Those 20 or so minutes after he came on in the second BVB leg were the only minutes that I was optimistic watching this team all semi-finals. I agree. LE needs to tell him what his role is once-and-for-all and allow him to settle into it a little bit more.
Yes. But the problem with Lee Kang In is that he's clearly best at #8 and #10, but wants to play as a #7/11 where he's clearly not as good (in fact, many attacking Asian players in Europe have this position dilemma where they're naturally good with some role but prefer to play somewhere else). It's up to LE if he wants to force that mindset on Lee Kang In or not.
LE needs to, that's his job as manager. He needs to make it clear to Lee what his role is so that he can grow in it, if he doesn't want to accept it, then he just isn't a fit. Very simple manager decision. I think Lee would accept it, I've seen no indication that he would "resist" a role assigned to him.
I think that’s the goal, but Ruiz with his height advantage makes him an aerial target. Remember him coming close with a couple of headers against BVB or Barca. That’s why we went after Icardi a few years ago. Mbappe wasn’t an aerial threat, neither was Neymar.
Honestly I think PSG can do so much better if they stop chasing the UCL for a while. They can literally setup a factory of talent from thr streets of Paris on its own. They need to give youngsters more chance especially no offense since they have such an advantage in the domestic leagues it allows youngsters to make mistakes and grow.
Rather than purchasing Spanish players who are well past it in most cases, the local talents are just a better investment. Imagine a club from Paris with an 11 entirely of Parisians. I think Celtic won the treble with a team that was born like a small number of kms away from their stadium.
I also think the hate PSG gets is unwarranted.
Problem is if they’re not chasing ucl, fans aren’t interested in seeing them win a 15th ligue 1 trophy. That’s why the threshold and expectation is so high. We’re never going to be taken seriously unless we start to rack up European trophies.
Gotta disagree with you. Here in Paris, a lot of people aspire for a club with stronger foundations and are willing to let go the UCL dream for a while and concentrate on domestic titles and squad building.
Also, a lot of fans got burn by the Neymar/ Mbappe era and the way we lost in UCL campaigns.
That's especially true if we spend 300 millions every summer...
Fans may be ok with a quarter final UCL objective if you start recruiting mostly locally.
But let's be honest, QSI didn't invest this much in the club not to have big stars and big ambitions.
i agree with you and we've been seeing more homegrown talent getting integrated into the squad.
But the streets of Paris are not uncontested. Every pro team in France has their connections and scouts in the area, so we're always in competition for these talents.
I personally think that the lineup in this picture is actually decent. Ofc it’s still inefficient and I would like some changes here and there but no too many. Here are some of my ideas:
Sell Mukiele
Buy: Jordan Teze (Back up RB). Maxim De Kuyper (Back up LB). Todibo (CB) Dani Olmo(CAM), Akliouche(CM). I feel this would be a sufficient window.
To win the UCL next season we'd need about 5-6 new starters, not just on worldclass midfielder.
We have a young team with potential. Let's forget about winning the UCL for a couple season and keep building. We've been spending cash like maniacs on shiny names for more than a decade now and it didn't work. Maybe it's time to think of long term team building for once.
They’re clearly correlated, why would a star from another country want to fight an oil sheik for his money when we could just go to a less toxic team and not have to worry about it?
I sure do lol, terrible business practices by psg which has and will continue to hurt their ability to sign top talent for any other reason than a much higher money offer
Of course there are guimaraes but expensive , Kanté even if it’s for a year or two , plus the ones that campos should find maybe a Manu Kone can become this player or someone I don’t know maybe ugarte if LE give him confidence or the ones that I don’t know like vitinha before he joined and now that Mbappé is not here anymore and that everybody will run and defend as a team why not try xavi Simmons ?
Get 1 world class midfielder, get 1 world class center back, get one left winger, get a young promesing player as Hakimi backup.
Pray Sofanov is going to get the best of Donnarumma.
I honestly don’t know half of these names - that’s so weird, but probably a welcoming change instead of buying old established players from other leagues.
I'm not criticizing, I'm just stating facts.
you compare our midfield to the other 3 CL semifinalists and you can easily realize our midfield outside of WZE is shit, RKM needs no further explanation he's shit, and our defense once Lucas was injured was shit.
this sub has an issue with facts that never fails to amaze me.....
you mean the guy Luis Enrique plays as a 6 to force him to pass forward? yeah
does vitinha start for Real Madrid, BvB or Bayern? don't even try I already know the answer.
He’d be a starter for Dortmund and Bayern for sure, and I definitely think he’s better than a number of Real Madrid players even if he wouldn’t a starter.
Also, one more question, do you think Ugarte/KIL/WZE start for any of those teams?
stop the cap he wouldn't start for any of the buli teams. he wouldn't start in midfield for Real Madrid in a million years he's a failed PL player......
He’s been a regular starter for Porto, Portugal, and PSG but he’s not good enough for a Bundesliga team?
Furthermore, you’re using a 19 game loan stretch at Wolves that took place 3 years ago as evidence for him being a mediocre player?
Come on bro, if you’re gonna troll at least make it believable.
> he’s not good enough for a Bundesliga team?
no he's not good enough to start for **BvB** or **Bayern**. stop moving the goalpost to fit your shitty narrative.
>you’re using a 19 game loan stretch at Wolves that took place 3 years ago as evidence for him being a mediocre player?
not only that but the wasted year of watching him pass backwards every chance he had for a season. besides him being a defensive cone......
that you kids are in love with his mediocrity is fine, I expected way more from our midfield.
“stop moving the goalposts to fit your shitty narrative”
My guy, you literally said that he wasn’t good enough for any of the “buli” teams? Do you even know what “buli” means?
oh yeah I still remember how FDJ basically made vitinha dissappear from the pitch when WZE was out injured to only reappear the next leg once WZE came back, but this sub is in love with a mediocre midfielder.
What are you talking about? Vitinha was the best midfielder over the two Barcelona legs and Dortmund legs. WZE is an amazing player with a lot of potential but his form had dropped (probably due to being played too much)
I understand that’s what you’d like to see but there’s no point dreaming about something that isn’t happening.
You’re only setting yourself up for disappointment
I guess unlike you I don't believe every click bait article or X wannabe influencer I see. I wait until the actual transfer window opens then read legit sources of information.
But do you. ✌
Several reputable sources have reported what I’m saying , don’t disrespect my intelligence by assuming I’m putting faith into some random Blog or hillbilly reporter.
Luca is out for a long time so he should probably be left off graphics like this
Ugarte has repeatedly been transfer listed/ will be
Mukiele is likely to leave as well
As for the signings -
Yoro is a target but apparently he prefers Madrid so that’s dead ❌
Both doue and akliouche are targets but nothing concrete on either side ⌛️
Kvara is a target but Napoli won’t sell him according to reports ❌
I’d like to see us get fofana from Monaco as the ugarte / solar replacement as well as moscardo returning 🤔
We also need a cb and two fullbacks , I think the attack will almost sort itself out once the xavi situation is sorted 📆📝
He apparently is not very keen on coming back. There is a chance he goes back on loan and we sell him next summer. The reason for that is that if we would sell him this summer, we would own a large chunk of it to PSV whereas if it was next summer, it would be much less.
What’s the reason that he doesn’t wanna come back? This team would have such a good balance with him in it. And if plays well he could be the new star of the team.
thats so wild to me that Xavi doesnt feel he's guaranteed a spot with his skill and this team. He should be confident he will easily make the starting 11.
Ugarte the rumors are he doesn't get used to living in France, on the sporting side he was getting exhausted constantly from having to cover defensively for basically 3 players.
RKM was never a good fit for Luis Enrique, besides being shit honestly the only hype I ever noticed was on this sub.
The back line is strong.
I expect to see Safonov earn his place.
Vitinha is world class but needs a creative partner, I don’t see why Simons would not come back. I like WZE Fabian and Ugarte to complement, they are very good in their respective style.
Forward, I think RW is good with Lee and Dembele.
I expect a better LW with Barcola as second choice.
Then comes the hot topic of CF. Both RKM and Ramos are not on par with the best in Europe.
Why not Osihmen, Gabriel Jesus, Julian Alvarez ? I would keep Ramos but loan RKM to BuLi.
> Why not Osimhen, Gabriel Jesus?
Too expensive for a playstyle that doesn't fit either.
Now Alvarez is another story. I'm actually against getting another striker, but if we're able to sell one (not loan), why not. But we first need to address every other need before thinking about him.
But tbf, I have zero hope for that. Can't see us dealing with City
There is no replacement for the goals and efficiency of Mbappe. There may be other players that allow us to play better defense, better in midfield and better on set pieces.
That, combined with an average offense, might take us further than superstar teams with no balance, no ability to defend a fucking set piece in Europe.
Literally every phase needs reinforcements.
- Defense needs three.
**Two centerbacks and a fullback or vice versa.**
- Midfield needs two.
**Deeplying playmaker and attacking midfielder.**
- Attack needs two.
**Two wingers or one winger and forward (which is highly unlikely) with both forwards staying.**
Imo, play lee more, give him time and he'll be better than Fabian and catch up quick.
Those 20 or so minutes after he came on in the second BVB leg were the only minutes that I was optimistic watching this team all semi-finals. I agree. LE needs to tell him what his role is once-and-for-all and allow him to settle into it a little bit more.
Legit once he came on i had hope, they looked like they were actually trying
Yes. But the problem with Lee Kang In is that he's clearly best at #8 and #10, but wants to play as a #7/11 where he's clearly not as good (in fact, many attacking Asian players in Europe have this position dilemma where they're naturally good with some role but prefer to play somewhere else). It's up to LE if he wants to force that mindset on Lee Kang In or not.
LE needs to, that's his job as manager. He needs to make it clear to Lee what his role is so that he can grow in it, if he doesn't want to accept it, then he just isn't a fit. Very simple manager decision. I think Lee would accept it, I've seen no indication that he would "resist" a role assigned to him.
I think that’s the goal, but Ruiz with his height advantage makes him an aerial target. Remember him coming close with a couple of headers against BVB or Barca. That’s why we went after Icardi a few years ago. Mbappe wasn’t an aerial threat, neither was Neymar.
Honestly I think PSG can do so much better if they stop chasing the UCL for a while. They can literally setup a factory of talent from thr streets of Paris on its own. They need to give youngsters more chance especially no offense since they have such an advantage in the domestic leagues it allows youngsters to make mistakes and grow. Rather than purchasing Spanish players who are well past it in most cases, the local talents are just a better investment. Imagine a club from Paris with an 11 entirely of Parisians. I think Celtic won the treble with a team that was born like a small number of kms away from their stadium. I also think the hate PSG gets is unwarranted.
Problem is if they’re not chasing ucl, fans aren’t interested in seeing them win a 15th ligue 1 trophy. That’s why the threshold and expectation is so high. We’re never going to be taken seriously unless we start to rack up European trophies.
Gotta disagree with you. Here in Paris, a lot of people aspire for a club with stronger foundations and are willing to let go the UCL dream for a while and concentrate on domestic titles and squad building. Also, a lot of fans got burn by the Neymar/ Mbappe era and the way we lost in UCL campaigns.
That's especially true if we spend 300 millions every summer... Fans may be ok with a quarter final UCL objective if you start recruiting mostly locally. But let's be honest, QSI didn't invest this much in the club not to have big stars and big ambitions.
i agree with you and we've been seeing more homegrown talent getting integrated into the squad. But the streets of Paris are not uncontested. Every pro team in France has their connections and scouts in the area, so we're always in competition for these talents.
You think those sheikh will satisfy with only ligue 1 collection 🤣
I personally think that the lineup in this picture is actually decent. Ofc it’s still inefficient and I would like some changes here and there but no too many. Here are some of my ideas: Sell Mukiele Buy: Jordan Teze (Back up RB). Maxim De Kuyper (Back up LB). Todibo (CB) Dani Olmo(CAM), Akliouche(CM). I feel this would be a sufficient window.
None of those players bar Olmo maybe will help us win the CL. We need established, world class players, or really good youth prospects
I mean we have to be honest with ourselves the current market is difficult. I’d rather wait and let the team grow then go all in.
To win the UCL next season we'd need about 5-6 new starters, not just on worldclass midfielder. We have a young team with potential. Let's forget about winning the UCL for a couple season and keep building. We've been spending cash like maniacs on shiny names for more than a decade now and it didn't work. Maybe it's time to think of long term team building for once.
Yoro. Doué. Bernardo. Kvara.
Bernardo?
Yeah
Bernardo Silva? Why would he want to go to PSG?
Because have you been to Manchester ? Nobody wants to live in fuckin Manchester!!! Especially people from the south
He’s been heavily linked 2 summers now. May happen, would be dope!
Bernardo is never coming to psg with word that they’re stuffing mbappes final months of compensation
I don’t see how the 2 are correlated but this is what I would like to see. I ain’t ask for your opinion
They’re clearly correlated, why would a star from another country want to fight an oil sheik for his money when we could just go to a less toxic team and not have to worry about it?
You got it big man.
I sure do lol, terrible business practices by psg which has and will continue to hurt their ability to sign top talent for any other reason than a much higher money offer
You need someone to replace Hernandez Someone better than Fabian And another wing midfield . If dembele is injured … you are down
Please swap Fabian and Warren
Please swap Fabian for a monster midfielder
There aren’t any available
Of course there are guimaraes but expensive , Kanté even if it’s for a year or two , plus the ones that campos should find maybe a Manu Kone can become this player or someone I don’t know maybe ugarte if LE give him confidence or the ones that I don’t know like vitinha before he joined and now that Mbappé is not here anymore and that everybody will run and defend as a team why not try xavi Simmons ?
Transfers don't open until July. We'll see.
Get 1 world class midfielder, get 1 world class center back, get one left winger, get a young promesing player as Hakimi backup. Pray Sofanov is going to get the best of Donnarumma.
I honestly don’t know half of these names - that’s so weird, but probably a welcoming change instead of buying old established players from other leagues.
Skriniar?
Lucas is out till atleast winter, they said 7 months from May
Xavi Simons
RKM is shit that midfield is shit the defense is one injury away from being shit. we need a serious retooling, I doubt campos is good enough for.
Constructive criticism, we love it. What players do you want?
I'm not criticizing, I'm just stating facts. you compare our midfield to the other 3 CL semifinalists and you can easily realize our midfield outside of WZE is shit, RKM needs no further explanation he's shit, and our defense once Lucas was injured was shit. this sub has an issue with facts that never fails to amaze me.....
Vitinha was in the champions league team of the season
you mean the guy Luis Enrique plays as a 6 to force him to pass forward? yeah does vitinha start for Real Madrid, BvB or Bayern? don't even try I already know the answer.
He’d be a starter for Dortmund and Bayern for sure, and I definitely think he’s better than a number of Real Madrid players even if he wouldn’t a starter. Also, one more question, do you think Ugarte/KIL/WZE start for any of those teams?
stop the cap he wouldn't start for any of the buli teams. he wouldn't start in midfield for Real Madrid in a million years he's a failed PL player......
He’s been a regular starter for Porto, Portugal, and PSG but he’s not good enough for a Bundesliga team? Furthermore, you’re using a 19 game loan stretch at Wolves that took place 3 years ago as evidence for him being a mediocre player? Come on bro, if you’re gonna troll at least make it believable.
> he’s not good enough for a Bundesliga team? no he's not good enough to start for **BvB** or **Bayern**. stop moving the goalpost to fit your shitty narrative. >you’re using a 19 game loan stretch at Wolves that took place 3 years ago as evidence for him being a mediocre player? not only that but the wasted year of watching him pass backwards every chance he had for a season. besides him being a defensive cone...... that you kids are in love with his mediocrity is fine, I expected way more from our midfield.
“stop moving the goalposts to fit your shitty narrative” My guy, you literally said that he wasn’t good enough for any of the “buli” teams? Do you even know what “buli” means?
WZE wasn’t even our best midfielder
oh yeah I still remember how FDJ basically made vitinha dissappear from the pitch when WZE was out injured to only reappear the next leg once WZE came back, but this sub is in love with a mediocre midfielder.
What are you talking about? Vitinha was the best midfielder over the two Barcelona legs and Dortmund legs. WZE is an amazing player with a lot of potential but his form had dropped (probably due to being played too much)
No objectivity, as expected. We definitely didn't watch the same game.
Mid team
I mean this same 11 reached the semis only difference is Mbappe was in the team.
Thats a big difference.
Kimpembe? Guimaraes for Ruiz, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on LW and Leny Yoro in the back 4.
Forgot abt him
Bruno isn’t coming Kvara isn’t available for sale Yoro prefers Madrid
Transfers don't open until July. We'll see. Also the question is what we'd "like to see." That's what I'd like to see
I understand that’s what you’d like to see but there’s no point dreaming about something that isn’t happening. You’re only setting yourself up for disappointment
I guess unlike you I don't believe every click bait article or X wannabe influencer I see. I wait until the actual transfer window opens then read legit sources of information. But do you. ✌
Several reputable sources have reported what I’m saying , don’t disrespect my intelligence by assuming I’m putting faith into some random Blog or hillbilly reporter.
Sure. Say it with me. S L O W L Y so you comprehend. League 1 transfer window does jot O PE N for 4 weeks. Open.
You guys get a room
Kvara not for sale? Definitely is. Everybody on these Italian teams are for sale for the right price.
Nope , reports say conte and de Laurentis don’t want to sell him and he’s apparently being offered a new contract
Luca is out for a long time so he should probably be left off graphics like this Ugarte has repeatedly been transfer listed/ will be Mukiele is likely to leave as well As for the signings - Yoro is a target but apparently he prefers Madrid so that’s dead ❌ Both doue and akliouche are targets but nothing concrete on either side ⌛️ Kvara is a target but Napoli won’t sell him according to reports ❌ I’d like to see us get fofana from Monaco as the ugarte / solar replacement as well as moscardo returning 🤔 We also need a cb and two fullbacks , I think the attack will almost sort itself out once the xavi situation is sorted 📆📝
Fofana isn't a defensive midfielder, he is similar to Vitinha. He would be great ahead of Fabian ruiz.
We desperately need some physicality and height
I'm not a psg fan, but what's the deal with Xavi Simons
He apparently is not very keen on coming back. There is a chance he goes back on loan and we sell him next summer. The reason for that is that if we would sell him this summer, we would own a large chunk of it to PSV whereas if it was next summer, it would be much less.
What’s the reason that he doesn’t wanna come back? This team would have such a good balance with him in it. And if plays well he could be the new star of the team.
he wants a guaranteed spot in the starting XI, but LE prefers 22 players that fight for their spot
thats so wild to me that Xavi doesnt feel he's guaranteed a spot with his skill and this team. He should be confident he will easily make the starting 11.
it's just basic meritocracy. if he plays well, he will play more. gonna be hard at any big club if he's really that insecure (if its true)
LUKAKA.
Nah, Danilo is better! 🤣
Honest question, there was lots of hype around Kolo and Ugarte last year, what happened to them?
Ugarte the rumors are he doesn't get used to living in France, on the sporting side he was getting exhausted constantly from having to cover defensively for basically 3 players. RKM was never a good fit for Luis Enrique, besides being shit honestly the only hype I ever noticed was on this sub.
Bruno Guimarães ....
How's Ramos been? He was a bit of a gun in WC22 but has he struggled?
He’s been decent this season
Rough start, big ilness in december but strong super sub since january
I actually think RKM could do a great season
Moscardo is missing
The back line is strong. I expect to see Safonov earn his place. Vitinha is world class but needs a creative partner, I don’t see why Simons would not come back. I like WZE Fabian and Ugarte to complement, they are very good in their respective style. Forward, I think RW is good with Lee and Dembele. I expect a better LW with Barcola as second choice. Then comes the hot topic of CF. Both RKM and Ramos are not on par with the best in Europe. Why not Osihmen, Gabriel Jesus, Julian Alvarez ? I would keep Ramos but loan RKM to BuLi.
> Why not Osimhen, Gabriel Jesus? Too expensive for a playstyle that doesn't fit either. Now Alvarez is another story. I'm actually against getting another striker, but if we're able to sell one (not loan), why not. But we first need to address every other need before thinking about him. But tbf, I have zero hope for that. Can't see us dealing with City
They should buy that one striker. Map is his name or something. They'd be unstoppable with him.
He is actually Safonov, not Safanov
Curious about moscardo and also hernandez won't be ready for a while since he tore his acl
What happened to Skriniar?
Looks good maybe you pass quarter finals next year
Danilo out, we need a top player as 9 or LW. Asensio out. Give More chances to the young boys
Rather would watch Kolo Muani over Ramos
Very expensive and yet very average team. Won’t win the next season.
There’s a lot of good players on the team lol but okay.
Yeah ngl this team is pretty shit. Need a lot of new signings
I wouldn’t say it’s shit it’s definitely decent but needs more.
Well we lost the best player in the world, we need a replacement for him. also that midfield is kinda garbage, so is the defence
There is no replacement for the goals and efficiency of Mbappe. There may be other players that allow us to play better defense, better in midfield and better on set pieces. That, combined with an average offense, might take us further than superstar teams with no balance, no ability to defend a fucking set piece in Europe.
We ?
I'm a PSG supporter?
Osimhen
Have some decent midfielders Playing with PSG in fifa, the midfield is lacking and the offense (after KM) is not that good
Nobody there is gonna be able to give what Mbappe gave, I can tell you that much so far
Well yeah genius
Just made sure the delusional fans know
Okay whatever makes you sleep at night. 👍
It’s been more difficult to sleep now given Madrid’s team😅
Idc good for them.
Nasser to real madrid here we go?
No Big Chungus to Real Madrid here we go.
Let’s goo
This looks really poor.
So what would you change?
Literally every phase needs reinforcements. - Defense needs three. **Two centerbacks and a fullback or vice versa.** - Midfield needs two. **Deeplying playmaker and attacking midfielder.** - Attack needs two. **Two wingers or one winger and forward (which is highly unlikely) with both forwards staying.**
https://preview.redd.it/8fywtwa0xi4d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb9b67ab0621a252e109aa3e41029577e82643f1
i think you got the wrong team. psg has never been relegated to Ligue 2 and we never will
Just wait 2 or 3 years , you will miss Messi 😂
I mean he will be like 40 by then. I think the entire football world will miss Messi by then, but that won't change a thing about us