PSG he will probably have the same fate as Mbappe who had difficulty achieving great achievements such as the Champions League but yes he can still feel playing in the Champions League because PSG always participates in the league every season but for domestic league competition it seems not so challenging for him who is used to being in the Spanish League, Nico must think carefully about this so he doesn't regret it.

Mbappe has been a mainstay for PSG in terms of providing assists and also scoring goals and it is quite natural that PSG has a big hole in the front line after losing Mbappe at this time, Mbappe has the advantage in scoring goals and creating assists because he is able to play equally well as a striker and winger all this time and that's why PSG should look for a player who is also complex as a replacement for Mbappe for next seasons, currently PSG is linked with Nico William and also Osimhen, although it is unlikely that both of them will join PSG after all the negotiations that have taken place with the club for both players  currently deadlocked, but there will be a big difference if we compare the two (Osimhen and Nico William) currently in terms of their contribution for team, Osimhen is one of the strikers who has a high goal scoring instinct at the moment because of his position as a central striker Meanwhile, Nico Williams has tended to act as a wing striker to provide accurate passes for the center striker so far, so we can't compare who is the best between the two because they have different roles in teams.

Arsenal are looking for a top striker,but there is Osimhen who is good and also available in the transfer market,but he doesn't really have much people that are after his signature because of the huge amount of money placed in his release clause,and the fact that he has pride in him.
Arsenal are despirately looking for a player that can dominate the front just like Haaland is doing at Mancity,and it's only Osimhen that can be of that threat to defenders.If Arsenal end up signing him,he will definitely be a very good addition to the gunners squad.

Paris Saint-Germain is a great club with an excellent performance even before the coming of Mbappe and when he left another great player will show up, actually it was easy losing him which I believe his absence will be filled by the entire club, Paris Saint-Germain have had great players who have come and go and the strength of the club keep growing, even now that is what I also expect to happen, they must challenging competition for PSG is champions league which upto date the gap hasn't been fill, they have bring in many good players to solve that but they couldn't, I only considered their time has not come not that they are not capable but it all about time, they have everything it will take to win the league, but I have hope that one their dream will come true.

If you talk about position, then it's nothing to do with Victor Oshime, but if you talk about goalscoring or should I say a proven striker? Then Victor Oshime is the perfect man for the job.
When you look at his statistics last season, he was absent for a while but when he came back, he showed how much of a great player he has been.
Even when he is not on the score sheet, this guy is very hardworking and he gives his all with passion. Whoever gets him finally will benefit from him.

I don't know about what he did with hia previous clubs,but what I have seen with my own two eyes in the last two seasons, Victor Oshime deserves better. A move to Chelsea or Paris Saint Germany would be great.

Not playing friendly matches will of course not affect anything for the top teams because, even though they play friendly matches, in reality they only play second to third tier players. Therefore, playing friendlymatches is basically just to give young players or second tier players the opportunity to play, and should not be used as a benchmark for the team's readiness.

Except for mediocre  teams that still play their main players in friendly matches, because their goal is to prepare for the new season. But after all,for big teams, it is more important for their main players to rest to avoid injuries in friendly matches. Therefore,it is not a problem when top teams do not play friendly matches.

I don't think PSG will spend that much to get both players. Osimhen is valued at 100 million while Nico's release clause is 60 million. Both players will fix PSG's attack because they're very high-quality players and that will give them a chance to comfortably sell with Ramos or Kolo Muani. With Dembele on the right and Nico on the right, they will have both wings fully effective.
But the money will be the lease of PSG's problem when Nico's transfer is concerned. The news I've been seeing today is that his family wants him to remain at Bilboa for one more season even though Barcelona are ready to get him this summer. Barcelona has made everything ready to sign him and it's just up to him to give the go-ahead. So even if he doesn't sign for Barcelona, I doubt he will sign for any other club this summer.

PSG should go into the market for another top left winger because they need that position, and as for the striker, they need a striker that can deliver at least 30 goals a season and both Kolo Muani and Ramos cannot do that. Dembele too is not a winger who can score goals, so they a right winger and a striker that can score goals.