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While he wants to Frenchize the dressing room, Campos will have to make guarantees to his targets who have serious arguments against coming to Paris.
Every day has its news, denial, or rumor. The transfer window is approaching and the potential Parisian targets are multiplying, according to the media. After a completely missing 2022 exercise, Luis Campos expects to double the dates to prepare for this summer window, which seems like a turning point for the Portuguese sports consultant whose Parisian future was not entirely guaranteed.
At the moment, the names of Osimhen, Kane and Sangari of foreigners are thriving in the media, as are some of the French foreigners: from the Thuram brothers to Axel Desassi, via Randall Kolo-Mwani, Moussa Diaby or Manu Kone, the idea of a French dressing room is already in place. But it contradicts reality.
After a season as complex as he is safe and off the field, how do you convince the French to join Paris, when they have strong interests from Europe’s top clubs? “Will this season make some players think about the potential desire to come to Paris? Believe me, many players want to join Paris Saint-Germain,” confirmed Christophe Galtier before the meeting against Angers on Friday, and plans for the next season.
In the arms race and the best of the French, he left the capital’s club with a lot of arguments against him against the leading European formations. But that doesn’t mean no one will stick to it during the summer.
Context: crises and recurrent situations
First, there is context in and around the club. Many sources are already wondering what PSG’s organizational structure will be next season and whether the sporting director he’s currently in talks with will still be in place. And with what coach? Christophe Galtier could see his adventure come to a halt after the end of the tournament if a replacement is found for him.
At the same time, other clubs progress in these same profiles by ensuring a more clear sporting project with precise ideas on organizational structure, style of play or workforce in place and of course convincing results for the season.
This lack of serenity is also present in the club’s surroundings. From the digital army to the accusations against Nasser Al-Khulaifi (1) or Ashraf Hakimi (2), without forgetting the case of Galtier Fournier, the past few months have been busy and the advisors of the targeted French players are also following up on additional sports actions, that popular or media pressure is present and ” He can quickly pass you as a very average player when you are a good player Shahid says.
Another item that makes you think: the second takeover bid for Manchester United made by a Qatar sovereign wealth fund in March. If the entourage of Nasser al-Khalifi is guaranteed that this will not have any effect, many councils remain skeptical and see Paris relegated to second place in the group of clubs held by the emirate.
Mathematical arguments: grease, lack of progress and perks
For most of the French surveyed or targeted, the capital club is their heart. They are the sons of the region, they grew up with Paris Saint-Germain, which turned into another dimension by being the locomotive of the French League and qualifying every year for the Champions League. But again the mathematical project lacks readability. What style of play will be imprinted by which coach and which players?
To make a decision in favor of signing in the capital, some international players, who have relays within the club that allow them to improve their selection, will be attentive to the departures but also and above all to the timing of this departure. There is no arguing to listen to the beautiful words: like everyone else, this L1 leader’s desired elements saw Paris as struggling to deliver on its promises. Even for Kylian Mbappe. This shows how PSG’s credibility has been damaged.
To recruit the Made in France into the attack, it would then be necessary for Paris not to renew Messi and to at least manage to part ways with Neymar so early in the transfer window. Last year, a French player also refused an offer from PSG because of this. The best tri-colors who have won their place at the club do not intend to play substitutes for stars, as Hugo Ekitike might be, and remain attentive to the tackle that can be booked for them at a club that, since the arrival of QSI, has often shown more interest in foreign players. With the return of Paredes and possibly Wijnaldum and the arrival of Ruiz, Soler, Vitinha and Sanchez, the equation is the same in the middle.
In addition to the project, the sporting reality of PSG and especially the stagnant performance of some of its executive players presents a challenge. In their contemplation of choosing the right project for their future, some players, who are all on the rise, and their entourage note a lack of progress for several seasons for many Parisians: Verratti, Hakimi or the latest recruits from the summer transfers. the window. And even before that, are the perfect illustrations. In general, the questioning extends to the framework, to the working structure of the club but also to the intensity of the sessions and the perks reserved for the holdout stars.
DC environment: Lots of entertainment and temptations
In Paris, the boundaries between the world of football and the world of rhinestones, sequins or show business are too porous. ” You can find yourself with people you think are untouchable, dining with the stars or talking to Nicolas Sarkozy after the game, says a relative of a PSG player. It is an environment that can quickly get you drunk and make you change your priorities. »
Less sporty and more “popular”. Parisian life, a point that can attract as many great potential recruits as possible but raises questions about sporting priorities and the ability of the hard core of the Parisian dressing room to be locomotives to achieve goals.
This recreational environment is also that of friends from the same area, friends for life, reunited families, and loved ones who become very close and interfere with the daily life of the athlete. “When you come to Paris, people want to be with you, they want to eat with you, they want to come to see matches or do projects with you,” someone remarked. This is an argument that makes some agents complain. Which often comes first in the hierarchy of bad points.
