“No more sequins!
".
Paris Saint-Germain, through the voice of its president in our columns, Nasser al-Khelaïfi, has promised to change the method for the 12th season of the Qatari era.
With Christophe Galtier at the helm and Kylian Mbappé at the forefront, but still with the same obsession, to win the Champions League.
"We no longer want flashy, bling-bling", summed up President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to explain the shift taken by the club this summer.
Hence the choice of a trainer renowned for the discipline reigning in his groups and with convincing results with staff much less powerful than the one he now has in his hands.
PSG bet on Galtier.
Abandoning the track of rising technicians, after Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino, he entrusted his golden squad to an old Ligue 1 player (55), who proved himself by winning the title with Lille in 2021 , just ahead of PSG.
Mbappé at the heart of the project
The most important blow of the transfer window was to keep Kylian Mbappé, placed "at the heart of the project", a formula that comes up time and again.
Then the technician changed his habits, the 4-4-2, to bet on a three-man defense, pistons and an attacking trio that makes the whole world dream, despite a mixed first season together: Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.
Paris has strengthened in the middle with the promising Portuguese Vitinha (FC Porto), a versatile defender to integrate the rotation, Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), in the reserves of Didier Deschamps (1 selection), and the Portuguese Renato Sanches (Lille ) arrived on Wednesday to strengthen his midfield a little more.
In the hunt for bling-bling, PSG has also clearly placed players in the "loft", Georginio Wijnaldum, Ander Herrera, Julian Draxler, Layvin Kurzawa,
"Obviously, when you train Paris Saint-Germain, you have more pressure than elsewhere, it's a club that is used to winning trophies," admits the new coach.
But he repeats that if he is there, it is because he feels "capable" of it.
Galtier is reforming in Paris, with football adviser Luis Campos, the duo that built the Losc team champion of France.
But in Paris, it is the Champions League, the real revealer and it is in this competition that he will be truly judged.
