While PSG travels this Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) to Montpellier, there has necessarily been talk of the transfer window which closes its doors this Tuesday evening at midnight, during Christophe Galtier's press conference.
The Parisian coach admitted that the club was working on the Hakim Ziyech file, even if he said he was satisfied with the workforce he currently had, not making any fix on a possible arrival.
You have used different combinations in midfield since the start of the year.
Are you looking for the right formula?
CHRISTOPHER GALTIER.
We have to find the right formula.
There is the absence of Marco (Verratti), but I don't want to take refuge behind that.
What was done in the first period against Reims cannot satisfy me.
What was done after returning from the locker room was more correct.
But it didn't last long because Marco was expelled (and will be suspended in Montpellier).
We must find more intensity, more fluidity in the sector.
You spoke of
a crisis of sufficiency this Sunday evening
.
Have you talked to your players?
We must regain rigor and effort.
This was done during the first months.
These are discussions that I had during the preparation and after the matches with the players.
You have to rediscover the taste for effort.
It had been done often and well, but it's been hard to find that since the recovery.
Everyone must have an awareness of these performances and what they give to the team.
How do you explain Vitinha's drop in diet?
I don't want to talk about poor performance for him on Sunday.
He is a player who is able to project himself more, he does not have the same characteristics as Marco.
What was asked of him is not suitable for the player he is.
"Viti" has made a very good start to the season in different systems, he is having a little trouble finding his level.
Is it related to the World Cup?
He's not the only one affected.
Our midfielders need to be better on the ball and a lot more intense than they are now.
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What do you expect from this end of transfer window?
The transfer window, we will comment on it when it is closed.
The club is working, the president is working a lot with Luis (Campos).
I do not have to comment on possible departures or arrivals.
Will the transfer window be made according to Sunday's match (last against Reims, 1-1)?
Of course not.
The exchanges are very direct between the president, Luis and me.
We'll see tonight at midnight.
If there is no arrival, there is no arrival.
This workforce worked and even worked very well.
There's no reason it can't come back.
Will Hakim Ziyech
join the club by the end of the transfer window?
The club are working on Ziyech but he is currently a Chelsea player.
“We have been good and solid with the three (of the MNM)”
How do you view the investment of the MNM in the loss of the ball?
We have three incredibly strong attacking players.
I believe it's 55 goals, 34 assists since the start of the season.
Tell you that we have to deprive ourselves of one of the three players?
It's a mistake, we were good and solid with all three.
There is the observation of a match that means that we cannot be satisfied with our first period against Reims.
There is simply a need to find a better balance, more legs, more freshness and more collective desire to find what the team was at one time.
How do you plan to regain balance?
It's not a question of state of mind.
On the organization and balance, we must find something else.
It jumped out at me that what we did in the first half was simply not enough.
Everyone must give more on the pitch.
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What kind of match do you expect in Montpellier?
A difficult game.
It's PSG that travels to La Mosson, we know the fervor there is, with an always special atmosphere.
They have just won a very important match at Auxerre (0-2).
We worked on the way Montpellier play.
But the most important thing is our behavior and what we are going to offer in the game. We must find in the game a lot more things that we have been lacking lately.
Do you feel a sense of urgency given the situation?
This is obviously insufficient.
In terms of points and game. Is there urgency?
We have to find a higher level of play and score points.
It happens in a season that there is a bad period and this is the case.
You're right, we have to find a better game. We have a busy month of February.
January was not good, now we are all working to make February better than January.
