Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 189. (Read 192941 times)

Everyone knows Barcelona's got some financial challenges, but they're not just sitting on their hands because of money. They are engaged in great movements. Look at their arrangement with Dani Olmo; that's almost perfect. Its more like "wont," or even "should't," not an issue of "cant."

PSG then is a team with assets that might make kings envious. Should they so wish, they could buy and sell half the league. But have they not made a significant play for Williams? That tells you something. Its more about knowing when and where to spend the money than only about possessing it.

Perhaps PSG is playing here a longer game. They have been concentrating on their midfield rather than their assault. That points to a more careful, methodical strategy rather than merely dumping cash at the issue.

Could PSG thus still fly in and take Williams? Certainly, they are capable of doing it. Their present behavior, nevertheless, does not exactly scream "desperate." This narrative goes well beyond simply who has the largest money account. It' about timing, approach, and wise decision-making. And wouldnt you agree that this game is so intriguing because of this as well?

Interesting caption about the new way the PSG team appears, withe the transfer of Nico Williams it's very obvious that PSG has got a better place much enough than Barcelona has got a d this isn't even sucht that is to be contested because financial both teams have got unequal strength and PSG is on the advantaged side of the bid as they have got the capacity much more, I'm loving the fact that PSG has got a good number of Portuguese players, this will foster a better blend amongst them because both in their national call and club games they are still binding together which I see as enough reason to keep them together and helping them maintain that rhythm at almost all times which will inturn hel their form too.

Imagine if they could have only gotten Ronaldo after United instead of letting him go to Al Nassr, and that would be something that could have been a nice situation. I believe that we should consider how it could get a lot better and it could have kept Mbappe maybe, think about how they could have benefited from that.

Plus, they are getting a lot of Portugal based players, so they could have seen Ronaldo lead them as their big bro type of situation as well, not really a leader because he was never a leader of sorts, but he could have been the alpha dog in the team. Mbappe would have been quite happy to stay because he likes Ronaldo a lot and he would have stayed to play with Ronaldo at least for a few more seasons too.

PSG made a surprise signing of young players at a very expensive price, in fact they did not hesitate to give Renato Sanchez to Benfica to smooth the transfer steps for Joao Neves to join PSG at this time, if we calculate the transfer fee and also the current price of Renato Sanchez then the total the money paid by PSG to Benfica is no less than 77 million euros just for a player who is only 19 years old, PSG dares to spend a lot money of course they hope a lot if Joao Neves will be able to make a lot of contribution to PSG game next season,  I think they have evaluated Whether or not it is appropriate to recruit Joao Neves at a very high price at this time,  because Joao Neves is still very young so he can continue to hone his experience and talent with PSG in the future, and I hope that after the arrival of Joao Neves now, PSG must immediately refocus on targeting a striker who can add depth to their squad next season.

Athletic Bilbao might make more money from Nico Williams if his performance improves this season. He might be offered a new contract and also increase his release clause. However, I think his brother Inaki Williams might have contributed to his decision to remain in Bilbao. Maybe Inaka has encouraged him to remain with the club for one more season.  Athletic Bilbao's qualification for European competition might have also contributed to his decision to stay in his boyhood club.

Napoli has made this transfer window difficult for Victor Osimhen and clubs that are interested in him. The club had concluded personal terms with the player, but Napoli has failed to seal the deal due to the price they are placing on the striker. Maybe they want the Nigerian to remain. That's why they are chasing interested clubs with high amounts.

Now it's a narrative about generational transition, PSG is following the wave that's happening in big clubs, just look at how Endrick officially joined Real Madrid, Lamine Yamal who will become Barcelona's main pillar & rumors of Nico Williams' transfer from San Mames to Barcelona.

That kid (Joao Neves) is a good player at Benfica, so there's no harm in PSG locking him in as early as possible, there are 2 advantages that PSG will have, investment for the future and also adding depth to the main squad.

Financially, Paris Saint Germain is very capable of spending a lot of money to bring in players, even if they have to spend twice as much money as they should. But the question is, does Nico Williams want to? because he is also more interested in Barcelona. And my question is whether Paris Saint Germain will continue to do things like this even though in the past it has not allowed them to achieve success but has only disappointed them.
I want to see how far they will go in pursuing this player, because reportedly they are ready to pay 2x what they should, which means they are serious. However, until now there is no clarity regarding the news about Nico Williams. In fact, in several posts on social media, I mostly saw Nico Williams wearing a Barcelona jersey and juxtaposing him with current Barcelona players who are believed to be a very good trio on the front line.

Nico Williams is right replacement for Kylian Mbappe position and PSG seems easily get his sign although get race with Barcelona have announced their interested last several weeks ago.
Supported with financial and easily reach agreement deal about transfer fees with Athletic Bilbao including bigger salary payment offering than Barcelona. But PSG still not giving official bid offering for signing Nico Williams and Athletic Bilbao will prefer for serious team and giving excited fees transfer than waiting offer from Barcelona or PSG.

PSG not sign yet who will replace Kylian Mbappe position after joining Real Madrid, Luis Henrique still waiting for signing right replacement and left two weeks before Ligue 1 first match start and PSG will face Le Havre on 17 August. I think not longer time for PSG to sign new players replace Mbappe position before Ligue 1 season 2024/25 start.

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.