Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 144. (Read 184983 times)

Osimhen is more suit to replace Mbappe's position, Mbappe is top scorer for PSG for many seasons, Osimhen is a goal scorer too unlike Nico Williams who's better in terms of giving assist. Osimhen has joined Napoli since 2020, the first two years he's not good enough, but the last two years he can perform. Don't forget the last two teams he joined Lille and Sporting Charleroi, he can perform in there.

So, I believe Osimhen can adapt to new team.

The mistake that PSG did all this years that Mbappe was rumoured to be going to Madrid was not bringing in a player replacement for Kylian Mbappe to the team on time before his departure, despite several time that he made it clearly to the club that he wasn't going to stay back this season and play at PSG. Now due to his departure the chances of PSG lifting the Champions League trophy has reduced, as the impact will greatly be felt by the club until they got a good replacement for the young star.

Although Osimhen is a gifted attacker, he has lately had a few hiccups and €100 million? For a man not playing at his best, that is a lot of money. People, we have to use our money wisely. Nico Williams is now really interesting. He has ability and is flexible. Would he be the Mbappe of future generation? Perhaps not, perhaps not. Still, I enjoy his ability to play several positions. Champions triumphs are those kinds of adaptability.

While spending large sums of money on Nico carries some risk, what in life is not? You have to occasionally follow your gut feeling. And my instinct indicates this child is unique. He may be the secret to PSG's next level performance. Yes, Osimhen is good, but at that price Im not certain about him. Nevertheless, Nico Williams? He qualifies as the wild card. It was he who could truly turn everything upside down. And perhaps, a little upheaval is just what you need.

They have the money and they have the right to do it if it is determined by the price, Barca can't get it because they don't have the money and they expect help from Nico to choose them for his future goals, but PSG has the budget and of course they are trying to buy the player in order to develop the player in the future, talking about Osimhen this is an unreasonable price that Napoli offered to PSG they want a price of 100 million of course this is not his market price anymore because last season he didn't play well and he was also injured so I think it's better for PSG to target Nico.

Because Nico is very suitable to replace Mbappe and he is also good at playing as a winger and in the middle position they still have Ramos so Osimhen is not the right choice I think PSG will waste a lot of money if they offer to Osimhen but instead to Nico so it's better for them to target Nico to fix everything than to bring in Osimhen.

With maple I don't think the money was the problem, as at the time of messi, mbappe and Neymar, PSG had a huge salary bill to maintain and so the exit of the other two felt like a relief and that was one of the reasons they needed not persuade them to stay back because somehow they are going to have a relief on their bills and they still had mbappe to keep who could fill up at some point but the exit of mbappe left a vacuum. Even before mbappe left, at some point Enrique was trying to see how well they can play without him and was reducing his play time,. nevertheless his exit did have an effect on them.

Mbappe is at the peak of his career and he was the engine and brainbox of PSG. So, the club was scared of letting him go since they believed he could help them win the UEFA Champions League. But it became very difficult to keep him since he had made up his mind to pursue his drama of playing in Real Madrid and winning more trophies. Luis Enrique has already started preparing for his departure and the club will be able to cope if they put things in place. PSG should be in a haste to get a replacement because they need it. They have been in talks with Napoli for Victor Osimhen, but it seems the discussion has stalled because of the transfer fees. Maybe they should look towards getting some placements because the vacuum Mbappé created will be difficult to fill.

PSG didn't try to keep Messi when he left the team, and maybe they were even happy when Neymar's contract ended, but they tried to keep Mbappe with all their might. Their financial capabilities are huge, but for Mbappe it was not enough, maybe he will not have the status of the team leader in Real at first, but he is ready for it. But I like Enrique's position, he could play without Messi and Neymar, and he said that they need to learn to play without Mbappe, PSG is not even in a hurry to buy another forward.

Nico Williams love Barcelona infact he's made it clear that it's his favourite option and most likely team to move next is Barcelona and I think after a fine partnership in the Spanish National team with Yamal he will want to continue such partnership with him at Barcelona and since the young lads are good pals, he'll be easily convinced of being successful at Barcelona than PSG but since Barcelona are stalling on the deal and have not established much agreement on personal terms, they're giving PSG more chances to exhibit their spending power, Williams is a player that's much admired by PSG and splashing big money to get him won't be very difficult, all it just takes is to convince his agent and give Bilbao an offer they can't reject just like they did with Neymar when he was at Barcelona. Moreover finding a player that remains loyal to a club is quit difficult and I feel Nico William might be convinced by what he stands to earn at PSG and consider a move there.

their ambition to get the desired player is very crazy, even in my opinion sometimes they do unreasonable things. Just imagine they were once disappointed by Mbappe who preferred to leave, even though they gave the player privileges, but they did not learn to do the same thing, even though what they did was not necessarily answered with the player's success with them.
You are right, a player cannot work alone in a team, even though he is a very good player but if he cannot be supported by teammates who can play well, then it will not be optimal either. There must be a balance between one player and another, that is what will make them play well. In my opinion, it would be better if they started to compile an even squad rather than just focusing on one player which does not guarantee that there will be success that can be brought.

Barcelona is very aggressive in approaching Nico Williams and even Nico Williams has also responded positively to Barcelona wishes, It is reported that both parties have now established intense communication but no personal agreement has yet been reached and this means that there is still a possibility for other team to recruit Nico Williams at the moment, compared to Barcelona, ​​it is clear that PSG actually has a lot of ability to recruit Nico Williams, but in my opinion, currently PSG is too slow in moving to make an offer to Bilbao, although Nico Williams has interest in joining Barcelona, ​​but on the other hand, currently Nico Williams future is still very much determined by Bilbao, so that when Bilbao and PSG can reach an agreement, like it or not, Nico Williams must to accept it, to be honest, at the moment I don't see any young players who have Loyalty to the team is very big and I dare say that money is often a determinant and attraction for them to move to another team, in the last few seasons it is very rare for us to see players like Lampard, Ryan Giggs, Casillas, Maldini and Scholes who have high loyalty for a club.

Becoming a player who is able to score more goals is indeed not easy because it is also influenced by the good and bad performance of his own teammates, but in this case of course what you said is also true that PSG should focus more on getting Victor Oshimen than continuing to pursue Nico William at a much higher price and the certainty of getting it is also very thin. But if PSG can get both players at this time, I think the strength of the PSG team itself will be very different from last season, even though last season PSG was still strengthened by Mbappe.

But still PSG is crazy enough to follow their ambitions just because they have more money than Barcelona they can do anything, in my opinion Victor Oshimen is still the best player his statistics are still good as a striker he cannot be compared to Nico Williams, indeed last season Oshimen was injured but the injuries he suffered were not too frequent. Nico Williams did appear impressive in the Euro 2024 match and that made PSG interested but there is no guarantee Nico William can replace Mbappe's role as a goal scoring machine in my opinion the right player for PSG to replace Mbappe is Victor Oshimen who has a more reasonable price, rather than arguing over Nico Williams by paying a higher price they will later regret it if they have wasted a lot of money but have not met the expectations they want.

PSG had the opportunity to fight for the UCL title when they managed to qualify for the final in the 2019/20 season and they had Bayern Munich as their opponent, in this match PSG was still full of great players but unfortunately they were defeated by Bayern Munich.
If PSG again has the opportunity to be in the UCL final, maybe the events of the past can repeat themselves considering that they really always fail here, the only way to win the UCL is for Real Madrid to be eliminated so they don't reach the final.
Real Madrid being eliminated before reaching the final will allow several of the remaining team to be able to fight for the title because if they meet Real Madrid in the final then it will clearly be difficult match to win.

He has quite lot of experience and from everything he has gone through with PSG, he should be able to give Luis Enrique lesson in building better team and really enable PSG to create strength that can make it difficult for opponents to bring them down.
PSG current potential is to become one of the Ligue 1 squads that has quite lot of young players, they will be very strong if they can develop well and are on the right path.

Ligue 1 teams are not of high quality. These groups are not very strong. So if PSG can have some stable performance then PSG will be able to win the Ligue 1 title very easily. This is not a difficult task for a big team like PSG.

I think Luis Enrique is now preparing his squad to win the Champions League title. Like Guardiola, Luis Enrique is planning for the long term. PSG have a lot of talented young players in their squad. There is no doubt that the PSG team will get excellent performances from these players in the future if properly groomed.

Moreover, PSG management is very rich and they are ready to spend money to strengthen the squad. Luis Enrique will get big funds to build his squad with the players he wants. This season he might try to stabilize the overall squad. And will form the squad targeting the Champions League title next season.

PSG just be looking like they want all the players, they keep making deals halfway and almost not concluding before moving into the next, Nico Williams is a very good deal for any team he eventually gets to and so I'm not surprised at the number of teams after him already, Bilbao will definitely miss him if he eventually leaves them to any other team of his choices who are able to afford him. Obviously almost every move by PSG has been in a bid to get a suitable replacement for their star kylian mbappe. It's not been an easy search but there's high optimism they will succeed at it.

PSG have priorities and one of them is mainly to win the UEFA Champions League trophy. Ligue One is no longer consider competitive for PSG, they've won their domestic league title and its time for them to start reviving parts to  win games. Paris Saint-Germain coach, Luis Enrique have managed elite clubs and have been fired due to his incompetence in handling these clubs. Paris Saint-Germain should be lucky enough to have Luis Enrique as headcoach, he will implement good driving force towards his players and their style of game.

Luis Enrique is the most experienced coach compared to the coaches who have been recruited by PSG before, so we actually had high hopes of seeing PSG win the Champions League, but it turns out that what we hoped for didn't happen in last season, next season will be final season for Enrique in PSG and I hope he will be able to provide the UCL trophy that PSG coaches before him have always failed to deliver, Currently, PSG must support Enrique like they supported previous coaches by bringing in several new players who can make the PSG squad more frightening although they have lost Mbappe from squad, to be honest, so far I haven't seen any surprises made by PSG in the transfer market like as past seasons especially to get a replacement for Mbappe other star player), so it's a little doubtful for me whether PSG will be better or worse without Mbappe when playing in the Champions League in next seasons.

I don't find PSG's current attacking line good enough to play big in the Champions League now. It is good enough to win another Ligue 1 title of course as there is no other team at the same level. 



Barcola is still very young and not very reliable. I mean I have watched him so far but I can't say I'm impressed. He is wasting lots of opportunities... 

Dembele is far away from being a consistent winger either. I don't like him when he plays very selfish as well.

Asensio, Ramos and and Kolo Muani have also performed average so far. I wonder what they will do as of Mbappe's departure. This is why Nico Williams signing would be great for PSG too.

If it's just about wanting to reach the final, in reality PSG had the experience of playing in the Champions League final match in the 2019/2020 season, and at that time the team that PSG faced in the final match was Bayern Munich. In fact, at that time Tuchel was also the head coach of PSG and still had Mbappe, Neymar and Di Maria but unfortunately,in the final match PSG lost but only with a thin score of 1-0, and the only goal was scored by Kingsley Coman in the 59th minute. What makes it even sadder is that Kingsley Coman is also a player who graduated from the PSG academy.

So yes, if only to see PSG in the Champions League final in fact it has happened at that time but of  course, with Luis Enrique we should want PSG to get the trophy. After all, PSG's dominance should also happen in other tournaments and not just in Ligue 1 and therefore, even though PSG has lost Mbappe but I hope Luis Enrique is still able to make PSG have a good performance and dominance in the next season.

There is still no clarity regarding Nico Williams so far, but based on the latest report from Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona are still waiting for news from Nico Williams about his final decision and it won't be long. Elsewhere, Premier League clubs and PSG are also waiting. Meanwhile, Bilbao have prepared a new contract for Nico with a higher salary if he decides to stay. Although Barcelona has been widely reported regarding their financial condition, they are still being linked with Nico Williams so far in the transfer window. However, if Nico Williams is willing to go to PSG, the French League giants will not take long to make a deal.

Anyway, I am pretty sure that Luis Enrique also has other alternatives if Nico Williams moves to another League or chooses to stay. Under Luis Enrique, Paris Saint-Germain looks more careful in every effort they make to bring in players they are targeting. PSG even refused to pay Osimhen's release clause to Napoli, even though they were able to do so.  at the same time, to bring in the ideal striker at this time there are not many choices, as for the targeted players, there are certainly always several competitors in other Leagues who also want to get their signatures. like Nico Williams for example, this Spanish international winger is on the rise because of his performance. that's why, PSG is willing to wait for the player's decision to determine his decision. even so, PSG must move quickly if the Spanish player does not side. I'm quite curious, whether PSG is able to bring in Nico and even Osimhen. if so, they are one of the ones to be reckoned with in the Champions League.