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Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)
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Distraction
on 22/06/2023, 20:23:52 UTC
Luis Enrique is really close to make the deal official with PSG now. Everyone has been saying that Zidane would be the best coach for PSG and I also agree. However it doesn't look like Zidane want that in the first place. Of course PSG still could have tried their chance by making an official offer to him but they haven't either.

In this situation there is no other thing to do than hoping Luis Enrique to be successful here. He is a decent career as he has managed Barcelona and Roma as big teams. He even managed Spain national team also. His most successful years were with Barcelona indeed. He won 10 titles in total with Barcelona and one of them was even a Champions League title.

At least it must be exciting to have a Champions League winner coach around here.
It could be difficult because Luis Enrique, like Guardiola, favors ball possession, whereas PSG focuses more on transition and quick counterattacks. This is why I'm not very excited about it. Nagelsmann or Mourinho are my top choices.  Mbappé must leave for Luis Enrique to achieve anything significant because if he stays, he won't ever have full control or won't be spared from making tough choices like Erik ten Hag had to with Ronaldo at Manchester United. If we don't give him control of the locker room, it will be another failure, and no respectable coach will be interested in coaching PSG again.

It is also a good aspect to think about. Luis Enrique must be very used to using such game plan thanks to his years in Barcelona. Mostly we don't see managers changing their way of planning strategies during their whole careers. Luis Enrique would do the same I guess. However I don't also think that a ball possession focused game plan would be the best for PSG.

Because while you have players like Mbappe in your squad it isn't very sensible to play slow. Mbappe likes to penetrate the box from wings to create big goal opportunities. Now I wonder what kind of a plan Luis Enrique would have in his mind about that.

Because if he can't make use of Mbappe's skills at the highest level then there is no meaning in this.