Paris Saint-Germain once again demonstrated glaring inefficiency against FC Nantes on Saturday at the Parc des Princes (1-1). Our two journalists from But! Bastien Aubert and Laurent Hess ask questions and launch the debate.
“Yes, PSG urgently needs a 9! »
“PSG once again displayed its sufficiency at home in front of FC Nantes (1-1). Lacking glaring inspiration in the zone of truth, Luis Enrique's men made the excellent Patrik Carlgren shine but could also have done better on certain sequences. The general impression which is confirmed is that Kylian Mbappé was not replaced in the transfer window. Recruiting a center forward therefore seems urgent, whether Luis Enrique likes it or not.
In general, PSG is strong with the weak, but this week, not even that. The Parisians have even found a way to expose faults in Ligue 1 that they reserved for the Champions League. They showed the essence of Luis Enrique's Football, more than 1,000 passes, 84.1% possession, 25 shots to 4, at the same time as his limits: dominating is good but there is no more enough talent to swing uncertain matches. Especially when Ousmane Dembélé starts on the bench… A serial scorer would therefore not be too much in this squad designed to dominate his opponents most of the time but not always to push them down. A cold-blooded animal might allow this. The real question is whether there will be plenty of market opportunities this winter…”
Bastien AUBERT
“Not necessarily”
“It is obvious that PSG is missing a good scorer. It is incomprehensible that the capital club did not replace Kylian Mbappé. The striker scored around forty goals alone, and who will score them? Barcola? Dembele? Between them, if they score 20 goals this season, it won't be bad. Of course PSG needs a 9, but the problem is that Luis Enrique doesn't want to play with a real 9, so since he's the stubborn type…
What would be the point of bringing in a center forward if the Spaniard doesn't play him? And then he already has one with Gonçalo Ramos. The Portuguese is returning from injury and a long period of unavailability. Since his arrival last year, he has never really been able to continue. Maybe now is the time, this month of December. Maybe it's him, the 9 who is sorely lacking in Paris. But I ask to see if Luis Enrique will give him the opportunity to express himself, or if he will remain faithful to his ideas, continuing to line up Asensio or Lee in turn, or even no one like in Munich last Tuesday…”
Laurent HESS
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