Despite XXL recruitment during the last summer transfer window, PSG has the “weakest” team since the arrival of QSI, according to Emmanuel Petit.
Quiet leader of Ligue 1, qualified for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France and well on its way to reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to its 2-0 success in the first leg against Real Sociedad, PSG is struggling yet to convince since the start of the season. Successful performances were rare and the draw recorded against Nice (1-1), Sunday, on the occasion of the 23e day of Ligue 1 confirmed the lack of control of the Rouge et Bleu.
New criticism has fallen on the capital club since this match and Emmanuel Petit was particularly scathing with Luis Enrique and his men. “It’s not in Ligue 1 that we expect them every year, it’s in the Champions League,” he first recalled at the microphone of Rothen s’ignée, on RMC, adding: “Since the Qataris arrived, I find that it is the weakest team that PSG presents on the European scene, strangely, the year when they could go far. »
€400 million invested last summer
Because on the verge of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, PSG, which miraculously emerged from the group stage, can see further if it avoids the rare scarecrows of this C1, Manchester City, the defending champion, and Real Madrid, the record holder for victories in the competition. “You have major European teams which are in decline this year as well”, he underlined, referring in particular to the crisis experienced by Bayern Munich.
However, PSG spared no expense last summer to strengthen its squad after parting ways with Lionel Messi and Neymar. Nearly 400 million euros were thus invested, including 90 million for Randal Kolo Muani, 60 for Manuel Ugarte or 50 for Ousmane Dembélé.
