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I also hope so and want to see Lens' performance next season much better than this season, but the real concern lies in consistency and most clubs that manage to finish in Runner-up will find it difficult to maintain it in the following season, especially because Lens is not one of the clubs that often finishing in the top four in the League and the luck factor this season may not be repeated next season. If they don't carry out a major overhaul by bringing in several new players it will be difficult to maintain a position like this season and Lens will also play in the Champions League next season.

PSG are in a state of insecurity and many of their current stars want to leave the club, but if you look at their financial capabilities it shouldn't be a big problem. Jose Mourinho is reportedly going to accept an offer to coach PSG although until now there has been no further clarity, they have also brought in several new players and I am sure they will be looking for other players to replace some of their departed stars.
Lens has good performance in this season by finishing 2nd standings position, actually Lens has good performance last season with 7th position standings placed finish and they can move to 2nd standings in this season. But I am not really sure with Lens has consistent performance for next season regarding have busy match schedule.

Lens will play in Champion League next season and make them have focus not only with domestic league but also how can talk more and qualify from group stage in Champion League. Difficult for Ligue 1 teams have consistent performance depend on Lille success won tittle season 2020/21 but they failed finish on top standings position upcoming season after stuck on 10th placed on season 2021/22. Lens will follow the same way like Lille or next season they can compete for Ligue 1 tittle race with PSG.
From finishing in seventh place to an amazing second place in the standings over the past two seasons Lens has unquestionably made remarkable improvement. However consistency can be difficult to maintain particularly given the hard schedule that comes with playing in the Champions League. Lens will now need to balance their domestic league obligations with their European campaign which calls for concentration and efficient team rotation. The inability of Lille to repeat their title winning success the following season serves as a reminder that Ligue 1 teams have recently had trouble maintaining consistent results. The challenge for Lens will be to combine their goals for the Champions League and the Ligue 1 championship where PSG is still a strong contender. It will be fascinating to watch if Lens can maintain their improvement and compete at the highest level on several fronts in the forthcoming season which will present an exciting test for them.
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Marco Asensio will replace for Lionel Messi position after not extend his contract with PSG, I don't think bad with signing Asensio from Real Madrid with free transfer. Since become Real Madrid player, Asensio faced difficult get regular position but many time he has important goals contribution helped Madrid winning trophies.

Seems Asensio has great chance for getting regular position with PSG, after leaving by Lionel Messi could be good replacement for right forward filled by Asensio, but depend on his performance consistent or not and how well understand with Christophe Galtier scheme on the field. PSG seems not to hurry up for signing new player next season and most waiting for who the next sign after Asensio and Manuel Ugarte?

Asensio appearance while playing at Real Madrid was not too disappointing, it was just that the coach did not give him the confidence to play. The arrival of Asensio could be a solution for PSG to replace the position recently left by Messi, his experience while defending Real Madrid can help PSG increase their attack power as well as become a new goal machine for PSG. After the departure of Messi and Ramos, the players' salary budget has now received a large enough space so that PSG can bring in several more players to strengthen the club in pursuit of a target they have never won, namely the Champions League trophy.
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Speaking of Nagelsmann, I much prefer him over Galtier, Nagelsmann is a young coach who carries modern football. it doesn't matter what the French public thinks, but what is certain is that he has the capacity as a potential coach. that is why, Nagelsmann was targeted by several big clubs.
So far, there is only information that PSG is in talks with Nagelsmann, and this could possibly be a profitable deal for both parties, since PSG with Nagelsmann can become significantly faster, which they lacked with Galtier. PSG have good financial resources, so I have no doubt that they will be able to make a good offer. But first, we should wait for official information, because so far it just looks like a rumor.
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The lens could have a closer race with PSG because this season PSG was not in a good mood at all and they had too much bad atmoshpire in this team I think if Lens wants to have better performance in the next season they mnusty invest much more for their team.
I also hope so and want to see Lens' performance next season much better than this season, but the real concern lies in consistency and most clubs that manage to finish in Runner-up will find it difficult to maintain it in the following season, especially because Lens is not one of the clubs that often finishing in the top four in the League and the luck factor this season may not be repeated next season. If they don't carry out a major overhaul by bringing in several new players it will be difficult to maintain a position like this season and Lens will also play in the Champions League next season.

PSG are in a state of insecurity and many of their current stars want to leave the club, but if you look at their financial capabilities it shouldn't be a big problem. Jose Mourinho is reportedly going to accept an offer to coach PSG although until now there has been no further clarity, they have also brought in several new players and I am sure they will be looking for other players to replace some of their departed stars.

First, PSG this season continues to have good performance but unfortunately, after PSG was eliminated from the Champions League it had a bad impact on PSG's performance in Ligue 1 as well. Thus, the teams whose position is below PSG can make the distance closer, but for me personally, PSG's performance is still fairly normal, meaning it's not as bad as imagined.

Second, about Lens who managed to finish in second place or become runner up. I personally think it is purely from their hard work that managed to improve their performance and quality this season. Because, rival teams such as Marseille, Lille and Monaco are also still playing with good quality but the great thing about Lens is that Lens has been able to earn points more consistently so far this season than competing teams. Therefore, Lens' success in being able to finish with a close gap to PSG is not because PSG is weak, but Lens is able to improve their quality and performance.

Third, regarding Mourinho, I got a source who said that AS Roma really wanted to extend Mourinho's contract. If that happens, then of course Mourinho will not go to PSG because it looks like AS Roma and Mourinho have a chemistry that will probably last for the next few seasons.
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Marco Asensio sometimes performing well when he trusted in starting line up Real Madrid he was several times scores important goals for Real Madrid this season but unfortunately he was lost to compete with Vinicius or Benzema for the front lines and that's why Asensio always be second choice for Ancelotti and with PSG his chances to playing regular is quite high especially after Messi leave and Neymar future also still uncertain because some rumours says Neymar will leave PSG this season

And if this is happend i think Asensio has just make good decision because if he insist to stayed at Madrid most likely he will always be a substitute player however PSG also has gets Manuel Ugarte from Sporting Lisbon and it says PSG have to spend 60 millions to gets him and recently Ugarte was linked to Chelsea but seems contract proporsal which PSG offered was tempting him because PSG was offering double salary which Chelsea offered
Marco Asensio will replace for Lionel Messi position after not extend his contract with PSG, I don't think bad with signing Asensio from Real Madrid with free transfer. Since become Real Madrid player, Asensio faced difficult get regular position but many time he has important goals contribution helped Madrid winning trophies.

Seems Asensio has great chance for getting regular position with PSG, after leaving by Lionel Messi could be good replacement for right forward filled by Asensio, but depend on his performance consistent or not and how well understand with Christophe Galtier scheme on the field. PSG seems not to hurry up for signing new player next season and most waiting for who the next sign after Asensio and Manuel Ugarte?

It looks like Asensio is indeed prepared to replace Messi's position and also for sure Asensio will become a regular player for next season. As we know, one of the reasons why Asensio left Real Madrid was the lack of minutes to play and he doesn't want to just act as a supersub for many seasons and at his mature age, of course he also wants to add to his experience and achievements in other leagues. I think Asensio will be very comfortable at PSG because he won't hesitate to play anywhere as long as he gets what he wants. Coach Galtier will certainly do a good job for Asensio and regarding the scheme it is only a matter of adaptation time how a player can do it.
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I also hope so and want to see Lens' performance next season much better than this season, but the real concern lies in consistency and most clubs that manage to finish in Runner-up will find it difficult to maintain it in the following season, especially because Lens is not one of the clubs that often finishing in the top four in the League and the luck factor this season may not be repeated next season. If they don't carry out a major overhaul by bringing in several new players it will be difficult to maintain a position like this season and Lens will also play in the Champions League next season.

PSG are in a state of insecurity and many of their current stars want to leave the club, but if you look at their financial capabilities it shouldn't be a big problem. Jose Mourinho is reportedly going to accept an offer to coach PSG although until now there has been no further clarity, they have also brought in several new players and I am sure they will be looking for other players to replace some of their departed stars.
Lens has good performance in this season by finishing 2nd standings position, actually Lens has good performance last season with 7th position standings placed finish and they can move to 2nd standings in this season. But I am not really sure with Lens has consistent performance for next season regarding have busy match schedule.

Lens will play in Champion League next season and make them have focus not only with domestic league but also how can talk more and qualify from group stage in Champion League. Difficult for Ligue 1 teams have consistent performance depend on Lille success won tittle season 2020/21 but they failed finish on top standings position upcoming season after stuck on 10th placed on season 2021/22. Lens will follow the same way like Lille or next season they can compete for Ligue 1 tittle race with PSG.
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For now it seems that Nagelsmann won't be welcomed with open arms in France by the people in general, by the media and perhaps also by his new team although the team shouldn't be a problem. They call him arrogant and they assume that he will be tested on a regular basis as soon as he gets under pressure. My opinion on that is that every coach knows when they go to PSG that it is all about pressure from morning till night as soon as you don't win a single game or even get problems in the Champions League. But when the public already has an opinion about him, it doesn't make things easier for him because everyone will be more skeptical from the beginning.

I tried to find information with what you said, but it seems that what you said is just your personal assumption. I don't get news and information regarding Nagelsmann will not be welcomed with open arms in France by the general public. but what is certain, according to The Sun Football report, PSG is now close to appointing Julian Nagelsmann as the new coach permanently. in fact, Fabrizio Romano also claims the same thing. PSG are working on Julian Nagelsmann's option as a real prime candidate for the job. other rumors, Thierry Hanry will be his assistant.

IMO, if Nagelsmann officially becomes PSG coach, I have the expectation that PSG will be much better in his hands. it's just that, Nagelsmann will need time to achieve something that is the target of PSG's management. except, Nagelsmann was given the privilege to bring in players who fit his criteria. unfortunately, so far there has been no news regarding the recruitment of Nagelsmann.
Speaking of Nagelsmann, I much prefer him over Galtier, Nagelsmann is a young coach who carries modern football. it doesn't matter what the French public thinks, but what is certain is that he has the capacity as a potential coach. that is why, Nagelsmann was targeted by several big clubs.
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Messi's future is still ambiguous. He is about to leave PSG maybe but who knows he might still come back depending on the news in the coming days. It seems like that he prioritizes joining Barcelona for now. Xavi stated once again that he would like to see his old friend at Barcelona again and it was even their main transfer goal.

FFP rules in the La Liga are the most important to be the decider about this transfer to happen or not. If there is no problem Messi wouldn't stay as free agent for a long time. Otherwise I think that he will think about his options seriously. There would be 2 options in hand then though:

- Continuing with PSG for another season
- Signing for a Saudi Arabian team to make an enormous amount of money

I thought like this but it looks like there was a 3rd option and Messi has chosen that already.  Grin  I wasn't seeing MLS as a strong option honestly. Because I thought that he would stay in Europe to continue to play competitive for the Champions League title. Or he would just go to Saudi Arabia to secure the future of his family for I don't know how many years.

We will see if Asensio will be able to replace Messi in some way as you have mentioned. I really don't know about that because Asensio hasn't been a consistent player during his career. Just because he has been doing well with Real Madrid lately I wouldn't call him as a big player. If he has problems here then I'm sure that PSG would like to bring a better player in his place and we would see him in the subs.

We are talking about this topic like this but I guess that PSG really think of trying Asensio as Messi's replacement. Or who knows maybe we would see a surprising move about that topic from PSG in the coming days.  Grin
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The lens could have a closer race with PSG because this season PSG was not in a good mood at all and they had too much bad atmoshpire in this team I think if Lens wants to have better performance in the next season they mnusty invest much more for their team.
I also hope so and want to see Lens' performance next season much better than this season, but the real concern lies in consistency and most clubs that manage to finish in Runner-up will find it difficult to maintain it in the following season, especially because Lens is not one of the clubs that often finishing in the top four in the League and the luck factor this season may not be repeated next season. If they don't carry out a major overhaul by bringing in several new players it will be difficult to maintain a position like this season and Lens will also play in the Champions League next season.

PSG are in a state of insecurity and many of their current stars want to leave the club, but if you look at their financial capabilities it shouldn't be a big problem. Jose Mourinho is reportedly going to accept an offer to coach PSG although until now there has been no further clarity, they have also brought in several new players and I am sure they will be looking for other players to replace some of their departed stars.
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PSG had a good performance prior to signing big names to the club, but they immediately changed styles of football, making more mistakes and spending a lot of money on player salaries. Normally, the club is standard and winning games, but their only problem is failing to match strength with elite clubs in top competitions such as the UEFA Champions League. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, have no aspirations to altered the 56 years old Christophe Galtier. PSG is a top-flight club in Ligue One; even in their poorest form, they won the league. One thing I've come to noticed is that the absence of one character can not decreased the performance a team, the parisians have been performing well despite stepping in Leo Messi who they anticipated would give them the UCL, but they now realized all they need is talented serious squad of players, who are 100% determined to face their challenges and a good gaming strategy.
Indeed, PSG's been a powerhouse in Ligue One - no arguments there. But let's dial it back a bit, shall we? The overarching aim of bringing in the likes of Messi and Neymar was to fortify their shot at the UCL. It wasn't just about dominating the domestic league; they were meant to conquer Europe!

Now, with Galtier gone, the talk of the town is Naglesmann taking up the mantle. With his stellar record at Bayern (literally unbeatable!), the guy's got the tactical nous to reshape PSG into a UCL-winning machine. But here's the kicker, PSG's sporting project is like a high-budget Hollywood flick that's been a box office bomb! Can Naglesmann turn it into a blockbuster? Your guess is as good as mine.
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PSG owner is rich enough to hire the best players in the world and they hired Messi the last time, I think this time it's time for them to pay more attention to their coach and they should hire a better coach by spending more money and then PSG can start hiring players to replace with Messi and Neymar for next season based on what the coach ask them to hire.
PSG was able hiring some best players in the world but it could not even hire a competence coach to handle a team that has so many superstars. That has proven it doesn't even matter how many good players owned by the club. If it's still using garbage coach that could not maximizing the performance from its players and it's deserves to be sacked by the club. PSG shall become even harsh to the coach.
Let's take a look at some clubs that were consistently sacking the coach once it was showing horrible performance. PSG has been making a great decision by sacking galtier.
I hope that the management will consder a competence coach for the club.

There are also many unemployed coaches in the world they can hire and I think Zidane can be the best option for PSG for next season.
True but i think that we shall not talk about zidane. It's been rumored naglesmann gonna be the strongest candidate to be hired by PSG soon.
The problem is on management. The decision will be on the owner and management.

The players can only accept the new coach that will come soon.
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Marco Asensio sometimes performing well when he trusted in starting line up Real Madrid he was several times scores important goals for Real Madrid this season but unfortunately he was lost to compete with Vinicius or Benzema for the front lines and that's why Asensio always be second choice for Ancelotti and with PSG his chances to playing regular is quite high especially after Messi leave and Neymar future also still uncertain because some rumours says Neymar will leave PSG this season

And if this is happend i think Asensio has just make good decision because if he insist to stayed at Madrid most likely he will always be a substitute player however PSG also has gets Manuel Ugarte from Sporting Lisbon and it says PSG have to spend 60 millions to gets him and recently Ugarte was linked to Chelsea but seems contract proporsal which PSG offered was tempting him because PSG was offering double salary which Chelsea offered
Marco Asensio will replace for Lionel Messi position after not extend his contract with PSG, I don't think bad with signing Asensio from Real Madrid with free transfer. Since become Real Madrid player, Asensio faced difficult get regular position but many time he has important goals contribution helped Madrid winning trophies.

Seems Asensio has great chance for getting regular position with PSG, after leaving by Lionel Messi could be good replacement for right forward filled by Asensio, but depend on his performance consistent or not and how well understand with Christophe Galtier scheme on the field. PSG seems not to hurry up for signing new player next season and most waiting for who the next sign after Asensio and Manuel Ugarte?
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What's the point of spending a lot of money when you get the same result every year. That simply mean they are doing it the wrong way.
PSG needs good talented players that are consistent in their performance, not too much injured like Neymar, not old as Messi, with all respect to what he did with the team this year.
PSG will spend for new players for sure this summer, hopefully they can add something to the team.
I agree with you, if they keep getting the same results for spending a lot of money, then I'd say they are better off not spending any money at all. Something is wrong with the way they run the club to make this happen. I really regret it when a team with very good financial conditions can't do much in a prestigious competition, I won't talk about them in Ligue 1, because obviously in my opinion this is not a place for them to compete on an equal footing. Maybe one or two seasons when they are like this, then it can be said to be a natural thing, but when every season they do the same thing, then there are questions to be asked.

But why do people think that when you run a project like PSG in an inferior domestic league that the club can then compete with clubs from the Premier League or even La Liga or the Bundesliga? PSG lacks competition throughout the year, which is a big issue for them because they have to switch gears in an unrealistic manner to beat Manchester City after they have played 10 games in a row against very weak Ligue 1 teams. They don't have enough exposure to opponents on a very high level and that can't be changed no matter what management has control over the club. It is a major disadvantage of building a club in an inferior league.
They should be able to do that with the power of money they have, it's just that even though they want to, it's like they never learned from the mistakes they made before, in another sense, nothing changes about them from season to season, starting from the scheme, how to play, and how the strategy they're on transfers.

Apart from that, the league they participate in also seems mediocre for Ligue 1, of course they feel like this is necessary without extra effort for Ligue 1, but when talking about bigger competitions, of course something like this won't happen.
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I think signing Marco Asensio might be the right move for PSG. Because no matter what he is really a good talent. You must have seen his recent performances at Real Madrid. He started to make a really serious contribution with goals especially. But Ancelotti still didn't seem very interested and the board didn't seem eager to keep him either. Here we are and we see PSG about to sign him for free.

The deal is said to be a four-year contract for now. It looks like PSG really believe in this guy. Besides I started to think like PSG won't look for any other player to fill Messi's place. I think they are thinking of doing this with Asensio as he can play on both wings and as an attacking midfielder too. Of course it might not be easy for Asensio to do the same work but we had better give him some time to adapt first.
Marco Asensio sometimes performing well when he trusted in starting line up Real Madrid he was several times scores important goals for Real Madrid this season but unfortunately he was lost to compete with Vinicius or Benzema for the front lines and that's why Asensio always be second choice for Ancelotti and with PSG his chances to playing regular is quite high especially after Messi leave and Neymar future also still uncertain because some rumours says Neymar will leave PSG this season

And if this is happend i think Asensio has just make good decision because if he insist to stayed at Madrid most likely he will always be a substitute player however PSG also has gets Manuel Ugarte from Sporting Lisbon and it says PSG have to spend 60 millions to gets him and recently Ugarte was linked to Chelsea but seems contract proporsal which PSG offered was tempting him because PSG was offering double salary which Chelsea offered
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With Messi leaving, PSG will lose power, we can all guess. He hasn't had a bad performance this year. The fact that he will leave the team has undoubtedly made it necessary to reinforce the team. On the other hand, if Mbappe leaves the team, it will be a very weak PSG offensively. They may have to spend serious money to fill this gap. I'm very curious about next year's PSG offensive line.
What's the point of spending a lot of money when you get the same result every year. That simply mean they are doing it the wrong way.
PSG needs good talented players that are consistent in their performance, not too much injured like Neymar, not old as Messi, with all respect to what he did with the team this year.
PSG will spend for new players for sure this summer, hopefully they can add something to the team.
It is very likely that Mbappe will remain for this season but Messi will surely leave, because I believe he has played his last match in the club. If Mbappe stays and they reinforce the team with good players that are not super star, the team will be balanced but congesting one team with 3  super stars.
If Neymar leaves, Messi leaves and 5 new and good players are added to the team for reinforcement, I believe PsG will have good results for the next season champions league.

Even on the offensive line with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, they failed to take the UCL. They will lose 2 great players this year. However, if they win the UCL next year, it would be a great success. Who will they take instead of Messi I wonder? Who could be a better player than him? It is a fact that whoever they take, they will have to pay a high transfer fee.
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There will be an impact felt when Messi leaves, but on the other hand, of course, things like this can still be minimized if they immediately move quickly to find other fresher players, but don't let the fans give high expectations because they are afraid the same thing will happen to Messi. can happen again to new players when it doesn't match their expectations.
Now Asensio is expected to be one of the strong candidates at PSG, hopefully he will not be damaged again in terms of fame by some irresponsible fans.
The impact might not be that big for PSG if the team can find a replacement that is no less good than Messi more quickly. However, during this break, almost all teams will try to find fresh and young players to replace the old players who have left the team. That's why all teams that have enough funds will move quickly to get the new players they want during a break like this, especially for teams like PSG who generally really need new players to have a better next season than the previous season.
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PSG owner is rich enough to hire the best players in the world and they hired Messi the last time, I think this time it's time for them to pay more attention to their coach and they should hire a better coach by spending more money and then PSG can start hiring players to replace with Messi and Neymar for next season based on what the coach ask them to hire.
There are also many unemployed coaches in the world they can hire and I think Zidane can be the best option for PSG for next season.
Yes, I think so too, they should have a more qualified trainer, I'm not saying their current coach is not good, it's just that we've seen his performance. Star players don't guarantee success and we've seen that in the last few seasons. Just being champions in Ligue 1 is not enough for them, instead they have to achieve something even bigger.
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PSG owner is rich enough to hire the best players in the world and they hired Messi the last time, I think this time it's time for them to pay more attention to their coach and they should hire a better coach by spending more money and then PSG can start hiring players to replace with Messi and Neymar for next season based on what the coach ask them to hire.
There are also many unemployed coaches in the world they can hire and I think Zidane can be the best option for PSG for next season.
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I think signing Marco Asensio might be the right move for PSG. Because no matter what he is really a good talent. You must have seen his recent performances at Real Madrid. He started to make a really serious contribution with goals especially. But Ancelotti still didn't seem very interested and the board didn't seem eager to keep him either. Here we are and we see PSG about to sign him for free.

The deal is said to be a four-year contract for now. It looks like PSG really believe in this guy. Besides I started to think like PSG won't look for any other player to fill Messi's place. I think they are thinking of doing this with Asensio as he can play on both wings and as an attacking midfielder too. Of course it might not be easy for Asensio to do the same work but we had better give him some time to adapt first.
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PSG is a top-flight club in Ligue One; even in their poorest form, they won the league. One thing I've come to noticed is that the absence of one character can not decreased the performance a team, the parisians have been performing well despite stepping in Leo Messi who they anticipated would give them the UCL, but they now realized all they need is talented serious squad of players, who are 100% determined to face their challenges and a good gaming strategy.
Winning farmer league trophy is not a good achievement by PSG. The main purpose from owner to sign messi and neymar to increase the capability for PSG to compete with another team in UCL.
PSG owner was eyeing UCL as the main target that could be achieved before. There's no better thing than winning UCL. It's been targeting by manchester city as well. Galtier already sacked and that's good.

PSG can restructure its team again with the new coach and i hope the rumor will be true if naglesmann gonna be the new coach for PSG. He is very competence in building the team to be even better.
Bayern has 100% WR before he has been replaced by tuchel.

Picking naglesmann as a new coach will be the best decision for PSG.

Exactly Because they were aiming for the champions league to achieve something there and beat teams like Bayern Munich because of the better players they had and the more money they spent for hiring the players.
While in the end, the only thing PSG could get for this season was the title of the French league and they could even get this title for spending less money.
I think next season the owner of PSG will not spend money like this anymore.
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