Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 179. (Read 185183 times)

Only happening for PSG because several teams support great players success winning Champion League such as Manchester City won its las two season ago.
I think PSG need improving not only their performance but also winning mentality when playing in Champion League, this season had not bad achievement after success qualifying until semifinal round but unbelievable defeated by Dortmund back to back on away and home matches.

For domestic league, have been easily keep dominance every season for PSG but have to make difference with their performance when playing in Champion League. PSG the only one team spent much money and sign many star players but never winning  Champion League trophy yet until right now.

Mentality and consistency are of course the most important thing to compete in the Champions League so far, we can see how the mentality possessed by Madrid so far has been able to make them continue to dominate in the Champions League, besides that the regeneration carried out by Madrid today is of course one of Madrid's ways to continue to transmit their champion mentality to young players,  So it is not surprising that so far Madrid has always combined young and senior players in every match they have played, and this is in contrast to PSG who indeed hope to achieve instant success by continuing to rely on star players so far.

In my opinion, to compete in the Champions League, of course, PSG must start changing their mindset and be able to trust a process to achieve success, since becoming a rich team until now, of course PSG continues to rely on star players to be able to get the Champions League trophy but failled, so I think, it's time for PSG to start trying to build the foundation of the team by relying on young players so that it will slowly be able to improve the mentality and also the stability of the team for the long term.

We all know about this PSG is Ligue 1 and all things move around them but now in this season we are going to have too many changes with few clubs are trying to have improved their squads because in last season we are having too many unusual changes in spots and many clubs jumps from bad to better spots and few are looking for more improvement with few which fail to keep their spots are now keen to have players which can give them better performance and improvement in quality with consistency which is key for the success.

 Lyon have historical end of their season with from bottom to UEFA it is amazing stuff for them now surely they want to keep things at the top level and having themselves at the better level Marseille which is also having huge disappointment want to fight back for the top spots going to have the good number of changes for the strong squad.

Feels like having great players doesn't guarantee you any success, also not everyone season is like the next. Real Madrid knows how to play in this tournament, even in the years they are not amazing, they still managed win and they will keep being that good because they bring in the younger players at the bench to grow up with older ones getting the title, so they put that UCL title winner mindset into the younger generation, and when older generation retires, the younger ones already have a few cups with them.

So all in all, I think we should consider that PSG İs missing that winning culture, the stress they have when they are at knockout stages of UCL is showing and they always miss shots that they would normally score.

They have to get used to the current situation, because maybe in the future they will feel the same thing where they have to be abandoned by a player who is very valuable to them. Every season changes, every era will definitely change, there are no players who will truly stay on one team forever and even if there are they will also retire, so Paris Saint Germain must forget something related to Mbappe. If they are still thinking about that, will it all make Mbappe come back? no, right.
Paris Saint Germain is entering a new era, I agree with that. They are the ones who can determine where they want to take the new era they are now starting. Will they do the usual things which have been proven to not bring any profit to them, or will they get out of their comfort zone by making new changes such as updating their players or building a foundation filled with lots of easy players.
They can do this gradually, and as a concrete example they can see what Real Madrid is doing.

If we talk about teams other than PSG, so far there are several teams that have secretly carried out the transfer process, namely Lyon and Marseille. Indeed, everything will be focused on PSG's transfer, but we must not forget that there are several other teams that also aim to strengthen the depth of their squad each season.

As has been reported by Fabrizio Romano, Lyon have reached an agreement with Moussa Niakhaté from Nottingham and will soon undergo a medical. Apart from that, from Marseille there is Ismaël Koné who was contracted from Watford and he will have a contract duration of 5 years. It will certainly be very exciting for each team to compete in the season with the addition of new strengths and we will hear more good news after the Euro 2024 event ends.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1806597229974560850 (Moussa Niakhaté to Lyon)

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1806266818895458452 (Ismaël Kone to Marseille)

Wouldn't the Ligue 1 summer transfer market open on July 1 later , or has it been accelerated?
The summer transfer market will be an opportunity for the team to strengthen their squad next season, let's say currently the transfer market has opened but I don't see any movement from the ligue 1 team in recruiting new players, at this time of course PSG will be the center of attention in the transfer market later to Remembering the current departure of Mbappe to Madrid,  losing Mbappe forced PSG to be active in the transfer market and of course we are quite curious about who will finally get to be able to replace Mbappe position next season.

Currently there are two major competitions on two different continents being played, namely the Copa America and the Euro, so indeed many star players and talented young players are focusing on carrying out their country duties, so indeed they do not care about all the transfer speculation that exists today, besides that of course big teams such as PSG of course also make performance from players in the euro and copa as a reference to recruit new players later.

Yeah the transfer window for the Ligue 1 has already opened. Just like it says in the image below, you can access detailed info on the Ligue 1 website.



However as there is a Euro tournament going on probably most teams don't want to be in a hurry with all their transfers. Who knows maybe PSG would also find a player who can be really useful for them thanks to the performances there. 

PSG are still way stronger than the others in the Ligue 1 by the way. Losing Mbappe won't make a huge change in that. In addition to that, they might even get better if they take the right steps for themselves from now on. Learning to play effective as a team is crucial at this point, rather than rely on a specific player the most.

Yes, you are right that no one can predict the future of young players, but we can see it from the start from the various potentials that young players have, at least there will be hope and assessment of what the future will be like, even though there are never guarantees.
PSG has lot of money and everyone admits that, they have president who is covered in wealth, making it easier for PSG to become the strongest and best team, but all of that has not been able to produce sweet results in European football.
Talking about French football, it is clear that PSG still dominates, but is this worth it, they spend lot of money just to dominate the French League, there must be big achievements and success that are equal on the European stage.

Several season ago PSG had lot of great players but what they got, eliminated from the most important competition in Europe and only taking the Ligue 1 title, don't we all want to see PSG become truly strong team in European football.
As I said, they need efforts to build good team again, develop young players and make them solid team to be able to overcome any existing competition.

As a coach who has sufficient experience and a long track record in his coaching career, Enrique knows very well what he will do even though he is currently without Mbappe in his squad. apart from that, Enrique is well aware that Mbappe's departure will reduce the strength of his attack line. however, in football it is common for players to come and go. therefore, currently PSG is trying to bring in several new arrivals that suit the coach's needs. finding a potential replacement for Mbappe is not an easy task, so maybe Enrique will look for other options instead. so far, Paris Saint-Germain's efforts to recruit new players have not reached the stage of bringing them to the Parc des Princess, even though there are several names being linked with this giant French League club.

Well, as you said and we agree. maybe with Mbappe's departure, PSG will focus more on lines filled with competent players. thus, the idea of ​​playing with the overall strength of the team, which can be interpreted as teamwork, can make PSG much more competitive without being tied down by one of its star players. It's true, PSG also played their match with teamwork. It's just that, as long as there are stars in their squad, the players' attention will be more focused on the star players. so far, PSG has always done it. when the star player has difficulty scoring goals, at the same time other players also have difficulty passing the ball to the star player.
Well, this is just my personal opinion, now is the momentum for PSG to improve their squad. they have built the foundation, although they have not yet reached the climax. the point is, Enrique has done his job well during his tenure as head coach. now is the time for him to work, with the experience he has and the players available plus those they will bring in later in the transfer window. I'm quite sure that if Enrique knows very well what he needs to make his team competitive, the problem is whether PSG will provide full support, we'll see what developments follow.

PSG owner Nasser Al Khelaifi has been admitted that losing Mbappe is huge lost for PSG because since joining to PSG for almost 7 years he always being an important player for this team and Mbappe statistics in PSG also very fantastic because from 308 matches Mbappe has been scores total 256 goals in all competitions and if we seeing to these records we can see Mbappe has important role to help PSG to gets several domestic trophies so it's normal if PSG owner Nasser Al Khelaifi has been said lost Mbappe will have huge impact for PSG performance next season

I think PSG has entering new era now because their star players gradually leave them from Messi, Neymar and the latest is Mbappe so it's interesting to see for next season the performance of PSG without Mbappe and for Luis Enrique i am sure he will think about how PSG can do well in the Champions League and in Ligue 1 without Mbappe and one of the way is bought some star player as the replacement of Mbappe but it won't be easy to find the right player because the quality of Mbappe is one of the best in the world

In the past, it was still less interesting to watch even though there were many star players in one team in League 1, especially if next season there won't be many star players in League 1. Of course the interest from the audience may disappear and it will not be better for League 1 and regarding Mbappe, I am also sure that he will not be selfish when he is in the Real Madrid squad. Because Real Madrid has a coach who is quite firm in giving direction to all his players so that each player cannot prioritize his selfishness in the squad.

We should accept that Mbappe was just a normal player like the other players and no matter how well he performed in the PSG but the fact about Mbappe is he left the team and just like any other player they should buy alternative players to take his place in the team but the problem about PSG and Mbappe is this player was playing there for years and now filling his place can be a pain for PSG. While I think Mbappe made a good decision to leave and PSG had to be ready and they had to get themself ready to hire another player even before he left.

People are worried about what PSG will do after parting ways with Mbappe. However there is no guarantee that they will got worse. Who knows maybe Luis Enrique has good plans for this situation already. Besides after Mbappe's departure PSG will have to play much more effective as a team. This will trigger a good thing I think.

Because so far Mbappe has been at the centre of their game. Maybe this has even hindered some players' potential to be seen. I would like to see PSG getting better in time with a great coach like Luis Enrique.

Paris Saint Germain's problems do not only occur in one sector, but they have problems in almost everything, from management, coaches and even players. That's what makes them fail repeatedly. Maybe in Ligue 1 it didn't affect them, because at the same time other teams also had problems and couldn't take advantage of the situation faced by Paris Siant Germain. But when they are in the Champions League, they can't do anything because the fact is that other teams there are better than them.
They have to improve, and in my opinion it has to start with improving good management, because for a big team like them, when management can manage well then it will fix existing problems, from the coach to the players who are the main actors. in the field.

They do get some of the good French players as well, like just last year they got Muani, and I feel like he is going to have a career season now as well. They have some players who are seen as excess, like I just read from Romano that they are looking to sell off Ugarte, didn't like him I guess. I just think that they are waiting for Euro 2024 to end in order to make bigger moves.

I still think that they are going to make a good transfer period soon, we just need to wait for it. We still have some weeks before the tournament ends, and after it ends, during late July to early August, they are going to make some good transfers and keep being the best team in this league without a doubt, they have the money for it at least.

Ancelotti has worked with a number of star players across generations, Mbappe may be the last star player the Italian manager will handle if he decides to retire after his contract ends with Real Madrid. So Ancelotti already has a wealth of experience to make Mbappe obey orders and adapt well with other Real Madrid players. Ancelotti won't let one star player ruin the harmony in the dressing room, and Florentino Perez signed him not for that purpose. Real Madrid before Mbappe arrival managed to achieve success in domestic and European competitions, Mbappe presence should help Real Madrid to maintain this success next season, not the other way around.

I think the players in Real Madrid will have no other options than to respect them boss Ancelotti this is because he is not a man of many words and he doesn't have issues with his players because he values them so much that's why he doesn't accept his players being so selfish with the ball rather he always advise them to play as a team to get a better and faster results.

Mbappe can not bring his behavior from the PSG team to Real Madrid because he wasn't given any preferential treatment from Real Madrid before coming to the team so I doubt if he will think of being selfish knowing that the team he is involved with right now has some quality players which is in the same level with him

I think it also makes sense, where Mbappe deliberately acted selfishly at PSG because he no longer wanted to extend his contract, in Madrid maybe Mbappe will return to being a humble player and will show a different image. We'll see how Mbappe adapts at Santiago Bernabeu, and how he carries himself in Ancelotti fleet.

Meanwhile, Mbappe has above average skills and quality, which will be valuable capital to adapt quickly. Apart from that, Ancelotti cool hands will certainly encourage him to develop better, so that Mbappe can achieve his dream of becoming the best player. It could be that when he plays for Madrid, the media will automatically change Mbappe image.

On the other hand, basically Ligue 1 is still interesting to watch, although several star players have left for other domestic leagues. I think the competition in Ligue 1 will become more competitive with the departure of several star players, because that the gap between competing teams will no longer be so big.

PSG is going to still be able to do well and this have been my stance as I don't believe in the fact that the absence of Mbappe mean that PSG will totally get a fall, with time they are definitely going to get used to the fact that he's not with them anymore and will have to play in a way that will fit their tactics and strategy even in his absence. Just like Enrique did said, they may not be able to get an exact replacement but they are not also going to totally have a downfall because of his absence so it's basically a thing that they can manage and hope with time to get to achieving more even than they have done when they still had him in the team.

Feeling like the absence of a player especially if he's very skillful and of key importance to the team is usually common, the team has that responsibility to not dwell so long In that and creat a strategy and a way around the whole situation so they can be able to get to achieve more because no player stays pamanently  Ina team, it only a matter of time and they will like move to a place they feel better Suites and promotes their career at that stage meanwhile some other may get Old in the team and retire which is another way in which they can loose key and important player too just like Madrid will be loosing modric soon to retirement.