Leader of the Ligue 1 standings, with six points ahead of Olympique de Marseille and AS Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain certainly has efficiency concerns, but it still manages to dominate head and shoulders the championship. On the other hand, it gets a little more complicated when it’s time for the Champions League. Twenty-third in the C1 standings, the capital club must not miss this evening against Atlético de Madrid if it wants to remain in contention for the play-offs, while it still has to face Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Debates about the level of the team coached by Luis Enrique are legion, but there is one thing on which observers and the capital club agree: this team needs readjustments during the next transfer window. This will not be easy since the winter market is traditionally considered a secondary market and good deals are rare. Which makes, for example, the recruitment of a number 9 (vital given the problems of inefficiency of the Parisians) very complicated.
Putting a competitor in the hands of Barcola
Randal Kolo Muani will be difficult to filter in the middle of the season and finding a replacement of choice for him is a mission impossible. All the big guys are snapping up the Swede Viktor Gyökeres, but Sporting Portugal will only be a seller next summer. While waiting to see if the 9 file settles, PSG would have other priorities for its winter transfer window according to The Team. And the first would be to enlist a left winger capable of competing with the best Parisian at the start of the season, Bradley Barcola.
Currently, only Désiré Doué plays the real understudy of the former Lyonnais. However, the daily indicates that Luis Enrique sees Doué more comfortable in a central position and would therefore like to strengthen his left wing. In defense, the need to double the left-back position still exists. Theo Hernandez’s name came up, but it seems to concern next summer. On the right, the Rouge et Bleu have no plans to recruit. Warren Zaire-Emery will do the trick to support Achraf Hakimi. The newspaper explains that Paris is mainly looking for a right-handed defender. The goal is to anticipate the end of the Marquinhos era and the probable departure of Milan Skriniar, whose profile does not suit Luis Enrique. Finally, Paris does not refrain from jumping if opportunities present themselves in other markets (South American and others), as was the case last year with Lucas Beraldo and Gabriel Moscardo.
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