Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 28. (Read 153831 times)

Napoli is a team that has been able to provide the best competition for the Serie A title every season, at least in the last 10 seasons. After a happy season in 2022-2023, Napoli failed to defend its title. Their performance has declined and that has made many people speculate about them and the future of their stars.

Of course, Victor Osimhen has been rumored to be moving to an elite Premier League or Ligue 1 team next season. Osimhen needs a new challenge in his career instead of just staying at Napoli, but if he really wants to move then Chelsea is a team he should consider. Chelsea really need a productive center forward like Osimhen, it will make them even more competitive next season. Jackson isn't very reliable as a center forward, so Osimhen might be good to consider.

Currently there are several teams that are trying to recruit Osimhen from Napoli, PSG, Chelsea and Arsenal are teams that are indeed interested in bringing in Osimhen next summer, but with the release clause and also the selling value pegged by Napoli at this time, of course, PSG which has strong financial strength certainly has a greater chance of getting Osimhen from Napoli,  but so far we have not heard of any approach taken by PSG to realize the transfer so it seems that currently PSG is starting to be not interested in Osimhen not as rumored so far.

Despite all the issues, Osimhen is a very talented player and of course he will be worthy of replacing Mbappe position next season at PSG, talking about Osimhen quality and ability, of course his number of goals at Napoli is proof of his current greatness, besides, Osimhen, who has previously played in Ligue 1, certainly will not be too difficult for him to adapt to the Ligue 1 game and of course it will be beneficial for PSG who is now looking for a replacement for Mbappe who left for Madrid.

If Osimhen plays at PSG, that doesn't mean that Osimhen should be interested in other teams because after all, the main task of a player is to produce good results for the team. So, basically because Osimhen is also still young then of course it will be very good for the PSG squad in the long term. However, it seems that so far PSG has recruited older players more often and as a result PSG has still failed in the Champions League.

After all, Mbappe, who was still young, also left because PSG's quality was still unable to compete strongly in the Champions League. Therefore, I think if PSG recruits a young player like Osimhen then maybe this will enable PSG to move on quickly after Mbappe's departure. So in essence, I think Osimhen will still be suitable to play at PSG because at least playing at PSG is still better because PSG is a big team in Ligue 1, and that will promise good results in the domestic league too.

Star power helps PSG win. Its about attracting the greatest personalities, who draw fans and viewers. When did Messi join? Their social media exploded overnight. It was huge! Now, Ramos? Warrior and winner. But he wont fill stadiums alone. Ligue 1 isnt the most fascinating league to watch. PSG's star power draws viewers.

But losing Mbappe? What a mess. He makes PSG famous. He's why people watch Ligue 1. Without him, their global brand will suffer. PSG without Mbappe is like a burger without beef. Not the same.

This problem does not seem to be based on appreciation but indeed it is not in line between Napoli and Osimhen which makes the conditions of the two untenable.
Previously there was an action that triggered this to be bad where this season Napoli on its social media account made a post as if it was patronizing Osimhen even though it was confirmed but their problems started from there. Although the problem is considered solved now but I think it still gives a condition where Osimhen is still very unhappy with this which makes their relationship look fine but actually they have problems.

Now actually with Osimhen's performance like this and with Napoli's situation always having a transition it is likely that Osimhen will leave but if he intends to be at Napoli because of Conte and gives confidence that Conte can change Napoli then it can also still be done for Osimhen but it is still likely to leave in the end.

PSG is a place that is still very suitable for Victor Osimhen in terms of testing his quality again in what could be considered a continuation of his career in the world of football. Because Victor Osimhen only needs to prove this for other teams to see that he is a player who still has quality in the world of football so that he can again make it possible for other better teams to look at him in the future. Because it's true that he won't be able to develop in a team whose performance continues to decline like Napoli even though he also won with Napoli.

Even though Paris Saint Germain is a regular in the Champions League, they cannot provide anything good, because every season they can barely compete. This season, when they had a great opportunity to be in the final, they couldn't take advantage of it well, so they had to settle for losing in the semifinals against Borussia Dortmund. In my opinion, this should also be a consideration for players, because they also definitely want to get better achievements.

Osimhen has great potential, and this season he has declined a bit with Napoli, I think the decline he has experienced is also inseparable from the decline of the team as a whole so he cannot provide a good game for Napoli. However, if we look at all the players, this season they are playing below their best, or in other words, their abilities are not at their full potential. Whether it's because the coach doesn't understand them or there is something else that makes them unable to show their best.

It is indeed difficult for Victor Osimhen to show his performance if a team is in decline and what happened last season cannot be used as a reference for Victor Osimhen's performance.
So I think PSG recruiting Victor Osimhen is something they have to do to replace the position left by Mbappe and we also have to look at Victor Osimhen's overall quality and I think he is very worthy.

But if in the end every contribution that Victor Osimhen has made to a club like Napoli is not truly appreciated by the club, of course Victor Osimhen himself must make wiser decisions before next season starts again. Because Victor Osimhen himself can still continue his career at another club as long as it is still possible for him, but he himself also has to look at a team that is more suitable for him. Because if he only likes teams that often appear in UCL competitions, PSG is clearly a pretty good choice if no other team wants to bring him into the squad.

PSG this season failed to retain their star players despite having offered salaries and also luxury, but Mbappe desire to find new adventures and also of course the Champions League trophy made him reject all offers given by PSG, currently Mbappe has officially become a Madrid player and next season of course we will see a new era of Madrid in La Liga and also the Champions League,
Mbappe departure will indeed have a significant impact on PSG's strength next season, and I think it will make PSG's performance decline slightly, because indeed so far PSG has relied too much on Mbappe to achieve every victory, so far PSG has dominated Ligue 1 very easily and they won the Ligue 1 title without strong enough resistance from other teams so,  Mbappe departure will not be felt too much in Ligue 1 as they still have a strong squad for domestic competition.

But it's different when playing in the Champions League, although they may still be able to compete but still PSG must find a solution to overcome the loss of Mbappe who is their star player so far and of course PSG must strengthen the team as a whole to be able to win their first Champions League trophy next season, next season Madrid will of course again be a strong candidate to return to become Champions League champions next season after they have a squad which is really quite perfect at this time.

Kolo Muani and Goncalo Ramos should not be wasted players because PSG bought them both at a fantastic price last season. Now it's just a matter of how Luis Enrique can process it well and I think Kolo Muani can fill the position left by Mbappe. Because it looks like he can be relied on more than as a striker and the striker position can be given entirely to Goncalo Ramos. Meanwhile, Dembele will remain on the right winger to destroy the opponent's defense.

It seems that Osimhen will not be interested in playing in Ligue One because he actually needs a tougher challenge than in Italy and therefore if he moves to PSG it will reduce his intensity as a player and he will get bored quickly. Maybe this is too soon, but if one day Osimhen comes to PSG, of course it will be good for his career after what he wants has been achieved.

Mbappe has always been the top scorer for PSG. Missing mbappe means missing someone who is capable enough to score a lot of goals for the club. Take a look at mbappe's stats since he was joining in PSG.



This is proving how capable mbappe as a football player. He is consistently scoring a lot of goals in any seasons. Mbappe's journey has already ended. PSG needs to find a good replacement for him. The current striker is not good enough to be compared with mbappe. PSG shall use the money available to get a new player who is in the same calibre as mbappe.
This is not gonna be an ezy job but let PSG tries to do this. PSG needs to ensure the club will find a good replacement for mbappe.

Goncalo ramos is rarely performing well in PSG. That is why im doubting him will able to become a good replacement for mbappe. PSG needs to find soeone who is capable enough to play as

I don't sure PSG will get downtrend performance for next season after leaving by Kylian Mbappe, its difficult decision accepted by PSG after Mbappe not extend his contract but Luis Henrique will make PSG keep dominance in Ligue 1 and reach higher level round in Champion League next season. Have break out almost two months before next season begin I think PSG start to sign top players for replacing Mbappe position although they can put Goncalo Ramos as central forward for Mbappe position.

All top teams when leaving by their favorite players can recovery well and the empty position replacing well by other player, I remember with Real Madrid after leaving by Cristiano Ronaldo replace well with consistent perform of Karim Benzema. Not close possibility with PSG performance for next season better than their performance in this season although leaving by Kylian Mbappe.

PSG will only be a well-known team in league 1 (not in other competitions like the UCL) and this is a very reasonable reason when Osimhen doesn't want to go to PSG and previously last season I always emphasized that it would not be possible and would only be It's just a rumor or more precisely that Osimhen prefers to join a team from a more popular league to get higher achievements.
I'm not saying that league 1 is not popular, but compared to the EPL, league 1 is definitely just below it, which will not be able to bring Osimhen to develop and get prestigious titles in the future, as we have seen how long Mbappe has been at PSG without being able to get achievements in the UCL and Also, several star players who were at PSG finally left this team.
we don't need to hope to see Osimhen at PSG because Enrique already has other alternatives to strengthen PSG without star players and this is the latest way for Enrique to build a strong team performance without star players.

PSG initial goal was to bring in star players such as Neymar, Messi, Mbappe and Sergio Ramos, wanting to increase the popularity of League 1 and PSG to become representatives of League 1 which would continue to increase that popularity but in the end the attitude of the PSG president made Mbappe uncomfortable being at PSG and chose to leave PSG, while Mbappe is the last star player that PSG has.
so what you say is very true, in the end League 1 will decline slightly when all the star players leave League 1 and the followers of the star players will also follow where these players go.
and regarding competing in the UCL, it seems that without star players PSG will still fail because previously they also had many quality players but also failed and all this must be accepted by PSG who must build the strength of the team without any more mainstay players.

One of the factors in the popularity of League 1 in the past was because of the presence of PSG star players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and also Kylian Mbappe, but the PSG star players left League 1 and moved to other leagues and the only star player who remained for a long time was Mbappe, but unfortunately this season This will be Mbappe's last season in League 1 and next season we won't see Mbappe at PSG or in League 1, so it's only natural that League 1's popularity will decline because their fans will definitely start watching Mbappe play in other leagues and no longer watch League 1. and we know how popular Mbappe is among PSG fans and the world's eyes.

PSG is not a competitive club. This club shows everyone that having star players is not enough to provide good performance in international competitions such as the Champions League and many players leave because PSG is unable to provide prestigious titles because the chances of winning them are very small, who knows what will happen? what happens to PSG next season is how they compete in the absence of star players. I'm not sure PSG can play well in the Champions League. Most likely PSG will be quickly eliminated before reaching the final.

PSG's strength will be clearly different next season as a result of Mbappe's departure to Real Madrid, but to just become champions again in Ligue1 I also think that it won't be that difficult for PSG because considering that the other teams in Ligue1 are also not experiencing such significant developments. However, for the UCL competition, PSG certainly won't be able to do much if there are no more reliable players in their squad next season. Moreover, other teams that will also enter the UCL next season, such as Real Madrid, already have quite an extraordinary line-up of players next season.

Since defending Monaco, it has become clear how much potential Mbappe has and after that he showed how successful he was in winning the World Cup and getting the title of best young player.
This quality is what makes the difference, if we look at both of their respective track records, we will see that Mbappe showed all his potential for greatness as an attacker when he was still 18 years old.
Remember, 18 years old is still very young age, but Mbappe was able to achieve great success and achievements which indirectly at that time made him one of the best young players in Europe, and these are all facts that cannot be denied.

Regarding Goncalo Ramos, I admit that he is quite great player at the age of 22, but the question is whether at the age of 18 he can achieve great success and achievements like Mbappe?
This will be the main question and reason if want to compare Mbappe with Goncalo Ramos, after all, Mbappe has proven to everyone that he has very capable playing qualities since he was very young.
Moreover, what Enrique said about Mbappe and his replacement was more than enough for me to conclude all this.

The popularity of  Ligue 1 is going to decrease a lot since Mbappé has left PSG. He was probably the only one who was keeping the PSG club relevant towards the whole world. And now that he has left, the world is going to stop following PSG. The majority of the people that actually follow Ligue 1 do it because of PSG. So when the popularity of PSG is going to decreases, the popularity of Ligue 1 is going to decrease automatically. By now people also probably have understood that PSG is not actually a very competitive team. They just have a lot of money and does not have any competition in the domestic league. That’s why they have been able to win the Ligue 1 title again and again. They have never been able to win the Champions League trophy and I do not see them breaking that record in the next season as well.

After rumors of Mbappe leaving, since then there have been many rumors regarding who will replace Mbappe at PSG. The most significant are the rumors regarding Osimhen joining PSG. However, recently, Enrique stated that instead of bringing in players from outside, he would choose internal players who he already knew well and who actually had very good potential for PSG.

Yes, Ramos is the player who will replace Mbappe as striker at PSG. And this is not without reason. Ramos was able to make a very good contribution to PSG last season, even when Mbappe was still there. It's just that his name doesn't shine as high because he is less famous than Mbappe. However, regarding his performance, he can actually be relied on for PSG in the future.

Ramos provided 14 goals and also 2 assists this season. He is still only 22 years old, so he still has a long way to go and develop himself with PSG.


Source: Gonçalo Ramos in PSG
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Source: Gonçalo Ramos in PSG

Even with mbappe the highest the have gotten most times has been the french Ligue 1, so it's no new thing, infact it's even a good achievement if they are able to keep on with the dominance and winning of the french Ligue 1 in the absence of mbappe, because that will mean that they were able to still maintain their strength a d their dependency wasn't on mbappe. Hopefully they get to achieve such height.

Going away from the french league to get a player to replace mbappe will not guarantee they will do any better in other Leagues either, it's high time PSG start looking and thinking differently in another direction because I observe they keep doing same thing over again and still remains within the Ligue 1 and almost never getting beyond. I don't and wouldn't want to undermine the chances of getting a good and Young talent around the french league who could be of a great importance to PSG, mbappe was once a young and up coming before he got to this point of his career.

Looking deep into the league ore wherever it is they would want to a d start building a team, by removing their mindset from the fact that they must buy a star player in oder for them to succeed beyond the Ligue 1 , after all they have the financial capacity, just like Leverkusen, they can look inwards and work with what they have and it's possible they can build a very strong team at all levels from there, this has always been my opinion.