Football: “At the end of every season, PSG will face the same ‘turning point’ that they will never solve.

eHaving won, without much joy, an eleventh French championship title – the ninth in twelve years of the Qatari era – Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) only achieved the minimum expected at the end of one of his worst seasons. An era marked by yet another premature elimination from the Champions League.

The club has to reinvent itself for the second time, in which it has failed so far. Last year’s planned rebuilding around Kylian Mbappé was followed by the player’s disappointing comments after the 2-3 defeat against Clermont-Ferrand on Saturday, June 3: “The club is doing what it can. I am satisfied with what the club is doing. »

The promises of the cultural revolution were made last summer by the president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi (“We don’t want no more glitter, bling, bling, it’s the glittery ending”), was only an echo of those remarks in 2016 (“Today, [on a besoin] Players who are ready to die for the club and this shirt”), or 2019 (“I don’t want to see more star behavior”).

The stars disappear

However, this leader has never given up on the casting policy, which, of course, has contributed to the club’s strong economic valuation, but his sporting failure this season is illustrated by the multiple long-term unavailability of Neymar, the limited contribution of Sergio Ramos. The darkness surrounding Lionel Messi.

As early as the whistle at the Parc des Presses on Saturday night, the Argentine regained his excellent footing after a lackluster first season, but a lack of investment led to disappointment. The mark he leaves in Paris is negligible, his presence mainly being the interest of a long training camp for the 2022 World Cup.

Doubts raised by Christophe Galtier’s fragile coaching status were confirmed: he was unable to transform his group into a team. PSG is a club where the stars are fading, where very good players like Nuno Mendes are not progressing, where most of the recruits are giving up and where even mainstays Marquinhos and Marco Verratti are on the hot seat.

Does Qatar Islamic Bank’s bid to buy Manchester United call into question the future priorities of Emirati sports diplomacy? We’re not there yet: the club, which will open its training center in Poissy in July, is looking for investors to enter the capital and which wants to develop into a bigger stadium, is eyeing buying clubs in Europe. became its subsidiaries.