This season, Ligue 1 is interesting. It is more competitive, because the point gap among the teams is quite small. And PSG seems not too strong anymore, it is struggling in the top 3. Luis Enrique won't be easy to compete for the title, PSG is no longer in their best shape. Meanwhile other top teams in Ligue 1 is stronger to join the race of the champion.
Verratti already left PSG to Al Arabi. Abdou Diallo also joined Al Arabi. They move to the same team.
We can understand that they leave PSG because Luis Enrique didn't want them in PSG squad. I'm not surprised Verratti left PSG, but I'm confused why he didn't join a big team.
PSG started this season not very well in Ligue 1, even the teams at the bottom of the standings were able to give them difficulties this season. Like when PSG played against Clermont where the match ended in a draw. Of course PSG's performance was not good enough at the start of this season so it looks like this season's competition is more competitive compared to last season. However, looking at PSG's performance in the previous match, of course they have returned to winning ways so they just need to maintain their consistency so they don't lose any more points.
Monaco is also not very strong, their game is difficult to predict because their performance is often unstable when facing low-ranked teams. With points that are quite close to each other, it could be that every week the teams will swap places on the standings board. PSG will continue to try to defend their title this season and they will take advantage of the upcoming matches well enough to get 3 points and return to being leaders of the standings.