Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 726. (Read 189546 times)

It is too big to link Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in the PSG squad so that it seems that without them PSG cannot achieve success in the future, even though not only that there are other problems that make PSG not perform optimally in the Champions League. They have plenty of money to build a new squad and even before the arrival of these three players at PSG they were also able to get the ligue 1 title. So forget those three players and build another strength under Luis Enrique will be much better and buying some of the required players will help Luis Enrique build a more terrible PSG squad and it will take time for him to bring PSG to the pinnacle of success.

Manchester City building the greatest squad to achieve success and they also need time to achieve it and it doesn't happen instantly like PSG did before. At every era there must have been players who were able to reach the pinnacle of their careers, such as Neymar, Messi and Mbappe. PSG's task now is to see the talent and potential of every young player that exists so that they can build a great squad in the future, it takes patience to achieve that success and nothing is instant.

PSG did not add any players to the squad as replacements for Messi and Neymar. We are not sure if PSG can continue their good performance without these two important players. Mbappe is PSG's most important player. The team will probably be dependent on Mbappe this season.
PSG added Dembele to the squad. Dembele is a good enough player but not a regular scorer. Can't expect many goals from this Dembele. PSG will depend on Mbappe for the score.
PSG have two more talented players in their squad. Goncalo Ramos and Asensio are talented enough. And I think Enrique will rely on these two players this season.



Mbappe's future is still uncertain. Many are speculating that Mbappe will be seen at Real Madrid next season. There are also rumors that Mbappe will once again renew his contract with PSG. I think Mbappe will renew his contract with PSG if Luis Enrique is able to strengthen PSG's squad.

PSG can definitely build a good team but if they want to build a strong team, they must make a lot of changes in their team and PSG should also look at the fact that the club has a good relationship with all the players that PSG will sign. Bad relationship of players with players and bad relationship of management with players, if these things remain in a team, then how will that team do well. PSG planned to build one of the best team in history with Messi Neymar Mbappe but conflict with his players and conflict between Neymar and Messi with the management all pushed PSG towards failure instead of success. Therefore, PSG should consider these issues in order to form a new team.

Mbappe has made it clear long ago that he will not sign a new contract with PSG.  PSG offered Mbappe more money but Mbappe declined the offer, Mbappe is only waiting until the end of his contract to avoid paying PSG a transfer fee when he changes clubs.

Football is not like a math and we must include many other changes in PSG in future. They can change their strategy and avoid building up a squad like Real Madrid Galaticos. They still can buy star players but in their squad, they must have better balance between star players and normal players, between attacking players and defensive players. They must have only one super star player and other should be players who will support that one. They must have better defensive capability that must be contributed by many players.

With Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in a same squad, we simply can see their defense is not strong and no proactively pressing as well as defense at their frontline.

Mbappe will very likely stay in PSG after this summer transfer that makes his future again unknown. PSG still have months to convince Mbappe signing a new contract if he stays in Paris after this summer.

Since PSG did not get success with Neymar Messi, it is difficult for PSG to get success with other stars. The transfer window is about to close today but we haven't seen any significant transfers from PSG. It was almost certain that Mbappe would stay at PSG this season, although PSG tried to sell Mbappe, but Mbappe refused to leave the club this season. 

The number 9 jersey of Real Madrid is still empty, maybe Mbappe will wear the number 9 jersey of Real Madrid from the next season or maybe Luca Madrid can be released in the next season, in that case, the number 10 jersey will be free and the number 10 jersey can be accepted by Mbappe.  Everything is just a matter of time now. Time will tell where Mbappe's final destination is.

Mbappe staying is the best option for PSG. I watched the match against Lens and it was clear that PSG really needed the Frenchman. He got a brace in that match and made some uncommon attacking runs that showed that he is one of the best in the world. Don't forget that PSG was ready to let him go but he refused to move to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia. The club wanted to force him to move and even threatened to blacklist him from the team but he was determined to remain in the club for this season. The decision to let him stay is the best because he will continue to contribute to the club and might help them win trophies this season. If you had watched PSG's match against Lorient, it would be clear how ordinary the club would be without Mbappe. He is one player that can make a big difference and many top clubs in Europe and Saudi Arabia will be happy to keep him for just one season.


Real Madrid failed to come all out to get him from PSG. They couldn't table a good transfer fee that would compete with what  Al Hilal offered. The striker had no other option but to remain in PSG and I think with the signing of his close friend Ousmane Dembélé and the departure of his rival Neymar he was able to change his mind. Special players deserve to be given special attention because of their importance to the club. Players like Ronaldo, Messi, Kane, Benzema, etc., will have to be pampered because they are not just skillful on the pitch, they wield a lot of influence in the dressing room.

I will not be subjective that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title this season. Mbappé will most likely stay until the end of the season when the transfer window ends, and no club is interested in him anymore. Last season, they owned an attack with Mbappé, Neymar, and Messi. This is a potent attacking trio, but they are easily knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern. With the current squad, the Champions League dream is too far away.
What PSG needs to do right now is to try to develop the team without depending on any player. Next season, Mpbappe will leave. What will they do to maintain the Ligue 1 throne? PSG are dependent on him.

Mbappe is a great player for any team he plays for and it seems he doesn't want to play PSG anymore, it's not about the money but Mbappe wants to play for Real Madrid we saw his interest in Real Madrid in the past but in the other hand, the PSG owner knows Mbappe leaving PSG means they can't find any other good player like him and surely PSG will do anything and pay him even higher amount of money to make this player stay.
But the bad thing about the story for PSG and Mbappe is about other players they think PSG pays more attention to one player and this makes the teams unbalanced. 

True, without Neymar and Messi, PSG are actually still strong enough if only to win the Ligue 1 title. But it must be realized that without Mbappe it will be very detrimental for the team and we can see in the previous matches that they were quite overwhelmed to be able to win. Mbappe is leaving next year and it's a fact that by now, he won't survive any offers from the club's owners. Mbappe has only been at PSG for the last season and after that there will definitely be a scramble for the player. As one of the big European teams, the Champions League title is a dream that must be realized by PSG and seeing next season without Mbappe makes the existing players have to develop much more and therefore they start building a team starting this season to be able to win two titles at once in one season.

I think PSG made a bad decision for not letting Mbappe leave the club during the transfer window I think it would have helped the team to get over him while they would have made some profit from his sells to get more attackers that will eventually be his replacement as time goes on but it's too late for PSG as Mbappe has refused another contract extension from them making his intentions very open that he's going to leave the team after his last season with PSG  a bold for him though.

Relating Mbappe's relationship with his  club I don't think ithe performance of his team and even him will be affected  since he will be playing at his best performance to ensure the success of his team and to add more trophy to his name his sudden decision won't affect his club rather he will be missed in the squad when he will leave the team.

To be honest, I'm not too worried about that because most people have expected the decline in PSG's quality. PSG is a team that is scorned by some people because its large financial condition has never been useful in its desire to win the Champions League title. Mbappe's departure is certainly something that makes the competition between Ligue 1 teams better served, but PSG will not stand by and let its quality go down.

Kylian Mbappe could leave at the end of this season or after his contract expires, but I believe PSG will never have difficulty finding a replacement because of his huge monetary power. One thing that keeps them from wanting is the rules of Financial Fair Play, the rest is not much.

PSG really depend a lot on Mbappe because he can make a difference in every game he plays. Well, if Mbappe leaves PSG next season, of course PSG strength will lose a sizeable balance on the front lines because only Mbappe can bring change to PSG after we saw his big contribution in the previous game.

Therefore a team must be prepared if one day they lose their star player. So PSG must be able to recruit a wonderkid who has quality talent in the winter window to anticipate any gaps in weakness if Mbappe leaves after his contract expires.

If PSG are without Mbappe, then it's exactly the same as Real Madrid without its best striker. Even though the team can still win matches without their best players, this does not really support the team's big plans in a match. If Mbappe leaves PSG then the team will just try to sign another quality striker so we don't insult them as much as we can.

A quality striker will support the team's big plan to win matches to win the title at the end of the season. So I can only imagine that if next season PSG loses Mbappe, then they seem ready to find a worthy replacement.

To be fair PSG didn't really needed help from Neymar and Messi to win Ligue 1, they won it before Messi was there and Neymar spent the season mostly injured as well. It is normal for them to be ready for a season like this and they will win the title again anyway. They are trying to build a team for UCL and we all know that Mbappe will leave, so they are trying to make sure that it goes smooth enough and they do a good job replacing him.

Maybe they won't get someone who is as good, but they will get some good players and I think it should be important to remember that it will take a while before they could end up with a result that is bigger than just ligue 1 title. They are still quite young, they could grow to be better.

PSG without Mbappe is nothing, it has been seen since pre-season, even though it cannot be a parameter, they are very difficult in terms of scoring goals, even though they can create many opportunities. It was very different, since Mbappe rejoined the PSG main team, they immediately won. Of course Mbappe wants to finish his contract with PSG, but I don't know if he can leave PSG easily if the PSG owner tempts him again with the temptation of a higher salary.

On the other hand, it is very unfortunate to see Mbappe like this. If he continues to believe in the Ligue 1 league, Mbappe will not be as big as Ronaldo or Lionel Messi because he is only in his comfort zone. This is very different from Haaland who dares to take on a much bigger challenge by playing in the English league.

Successive defeats against Strasbourg and Montpellier have kept Lyon from getting any points and last week Lyon only drew against Nice and that result has not changed their fate, who are still in the red zone of the standings. I think it's like Lyon has lost the confidence to get up in every match and if they still don't move, it will get worse later. Moreover, this week Lyon will face PSG, who are currently back to their best form and even though this is a home game, I think it is still quite difficult for Lyon to beat PSG, which has now been reinforced by Mbappe.

Kylian Mbappe thinks is high time he exits Ligue One and move to a more competitive elite leaghe. Mbappe have declared his intentions to Paris Saint Germain this summer, he's not extending his contract and have rejected all possible links with Saudi Clubs that would have made him exits Parc des Princes stadium. PSG president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi ultimate targets is to keep the Frenchman in the club, but with the current challenges he's facing, he more desperate to fixed his club and keep everything under control. Kylian Mbappe is an important player for thr Parisians, and have been with the club for years.

I think if everything continues like this, it won't be good for both Mbappe and PSG because Mbappe can't focus on the next games in this season and he can't have a good performance which can make PSG get bad results in this season. The best thing they can do is to wait for the end of this season because Mbappe is not going to leave PSG like this to make this team bet some profit, or they can keep trying to extend his offer.

I think overall, if PSG fail to win Ligue 1 then they will be cursed by their own fans, not just criticized. The transfer market is only one day away, it is very unlikely for players to change clubs, as well as Mbappe. Thus speculation regarding the future of the French national team striker has temporarily ended, because he will automatically stay at PSG.

I think, slowly but surely Luis Enrique can rebuild the PSG squad after being left behind by Neymar and Messi. Everyone needs time to realize ambitions, at least Ligue 1 ambitions are the most realistic.

Maybe this season can be a bigger opportunity for a different team than PSG to make it to the league title. Because PSG are in a way more complicated situation this season. They are in a phase to rebuild now. There is only Mbappe left in the attacking line for example. Of course even his existence is a big plus for PSG.

But on the other hand PSG are likely to be inconsistent for a while at least. The new players are in an adaptation process now. We have seen it in the matches so far.

Luis Enrique can't prefer an attacking line without Mbappe currently despite the recent problems between Mbappe and the team. Because in his absence they are struggling to score very much.