Former Olympique de Marseille player, Samir Nasri has taken on the job of Paris Saint-Germain for the post-Mbappé era. According to the former playmaker converted as a consultant, the Ile-de-France club made a mistake and will pay cash in the Champions League.
Ambitious at the start of the season, PSG still hopes to win their first Champions League title. But to continue dreaming, the team coached by Luis Enrique must already reach the top 24 of the championship phase and will play its future against Manchester City and Stuttgart, on January 22 and 29. But whatever happens against the Skyblues and in Germany, Samir Nasri does not imagine for a single second the Ile-de-France residents going to the end of the competition.
“I don’t see them going to the end,” assured the former OM attacking midfielder for the YouTube channel La Zone on the sidelines of a padel competition in mid-December. “Because, for me, there are still too many gaps in this squad.”
“PSG, on a smaller scale, is like Real Madrid”
Very firm on PSG's chances of imitating the Marseille club, Samir Nasri nevertheless recalled that the Parisians were expected for the end of the competition, like the big boys of Europe. Provided, of course, that you manage to qualify for the knockout phase.
“But PSG, on a smaller scale, is like Real Madrid, you don't wait for them now, you wait for them in February or March. That's where everything plays out, and that's is where the big players normally wake up,” continued the playmaker who converted to a TV consultant after his retirement from sports.
Before adding: “We are not being harsh with PSG, we are simply responding to what Luis Enrique said at the end of last season. They are in the semi-final of the Champions League, regardless of the route they have taken Champions League semi-final They lose Mbappé, we are told at the end of the season that the team will still be better.
Mbappé not yet replaced
Kylian Mbappé left free at Real Madrid, Paris lost a scoring machine. If Gonçalo Ramos returns to form after missing the majority of the first part of the season, PSG will keep an eye on the striker position during the winter transfer window. Anything but a surprise after failing in his quest for a big 9 during the summer. What is the value of a small tackle from Samir Nasri towards the Ile-de-France decision-makers?
“They had carte blanche in the transfer window to target the profiles they needed”¸ once again pointed out the French international with 41 selections. “But the work has not been done at that level. It is normal that we are more critical with PSG than with Brest. PSG has expectations, has a budget which means that PSG must normally being a quarter-finalist in the Champions League every season I'm not asking them to win the Champions League, you have to be realistic but you have to be in the top eight and you must not struggle in the league phase.
Before the January window opened, Victor Osimhen's name returned insistently to PSG's orbit. It remains to be seen whether his recruitment would be enough to restart the machine in C1. Obviously, Samir Nasri already has his own idea on the matter.
