This is probably part of what they want to achieve at PSG and I wouldn’t be surprised if this is one of the long term goals they used to convince Mbappe to stay, to help build a stronger Ligue 1 through making PSG better and letting it trickle down, and it’s probably why Macron tried to convince him to stay, they want French football to improve it’s standing in Europe.
Part of this is talent development, to make kids want to stay the teams need to be good in Europe, they need to pay them decent wages and they need to feel like they can continue to evolve into world class players (i.e. take the final step from young talent) at home, without having to go abroad.
I bet this is the whole vision they’re going for and in turn why Mbappe staying is important for that vision, the foundation is there as they’re one of the, if not the best talent developers in the world rn, and ngl it would be great for me as a neutral if Ligue 1 would rise in quality and reputation tbh.
I can see so many reasons why it won’t work though but fair play for trying (a quicker way would probably be to sell Lyon and OM to some oil cunts, basically be Monaco or PSG lol).
I still have mad respect for Kante, reckon if you could get more than 20 games a season from him he’d be worth the gamble. Still an unbelievable player on his day.
Hey, we’re desperate to strengthen our midfield so let’s bring in someone who is on the wrong side of 30 and will start around half of our league games commanding huge wages
But if you manage his minutes and don’t play him in the easier games he’s more likely to be fit for the harder ones you want him for.
Might get the odd training ground injury but most are going to be as a result of repeated high match time with insufficient recovery time.
I agree about Rodri, but that’s only because City have been playing the likes of De Bruyne, Foden, Silva alongside him, none of whom are suited to defending.
Meanwhile United have been playing Fred, McTominay and Matic in there who all specialise in defensive work
I just don’t think it’s the simple tbh in terms of managing minutes and also don’t think it’s wise squad building either.
Apparently it stems from him playing through the pain barrier years ago against us in the EL final carrying a knee injury. Since then there hasn’t been a sign it’s getting better and the physical demands of this league aren’t going away
Kante is a guy you build your midifeld around, how do you do so when he’s playing 40% of games as said by Tuchel?
Juan Mata as well. Felt like they had a knack for buying Chelsea’s shit for a couple of years, bit like us.
Now they also seem to be regularly signing old marquee players for a season or two - Zlatan, Cavani, Ronaldo. Let’s see how long Varane lasts getting mugged at the back as well.
I don’t think Kante would be a bad signing for united, just said the same to my Utd mate who was also moaning about the rumour, but they aren’t gonna go anywhere fast buying cast offs with fitness concerns.
Nah if we’d finished 4th and made those types of signings ppl would be saying trust the process and singing super mik arteta knows wut we need or wutever cringe song they sing lmaoooo
but fair play for trying (a quicker way would probably be to sell Lyon and OM to some oil cunts, basically be Monaco or PSG lol).
