Yohan Cabaye, former player and now director of the Paris Saint-Germain training and pre-training center, spoke on RMC Sport about the new club policy. He spoke of the new area of work, particularly on young people, training and the requirement to have a coherent PSG structure from the bottom of the club up to the professional team. An assumed change of direction.
happened « One word stands out: demand”
“There is a whole broad and global vision of life at the center. As director (of the PSG training and pre-training center), responsibilities a little broader than before. One word stands out: demand. This is what allows us to always move forward to progress. The objective is to train players for our first team, for international football in general.
happened « There is a real closeness between the first team and the training center”
The objective is to train players. To facilitate the work of the first team coach, the idea is to train players like him to integrate them into his game plan. There is a real closeness between the first team and the training center .
PSG has undergone a real transformation for some time. The club has gone from a squad of stars to a team of young talents to grow together. However, this is only the result of repeated defeats in the Champions League.
Those who see the lack of ambition perhaps forget that with a host of great players, the club has always failed to become the elite of European football. We can therefore be delighted to see a global project, which takes into account the training center, the coherence of a club and a medium/long term vision.
happened « The Paris region is full of talent”
Copy Barça?
I hear the comparison, but we are talking about a club which is more than 100 years old… The idea of starting to have an alignment in the work is very present.
Competition from Paris FC?
It allows you to move forward, not to fall asleep, and to always seek to innovate. The Paris region is full of talent. We have the challenge of recruiting young people early. We must continue to remain humble. »
Why always want to compare clubs and projects? There are obviously similarities, but once again, PSG is a fairly young club that is building late. The short-term ambitions may be less, but the need to give time to build something bigger, more coherent seems to be the right one.
This does not mean that PSG will achieve nothing in the coming months, but that it sometimes takes time to raise a team to the highest level. The idea of looking at what is happening around Paris is also a good idea, the future is also being built with young people who want to break everything for PSG because they love the club so much. Something that some players have missed in recent years.
