Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 930. (Read 193462 times)

That's right, the last two matches that will determine the fate of each club that wants to compete in Europe will definitely not be easy because the difference between each team is only 1 to 2 points. For Rennes it is a must to beat Monaco, but Monaco is also quite a strong opponent.

But even if Monaco loses this match they will still have the last chance to get 3 points through the last game against Brest and that is a very slim chance considering that Lille will face very easy opponents like Nantes and Troyes.

Monaco, Lille and Rennes are three teams that are still competing to get tickets to European competitions. Interestingly, the only two places they are fighting for are certain Europa League and Conference League tickets and that means, one team will fail to get a European ticket. However, the gap is also getting tighter because in the last five matches in fact Rennes has had better results, because Rennes managed to get three wins while Monaco only got one win and Lille two wins in the last five.

So yes, don't be surprised if Rennes can continue to narrow the gap in points and thus, Rennes still has a chance to finish in the top five. Because after all, Rennes has a better record when compared to Monaco and Lille so far this season. Because Rennes is one of the teams that has conceded few goals so far this season, but with a number of goals that are not much different from Monaco and Lille.

The Rennes vs Monaco match will be quite an interesting match because both of them are very aware that they are fighting for a better position with a number of points that are not much different. And if Rennes is able to beat Monaco in that match, maybe Monaco's position will be even worse because Lille's points are also very close to Monaco in that it is possible that Lille could overtake Monaco because the next game for Lille is against a team in the relegation zone, namely Nantes.

Yes, the match between Rennes and Monaco will be one of the decisive matches to see how the standings are positioned after this week is over. Now the problem is that they don't have much time, to be able to compete because in 2 more weeks the League will end and in those 2 matches they have to get the best results to ensure and lock their position in the standings. Now all the clubs that still have a chance to be in European competition are racing to win and also hope that their rivals will be disappointed in these 2 matches.

Rennes have a pretty good record of match results with 3 wins in the last 5 matches. Now they are in 6th place in the standings and are only 1 point away from Lille who are currently in the conference league zone next season. With two matches remaining for Rennes they still have a chance to get to the zone and also have more chances to be in the European league if Rennes manages to overtake Monaco. One of the matches this week will also bring Rennes against Monaco and of course through the results of this match a place in European competition will begin to be contested.

Is it 2025? I found a few sources that sometimes state otherwise, like this one

"According to MARCA, Neymar triggered an automatic contract extension present in his clause to extend his tenure until 2027."

But when I look elsewhere your date seems to be right. Do you have a reliable source for that or are they all speculating? I tend to think that your date is more likely to be right because Neymar is more the kind of guy who values options for his future career. He probably wouldn't have agreed to a contract that forces him to stay with PSG for so long.

Neymar has contract with PSG until 2025 and this is long duration contract but currently Neymar had bad relationship with PSG fans and they even pushed Neymar to leave PSG this summer this because Neymar has been failed to live up to the expectations of the fans and previously PSG management's hope when they bought Neymar was that they wanted Neymar to help the team to gets champion league trophy but in fact Neymar unable to live up to their expectations and he has injured prone and never played as well as he did at Barcelona
For forward lines so far only Mbappe who can give significant contribution for PSG for each seasons and i think if Manchester United really want him it's time for Neymar to considers that offers and playing outsides France because it's not good for him to stayed at PSG especially the fans have no respect anymore to him

There are still news around which are linking Neymar with Manchester United. However as far as I have heard these rumours have been refuted once again. I haven't heard about Erik ten Hag to say something positive about Neymar's future either. I don't even think that Manchester United's priority will be a player like Neymar right now. They must be targeting a top striker first.

Therefore Neymar will need to look for other big teams for a possible offer in the summer. Honestly his job wouldn't be easy at all if he waits for a very expensive contract. Because I started feeling like Neymar isn't worth paying a great sum of money now due to getting injured very often. This season also hasn't gone well for him.

But clearly there are really some serious problems between Neymar and the team now.

Actually, for Zidane's current problem, I still don't know whether this will actually happen or not because seeing from his condition, I think Zidane is not too interested in being at PSG because if he was interested, he had done that from the start and even a few seasons before he has been continuously offered by PSG but it still doesn't happen.

I think the opposite with what you say, at least Christophe Galtier brought Lille to a trophy in the 20/21 season if I'm not mistaken.  well, his failure with PSG in the Champions League cannot be separated from how much privilege he has with PSG. I mean, he doesn't have full control in the locker room and at the same time he doesn't have full rights over the players he wants to bring in as a team need. when talking about the front line that PSG has, no one doubts it. but for the other players, especially the midfield players, it is not what the team needs. that's why, PSG was eliminated in the Champions League. after all, at that time several PSG players were injured, including Neymar. but because he failed, it can be said that his career with PSG will end until this season.

Speaking of potential new coaches who are predicted to replace Galtier, at least these two coaches have big names and have proven to have brought their former team to win the Champions League trophy, be it Mourinho or Zidane. but to bring in one of these two coaches, there will be quite tough negotiations, both Mourinho and Zidane certainly have conditions that must be met by PSG management. I mean, these two coaches want the right to sign some names. or, they ask for certain conditions. if not, it seems that these two coaches are not willing to become PSG's new coaches.

If PSG continues with their current players, Zidane could be the new manager. What if PSG's stars don't stay with the team during the transfer season? It may be too early to talk for now. He will closely follow the transfers that will take place at the end of the season. PSG needs a big name as coach. And as you said, Zidane could be one of them.

I think Zidane can overcome these challenges. He worked with star football players before and did what was necessary.

Does Zidane want to go to PSG? I'm still not sure about that because I still feel that Zidane's priority is still something he's comfortable with. At PSG it is not a comfortable place especially if you look at the condition of the players who actually have more strength than the coach.
But indeed something like this still needs to be looked at further because all possibilities can still happen even though I still have doubts about it.

If it's just about combining star players then Zidane can do that too because Zidane has the experience of succeeding at Real Madrid. If you notice, Real Madrid is a team full of star players, but Zidane at that time also managed to give Real Madrid a lot of titles when Zidane was coach.

So yes, in this case a certain coach has good experience of being a coach in a big team with many star players. But one of the problems too, at least PSG is not so easy to get a coach who has good experience to overcome the problems the team is experiencing. That way, it will still be difficult for PSG to unite the star players they have in their squad.

When you are at the very bottom, it is not going to be easy to make predictions on what will happen, some of them may get wins, some of them may get just losses, some of them can do draws. I think it is very important to see that the teams that go down at this point shouldn't be sad that they did went down, because that will allow them to come back stronger, being able to climb back to this league means a lot of money and they should be able to do that.

It is not going to be easy, it is going to take a while for teams to reach to that point, but at the end of the day we have to see how they will do before they can stay. If they manage to stay, they will be just another bad team who will relegate next season instead of this season, nothing more.

PSG has intention to sack him after this season will be ended. Winning league 1 is not even enough for PSG caused by PSG has spent so much money to with higher level of competition. Galtier is actually useless for PSG right now.
PSG has been linked to the several names but none of these names have got confirmation. I remember what already said by mourinho if PSG has not even contacted him before.

That means if almost all of rumors that were speading in the various media are fake news. PSG is not yet even making a movement to sign mourinho from as roma.
Look at how roma was able going to the final even with low valuation squads.

Me too. Let's see what kind of decision that will be taking by the management. It's not good to trust galtier for another season. it's enough for him to be a coach for PSG.
PSG will be stuck at the same place under him.

PSG management should have been able to consider this before the competition starts next season and they should also look for a coach who has so much experience in Europe. We know Neymar and Messi are likely to leave PSG in the summer and only Mbappe is left as a star player in the PSG squad.

Maybe PSG after the departure of the two players will aim for some other star targets and I think they should do that to make it easier to achieve maximum results in Ligue 1 and especially for the champions league competition. PSG's current situation is still not conducive regarding the problem a few weeks ago and they must refocus on fixing every hole in PSG's body.

We have all seen that at some point we have imagined PSG in the hands of the great zizu , Although it would be something great , I think the sheikh must have been very aware of him in the days when PSG were all at their best , I think that even They can drag Zidane to PSG , they have to Comply with the players that he demands and obviously with the salary , this is something that cannot be denied , in Madrid they had him thanks to the fact that they pleased him with everything , and thanks to that he won the League and UCL , not bad for a Player/Technician like him.

Sir Alex Ferguson left Steven Gerrard 'hurt' after controversial Liverpool claim Zinedine Zidane slammed


Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sir-alex-ferguson-left-steven-26870814

Guardiola has been targeting to complete the missing piece of the puzzle for Manchester City for years. It is a Champions League title of course but it looks like they are very likely to make the dream come true this season. After adding this achievement to his collection with this team also I wonder what his future plans would be.

Indeed he still has 2 more years on the existing contract but after achieving the main target maybe he might even want to look for new adventures. I mean he would stay for one more season in my opinion but after that we might see him leaving maybe. I don't have such expectation like he decides to be open for an offer from PSG side this summer after achieving the Champions League title.

I still think Zidane is the best name for the position at PSG now also.

Pep Guardiola have extended his contract to 2025 but I will not doubt that he might walk away once Manchester City win EPL (done) and Champions League title (soon) this season. That way he will be able to join PSG and fix the team after getting ride from some annoying players and make the others more disciplined.
Zidane is also a good coach but I agree that the best fixture will be done by Guardiola for PSG. There is Klopp that might help PSG in my opinion but he comes after the previous two.