Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 143. (Read 184983 times)

I am very happy because Monaco have made a move this summer and they certainly do not want to lose to PSG, Marseille or even Lyon who continue to bring in new players. This time Monaco have secured the 20-year-old player from Metz, namely Lamine Camara for a fee of 13m euros plus 2m euro add-ons. He is an attacking midfielder and of course this will add more firepower to Monaco.

Lamine Camara certainly does not want to stay at Metz considering that this team was relegated last season and had to do everything from the beginning from Ligue 2 and with the offer from Monaco, of course he did not need to think twice to accept it. Keep in mind that last season Monaco finished in second place and had an 11-point difference from PSG and maybe next season we will still see Monaco with the same performance and of course hope they can get closer to PSG in the title race.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818199459290890730

Iñaki's asked Nico to stay another year in the team to play together in the Europa League, and there are rumors that Nico Williams may listen to his brother's request. Barcelona, ​​in turn, give Williams an ultimatum that if he does not accept their offer now, then he will not receive such an offer next year. Perhaps he will not be too upset if he does not accept the offer from Barcelona, ​​because the conditions from PSG are much more favorable for him, except that he wanted to stay in Spain, but spending a few good seasons in PSG will not be superfluous, at least with PSG he will be able to achieve better results than with Bilbao.

Even in the last few reports at this time Atletico will try to keep Nico and will dare to raise the salary for Nico so that he wants to stay at Atletic Bilbao. Not without reason it looks like Bilbao is doing this because after all, apart from Nico is a valuable asset for them, Nico's presence is also expected to make a better improvement for Bilbao next season.


It will be interesting to see where Nico goes from here in the remainder of the transfer season. Barcelona I think have been eliminated now only PSG and Arsenal whether they are able to bring Nico or Bilbao who managed to keep this player.

Nico Williams is a good option for PSG, and he is young enough to play here and shine for years but the fact about Nico Williams is about his team Bilbao.
We know Bilbao won't allow Nico Williams to leave easily and they know Nico Williams is a valuable player since other than PSG, Barcelona is also about to hire this player. However, PSG can easily hire Nico Williams by giving Bilbao the money according to the contract he has with his team.

I think we should be forget about the possibility Osimhen to PSG because until now there was no progress for his transfer even last time i heard some of Premier League clubs such as Liverpool and Arsenal has startinv want to gets Osimhen again from Napoli but about PSG transfer recently i found one interesting rumour because it says Jadon Sancho was linked to PSG even PSG has showed their seriousness to get Sancho but PSG didn't offering money and they want to swap Sancho with the players

It says PSG offering Manuel Ugarte, Nordi Mukiele and Milan Skriniar and i think this swap will be very beneficial for Manchester United because these players is good player especially Manuel Ugarte that we all know Manchester United is really want to buy Manuel Ugarte even recently they were attempts to bought him from PSG and if this news is true i think certainly Manchester United will be accepts the offers from PSG because Manchester United will gets 3 good quality of players

Besides Jadon Sancho PSG also has been reach an agreement for transfer Joao Neves from Benfica and it says PSG have to spend 70 million to gets Joao Neves plus Renato Sanches as part of the deal and in the near future Joao Neves will be announce to the public as PSG new player however it's quite interesting to see PSG performance for next season because Luis Enrique did major changes in this team

If we talk about Nico Williams, of course there is no end to it because his performance was quite impressive at the Euros, but now isn't he getting closer to Barcelona?
However, Bilbao, who is currently the owner, doesn't seem to be able to stop Nico William from leaving to another team if some team offers more lot from barcelona offter, From a financial perspective, Barcelona certainly won't be able to compete with PSG finances, so I think if they are really interested in Nico William PSG must be willing to make a bigger offer than Barcelona offer this time, we all think that the English League and La Liga are competitive leagues and are suitable for Nico Williams for he journey in his career, but have we ever thought that Ligue 1 could actually be a better ladder for Nico williams to become a star player?
Although he performed impressively with Spain in the Euro, but we cannot deny that his name in La Liga is actually sinking due to Bilbao poor performance in the league last season, and then if he plays in the English league, is there a guarantee that he will be able to make as many contributions as he did playing with Spain So far?
we cant forget if many talented young players have actually failed in the English league because of the tight and tough competition so hard, In my opinion, he could actually follow in Mbappe footsteps to play in PSG, so that when his career really improves of course he will  become to one of a big player who will be competed for by many teams in the future, because in an uncompetitive league like ligue 1, he will become the most prominent player in the league like Mbappe before.

You are too much about Nico Williams I think this kid is still far from Victor Oshimen's ability, now try to see if Nico Williams scored many goals last season at Athletic Bilbao? compare to the number of goals created by Oshimen at Napoli?? can't you see a striking difference? I think Nico William is more suitable to be made a midfielder because he provides more assists than creating goals, while PSG needs a goal scoring machine to replace Mbappe, maybe PSG needs to recruit these 2 players to see how much they contribute to the club I think Oshimen is above Nico Williams 

No matter how PSG tries they will never get a replacement for Mbape, we all know that Mbape is irreplaceable, PSG can buy any player but they can never get anyone to replace Mbape, Mbape is the king of PSG and we have all seen it when Messi, Mbape and Neymar are playing for PSG, Mbape tried for PSG and he help the team a lot, the only trophy PSG are fighting for is champion league and they have been trying for years now and they still can’t win the trophy, I didn’t see Mbape fault for leaving PSG to play for Real Madrid because he is still a young player that can play in many years and win a trophy and make a good career for himself.

PSG is trying to sign many players to rebuild the team, PSG wants to buy Osimhen and Nico Williams according to the rumors that I heard, PSG and Napoli have not reached an agreement because the deal of signing Osimhen is going to involve a lot of money and PSG don’t want to spend too much money on a player, and about Nico Williams, I think PSG can sign the player if Barcelona fails to sign him because with the way I’m seeing it Barcelona is about to lose interest in the player because the player has not given them green light to proceed with signing him.

Nico Williams is a young talented player so any club will want to bet on this player and sign this player to their club. The decision Nico Williams takes now is very important for his career. PSG has had many talented stars in the past but this club has not been able to give good gifts to those talented stars, so if Nico Williams signs a contract with this club, there will be no exception. Nico Williams will only win the France League title if he plays for PSG, but if he signs with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and all these top clubs, he can win the Champions League title as well as be nominated for the Ballon d'Or. He still has a long career ahead of him so he should sign a long-term contract with a good club that will help him reach the peak of his career.

Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. And in the past seasons, PSG management has never had an experienced coach like Luis Enrique. This is why we have high expectations for Luis Enrique. I am not a fan of Luis Enrique. But we have to admit that he is a very experienced coach. Also, I know PSG doesn't have any big star players in their squad right now. But PSG have plenty of money. If Luis Enrique can stabilize the squad then the PSG management might try their best to add Luis Enrique's preferred star players to the squad.



You are right that players need to be confident and experienced to win the Champions League title. Even for PSG's current squad, dominating Ligue 1 is no easy task. However, since they have got an experienced coach. Luis Enrique may be able to boost the confidence of the players. But it is definitely time consuming. It's unlikely to happen anytime soon.


I know Mbappe was the main scorer in PSG's squad. And so far PSG have been unable to find a suitable replacement for Mbappe. PSG management will likely add Osimhen to their squad as a replacement for Mbappe. Osimhen has the ability to score a lot of goals. Mbappe's worthy replacement may be Osimhen.

I think Nico said that he is going to stay one more season with Bilbao, and with that new search starts. I still think that PSG has everyone they need, I am not sure if they really need to spend a lot of money to replace anyone. They can play Xavi Simmons at left, Dembele at right and Muani at striker position, that seems like all they need, and would cover all the bases for them.

Not saying that they should, this is just my idea and if they think that they can get someone better than they should. But getting a striker means that they are not going to play Muani at striker, unless they play with two strikers which I doubt they would, we are going to see Muani benched, and that makes no sense to me. He is a great striker and worths around 50 million euro, why try to get someone else.

Nico is a left winger, and they may get someone for left wing, and pull Xavi into middle, but that's still not a must, they can do it if they want to but not a must. In Nico case, he is not coming, or at least that's what the rumours said, and I am guessing that PSG will not be willing to wait a year for a player that may not even come, so they will probably start looking for someone else. I suggest either Doku or Grealish, City has two great left winners, and they do not need two of them, one of them is enough, they are good enough to start, but when one starts the other is benched, so I think if they can pay well enough, they can get one of those players.

PSG will always come first, always ready to give in their best when it involves in Ligue One but entirely failed in the UEFA Champions League. The title is definitely their main title and they're doing everything to get ready for the big winnings. I know it's not easy for Les Parisiens, they keep making signings, thinking about the progress of the club but they're just dormant at same position. Paris Saint-Germain have become the best club in France ligue one for decades and there's absolutely no competitive oppositions capable enough to stop them.

I don't know if we should understand from such a situation that they don't take the league seriously, maybe their only goal is the Champions League. Even so, not having friendly matches is a big deficiency. Friendly matches show the pre-season status of the clubs. In these matches, teams see their deficiencies and work to fix them. It's strange that PSG doesn't have friendly matches. Either they trust the team too much or the team has forgotten some things.

A big club doesn't collapse just because one of its players leaves. There is still time to make a transfer and I'm curious about the transfers PSG will make.

Of course, if they transfer both of the players mentioned in the subject, they will level up in terms of attack. If both Nico and Osimhen join PSG, PSG will reach a very strong level in terms of attack, but it should not be forgotten that it is very difficult for PSG to transfer these 2 players. Even just as a transfer fee, they may have to pay 200 million Euros for the 2 players. Therefore, I think it will be enough if PSG transfers one of them this year.

Of course, UCL has always been PSG's target since long ago. However, are you sure that Luis Enrique can really prepare a squad to be able to really compete in UCL and become the winner of UCL? Because even though Luis Enrique's target is for the long term, some of the names of these young players are not top players who can be said to be very impressive. While other clubs also always prepare their squads optimally, both with young and old players. So that other teams will be also more competitive from time to time.

To win the UCL league is also not only related to the strength of the quality of the team squad but also the mentality. What I have seen from the past, PSG still lacks a champion mentality in its UCL, even when they still have a complete squad with top world players, such as Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar in the club. So, Luis Enrique's homework is quite a lot for PSG not only to prepare its squad but also a more solid and stable team mentality.

Honestly, I don't understand why you are so confident to say Luis Enrique targeting UCL trophy. You must know Mbappe is their main machine goal, he just left the club and PSG still can't find a proper replacement for Mbappe. In this matter, PSG is probably a more difficult to compete in both domestic and international competitions. Moreover UCL is the highest level of football competition, it should be harder to compete with the current squad of PSG.

I got curious after you said that and really they haven't played a single game so far, interesting. I see that they have scheduled their friendlies for later dates. Only two friendlies are scheduled to be played as far as I can see. Sturm Graz (August 7) and Leipzig (August 10) are their opponents in those ones. There was actually going to be a French Super Cup game on August 8 between PSG and Monaco. But it is postponed. Do you know why? 

The regular season starts by August 18 in the Ligue 1. PSG hasn't signed a replacement for Mbappe yet. I don't believe they are just going to leave it like that. I believe they would make use of a solid player in his place.

What PSG did was quite right by letting go of Neymar who was often injured and getting a certain amount of money as a replacement, while Messi reportedly left at that time for family reasons and that's why he chose Inter Miami as his next team instead of accepting Al Hillal offer at that time, in my opinion Messi and Neymar departure actually did not have a bigger effect on PSG than when Mbappe left now, because before Messi and Neymar arrived at PSG, Mbappe had become a star and played a very important role at PSG at that time, Mbappe is still young and also has a very long career journey compared to Messi and Neymar who have entered the end of their career, and so that's why PSG is fighting so hard to keep him in the squad next season, but unfortunately Mbappe, who has continued to be their mainstay all this time, has failed to be maintained and makes PSG have to immediately get a replacement now if they want to compete tight in the champions league next season.

I have always said that PSG has made serious mistakes when it comes to signings and I believe that this is the reason why Mbappe left the team, he saw that PSG would not win the Champions League that way. Because there was a time when PSG had a very strong squad, they had Neymar, Messi, Di Maria and Mbappe, if they had just sold Neymar because of injuries and kept Messi and Di Maria and hired a good coach who would improve their defense, then PSG would have managed to win the European Champions League. But the PSG board has been making disastrous signings from coaches to players.

Today they have a modest squad that will hardly be able to win the European Champions League. I think the management is aware of this and it seems to me that they have resigned themselves and focused only on Ligue 1, where they are invincible. As it is a league in which the other teams have very limited funds, then PSG will not have any headaches in the league. They will always have money from their league wins and whenever they manage to get far in the European Champions League, money will come from ticket sales in the stadiums and money will come from sponsorships. I think PSG is not very concerned about the European Champions League.

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friendlies are not going well for Ligue 1 teams

LOSC = lose

Lyon = lose

Nice = draw

Monaco = draw

it's funny that PSG haven't played any friendly matches yet

There is a reason why they did not try to keep the 2 star players when they left, unlike Mbappe, they were desperate to keep Mbappe. When they did not try to persuade Messi to stay with them was because Messi's age was no longer young, and there was also a difference when he played for Barcelona and when he played for Paris Saint-Germain, even at the beginning when he joined them Messi had a hard time adapting. The second reason why they did not try to keep Neymar was because of the injuries he continued to suffer, even now when he is with Al Hilal he has only played a few matches because of the injury he is still suffering from.
They did not immediately bring in a new striker when Mbappe left, but the news that has emerged now we know what it is like. They are even willing to spend a lot of money to achieve what they want, although once again it doesn't make sense when they want to increase the offer to 2x.

I have another picture if Nico Williams and Victor Osimhen play together in the Paris Saint-Germain squad, from my point of view, if these two players can play for PSG, this team will be much more competitive. I will not compare Nico and Osimhen, because these two players have different backgrounds from their positions. Theoretically if these two players join Paris Saint-Germain, this team is quite sharp in the front line. There are two wingers, Nico and Dembele, who are both good at dribbling, they are agile players who can penetrate the opponent's defense line. In the center forward position, there is Osimhen who is ready to receive passes to tear the opponent's goal. Plus if PSG has a good DM, this team will be quite competitive, at least it can compete in the Champions League according to my version. Although in order for the team to play epic and solid, Enrique must implement an ideal system and pattern. In addition, chemistry and bonding need to be improved so that the PSG squad can play according to its expectations. In addition, PSG is certain to have a second reserve player who is as good as the main team. There are Goncalo Ramos, Kolo Kuani, Asensio, Barcola, who can be reliable supersub players. However, there is no certainty that PSG will bring these two players to Parc des Princes, their headquarters. That is why PSG is trying in this transfer window. The latest news, when Joao Neves was reported to be difficult because Benfica wanted an expensive transfer, Joshua Kimmich's option became PSG's short list.