Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 905. (Read 195952 times)

Big change firstly comes from Real Madrid. They did not plan to lose Benzema in the summer and were in talk with Benzema to sign a new contract. However, the super good offer from Al Itihad convinced Benzema to leave and Real Madrid respected the player to end the contract one year before its expiration with a consensus between Real Madrid and Benzema.

It changed many things in Real Madrid transfer strategy and they will have to look at Mbappe one year sooner than they thought.

PSG know that they should not put themselves at a similar situation like one year ago, when Mbappe became a free agent and can leave Paris without any cent for the club. If they can not prolong the contract with Mbappe in this summer, they will let him go.

But again I read rumor that the French President Macron tries to do some political pressure to keep Mbappe in PSG and Ligue 1. Will it happen again and Mbappe will stay in PSG with a new contract?

Many comparison between Mbappe and Haaland as new dual competitors like Messi and Ronaldo. This season, Haaland got a treble achievement with Manchester City and won his first Champions League. It will be biggest challenge for Mbappe to decide his future in PSG. He is not happy because Champions League is his dream some recent seasons but never touched it.

Perez was waiting for the next year to sign mbappe. It's caused by his contract gonna end next year and real madrid will not need to pay the non sense release clause that will be asked by PSG.
Perez already expected if PSG will not try to sell him with cheap price even though his contract is only 1 year remaining in PSG. That's why real madrid said to sign him next year if mbappe has not yet got a new club for him next year.
It will be different if mbappe will leave from PSG this summer.

Agreed. PSG shall not repeat the same mistake again. Mbappe's contract end next year and there's no better choice other than selling him to the another club. It will make PSG able to get money from selling mbappe.

But I don't agree with you and I think since he rejected the offer from PSG to extend his contract he obviously wants to leave his team soon and there is not any interest from his side to stay in PSG and the PSG owner knows that. They also know Mbappe got many worthy offers from other teams. That's why they will sell Mbappe to earn some money from selling him instead of keeping this player in a team he doesn't want to be in.
The smartest move from Mbappe can be accepting the offer from Real Madrid with way PSG can have some benefits too. Also, he will join a team where he can have more chances to earn more better achievements there.

Mbappe was PSG's main player before Messi, during Messi and after Messi's departure he remains the main player. And it seems that your prediction is in danger of being completely wrong: PSG are forced to sell Mbappe, and PSG want to get rid of Neymar. Most likely, both of these players will not be in PSG next season, but I don’t think that even taking this into account, PSG will lose their dominance in Ligue 1.

I don't think Mbappe will agree to an offer from Real Madrid this season. He wanted to stay with PSG even though the PSG management was furious with Mbappe behavior for not wanting to renew his contract. Well, some Manchester United rumors are also associated with Mbappe. I think Mbappe is more interested in choosing to accept an offer from Manchester United. We will see the future speculation in the transfer window this season because for now PSG relationship with Mbappe is on the verge of breaking up after refusing to sign a new contract or he will be released in this transfer window.

I'm going to be very positive about this player but I think even at 40y old Sergio Ramos can have a good performance all needs to have in PSG was more support from the fans and he couldn't get that at all.



The rumors are true and I think we all know Mbappe is going to leave PSg because the PSG owner is not even trying hard to keep this player in the team anymore.
Teams like Real Madrid are also waiting for a chance to hire Mbappe and they were waiting since the previous season for this moment.

Florentino Perez said that Real Madrid were going to sign Mbappe but not this summer. However the coming days might still change this situation. Because as you said PSG board are determined about not letting him go for free. But while there is no chance to convince Mbappe after that statement of him there is only one choice left.

PSG will need to sell Mbappe as soon as possible. Otherwise they would have no chance left after the new season starts. Because he will be much closer to be available for contract offer from other teams. Honestly PSG owner is very rich so they shouldn't worry about letting him go for free.

I know that they are paying a huge amount of money for Mbappe's contract now so they want a consolation amount against that. But they really need Mbappe for being competitive for the Champions League next season. I don't know if they can find a great replacement in a short time.

PSG is not something they want to actually "win", that's not the point. It's a media thing and they need to be there to actually be heard, if it's a win that's not getting media attention, they rather not win it, they don't care. Which is why it's not going to be easy to build a team slowly, if they did that they would be terrible.

This has been discussed before, they need media attention and Mbappe gave them that. They need to spend a ton of money so that they could have a big name club, big names in the club means more newspaper and more attention. I think it's going to take a while but it will certainly be a situation where the owner requires them to get some huge names to play for them and be loved by the world or at least get talked about the very least.

I think Mbappé should realize that it is not healthy for him to stay in PSG anymore. He is not achieving anything other than money in PSG. And that is just not good for his career. It is also not good for his legacy. Well, maybe he doesn’t care about his reputation. Probably he just cares about the money that he is getting from PSG. That is the only reason and only logic I can find for him to stay in PSG still. PSG should let him go. I know the owner of PSG is a very rich man, and he does not need to earn money by selling players. But I don’t think even he is going to want to take a loss of 200 million. So probably the best decision right now is going to be selling Mbappé.

Players such as Neymar Jr, Sergio Ramos, and Leo Messi will stun supporters by exiting through the Parc de Princes door. Time for Ramos to leave, Sergio Ramos was a tenacious defender who understood exactly what he needed to accomplish against his opponents. PSG decided not extend his contract because he is aging and unable to play at a high level; instead, the club requires a young defender with the strength to hold off opponents on the defensive lines. If Ramos wishes to continue his football career, he may retire or join an unpopular league.  

They would lose their most important identification figure. How many kids and young people around the world are Mbappe fans and his career will keep going for quite some time. Having him on the team also means having all those fans globally to follow PSG and their journey. This would be a massive blow to PSG's plan to further establish the club at the top of the soccer world. As impressive as it was when they signed him, as negatively impressive will it now be should he really leave the club this summer.

He can still play for a season or two as his age is still okay for a defender although he is 37. Al Ittihad have been interested in him as the rumour has been out for a couple of days. Honestly I think it would be a really good move for him. Because who knows how much money he can make there. Arabian teams don't step back from paying a lot of money to stars like him.

He can have his last year(s) of his career there by earning a great deal of money and securing his and his family's future for certain. After that I assume he would retire instead of returning to Europe or going to MLS. I think this is the greatest formula for him.

Will Sergio Ramos still continue his career or will he choose to retire because after all, PSG also did not extend his contract and that means Sergio Ramos is currently not under contract with any club. That way, I feel like PSG was just wasting money when recruiting Sergio Ramos because after all, it seems like Sergio Ramos doesn't have a big contribution to the team either. Because before that I expected that PSG's defense would be very strong with Sergio Ramos, but in reality it was not as good as imagined.

I think PSG's failure in the UCL is only because PSG may not have the experience of winning the UCL so far, making it difficult for PSG to get a trophy in the champions league. although experience does not provide guarantees, at least it can provide experience to use strategies that are often used in UCL.
regarding Neymar, it used to be sold at a very expensive price because last season he was not injured, while now this season Neymar is injured and which team wants to buy a player with a high price but has an injury that has not fully healed?
well, from here we can be sure that Neymar in the long term will not have a strong performance.

Rumors around Mbappe became a hot topic of conversation this week, especially if we refer to his statement that Mbappe said he would not activate the option to extend his contract until June 2025. "We have never discussed a new contract with PSG, but I am happy to stay at PSG until the season ahead" said the Gazzeta dello Sport. at this point, there is a lot of wild speculation implying that Mbappe will leave next season. and the latest rumours, Mbappe has informed PSG of his decision: he will not trigger the option to extend his current contract until 2025. That means the deal will expire in June 2024.

The question is, will PSG just let it go. I'm sure not, so we'll just have to watch what PSG will do in the transfer window next summer. because referring to what Romano quoted, PSG will not just let it go for free. there are conditions for that, sign a new contract now, or he could be sold. to be honest, it really caught my attention. I am curious what Nasser Al-Khelaifi will do.
IMO, I'd rather agree if PSG completely overhauled its squad with newcomers. thus, they could assemble the team's squad. but with one condition, PSG must first bring in a coach who really has high experience requirements, especially those who have the same expertise as Pep Guardiola.

It doesn't feel like the star-filled era built by PSG a few years ago is now starting to see its players collapse one by one and PSG seems to have to think quickly to find a solution for the loss of some of its star players later. We know that every day PSG's problems with its players are endless, which makes the fate of this team increasingly a hot topic for many media.

I think Neymar has made it quite clear that even since last season he didn't feel comfortable at PSG and that in the end PSG made the decision to sell him immediately, but as you said the cost was high enough to make a team interested in signing him cancel their intention. What's more, at the age of 31 years, PSG should have been self-conscious about lowering Neymar's price.

You're right, PSG threw a lot of money to get a top player like you said, but the results weren't great for them. The huge funds used by PSG to buy several star players that's aim to win the Champions League, but they were eliminated in the round of 16, it was really a big loss for PSG. About Neymar the rumours PSG already plan to sell Neymar since the summer of 2022 but the price is too high causing a lack of interest, now PSG is willing to lower the price again although that's loss, too bad.

Regarding the effect Messi departure had on PSG team you have a point. The team success now that Mbappe has a more prominent position will be heavily dependent on his efforts. The PSG management is well aware of the probable performance decline and loss of Ligue 1 hegemony. Neymar is another fantastic player they have but they can not rely only on him because to his injury history. In order to preserve their competitive advantage it appears likely that PSG would prioritise having both Neymar and Mbappe in their assault for the forthcoming season.

I am doubtful if the owner will try to repeat the same pattern again. Trust the process instead of attempting to make instant changes.
This strategy was used by khelaifi to rebuild PSG a few years ago after he was buying PSG. The problem is that so many problems have been occurring since there have been many star players acquired by PSG.
The internal problem has become the main reason that was making the club become unsuccessful like this time. It's only the winning french league which was nothing special for us.
Remember how much money was already spent by PSG to buy neymar at that time? Neymar has become the biggest transfer in history. There's no transfer that can be even bigger compared with PSG's neymar transfer from barcelona.