Seen and read about PSG in the French press this Thursday, January 2, 2025. The major challenges awaiting PSG in 2025, PSG returning to training, a PSG midfielder preselected to enter the 2024 world team…
In today's edition, The Parisian discusses the five major challenges of PSG for the year 2025. The first, survive in Champions League. Currently first non-qualified, the capital club has two matches, against Manchester Cityon the 22nd, and Stuttgart, on the 29th, to qualify for the play-offs. “ Three points should be enough, but if he wants to take six, he would take a better option for the next play-off. The more places he climbs, the more he is exposed to a better draw. » Second challenge, finish the season
Ligue 1 unbeaten. Leader of the championship, the capital club seems to have a fairly large margin over its opponents. “ If the idea of remaining undefeated does not cross the mind of Luis Enriquewho admitted at a press conference not to have thought about the question, it can become an internal engine to maintain competitiveness. A challenge for the PSG and a challenge for his opponents, just to make this second part of the championship interesting. » The third challenge will be to maintain the
French Cup. HAS Pariswe need a domestic double, at least, to enhance the season. And since it's not that common, realizing it makes it even harder, launches the Ile-de-France daily. The fourth, the discovery of
Club World Cup. We will have to see in what state and with what titles the PSG will disembark. The interest will not be the same depending on whether it has been eliminated early in
Champions League or on the contrary if he has succeeded in a new epic. His motivation and his legs will condition his American journey, indicates The Parisian. Finally, fifth and final challenge, the choice of the site of the future stadium. “ The PSG wants to own its enclosure and wait for the municipal elections of 2026 to hope to negotiate a purchase of the Princes Park with the new councilor makes no sense, according to Nasser al-Khelaïfi. » Different firms are working on the project and the president of the PSG is captivated by the potential of the models presented to him, with an ultra-modern, modular jewel, with a capacity varying from 50,000 to 90,000 seats, advances The Parisian. « For this pharaonic project which will cost more than a billion euros, everything will be decided in the coming months. Managers will have to quickly choose the site. Not all of them are known but, to date, none meets all the criteria defined by the club”, concludes The Parisian.
For his part, The Team evokes the return to training of PSG scheduled this morning at
Poissy Campus. During this session,
Luis Enrique should be able to count on a complete group, says the sports daily. The latter indicates that this return to training date was chosen to allow foreign players wishing to leave to celebrate New Year's Eve to be back for the resumption. “ Players likely to be able to leave the PSG this winter (First Class, Skriniar) are also invited, except in the event of imminent departure which was not the trend in recent hours. » The Team
indicates that at the start of 2025, the infirmary of
PSG is empty. Absent from the field for almost two years, Presnel Kimpembe is operational, but the question is more about getting him back into the rhythm little by little after such a long convalescence, says the sports daily. Victim of a big sole on the face against
Monaco, Gianluigi Donnarumma is doing well, even if he still has traces of the shock, indicates
The Team. « It remains to be seen whether Luis Enrique intends to relaunch it or whether it will continue with
Matvey Safonov. » After the morning workout, the PSG will fly to
Qatar in the afternoon. Tomorrow, they will train on the sports complex facilities
Aspire before the match eve training on the pitch stade 974theater of
Champions Trophy who will oppose it to theAS Monaco.
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The Team also continues with its list of players preselected to enter its world team of the year 2024. This Thursday, it is the defensive midfielders and relay players who are revealed. And only one player
PSG is concerned, Vitinha.
- The defenders and relayers shortlisted: Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan), Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Hasan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan), Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico de Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Rayan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelone/Manchester City), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Lucas Modric (Real Madrid), Pedri (Barcelone), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Rodri (Manchester City), Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Vitinha (PSG)Granit Xhaka (Bayern Leverkusen)
