2021-22 was a difficult season at Paris Saint-Germain. The elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions against Real Madrid was a ‘shock’ that conditioned the end of the course in the Parque de los Prncipes. The conquest of Ligue 1 did not ‘fix’ the painful defeat at Santiago Bernabu. a blow that sand led Leonardo (sports director) and Mauricio Pochettino (coach) causing a change in its ‘modus operandi’ in the market.
A turn exemplified in the arrival of Luis Campos as sports advisor. “It has a clear objective, different, with other goals in the market. Look for young, talented, involved people with a winning mentality. People who want to die for this shield. We want to be stronger collectively, that footballers play more for each other, as a team and with the club above all”, avis on MARK President Nasser Al Khelaifi.
Luis Campos has a clear objective, different, with other goals in the market. Look for young, talented, involved people with a winning mentality
After the ‘failed’ bets of Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel and Unai Emery, the landing of Christophe Galtier on the PSG bench from Nice opens a new era. The Marseille coach is the first French coach to lead the team since Laurent Blanc (2013-16) and the first signed from Ligue 1 since Antoine Kombour (2009-11). The new roadmap is clear: look more at its championship and the pearls that stand out abroad and sign fewer established stars.
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“We share the same vision, a vision in which I firmly believe. I am eager to start working to develop the club’s exceptional potential,” Luis Campos said in his presentation. And the former architect of the Monaco champion of the Championnat in 2017 and Lille in 2021 has rolled up his sleeves for that purpose. Any resemblance to the summer window of a year ago, in which Leo Messi, Sergio Ramos, Achraf, Donnarumma and Wijnaldum have landed in Paris. it is pure coincidence.
It is a logical choice. I’m French and PSG is my hometown team
For now, they have bought Vitinha, Porto’s promising midfielder, for 41.5 million euros, and have acquired Nuno Mendes (38). Nevertheless, the real change has been the arrival of Hugo Ekitike. “It’s a logical choice. I’m French and PSG is the team from my land. All the ingredients are in place for me to progress here,” said the 20-year-old attacker, who leaves Reims on loan with a mandatory 36-minute purchase option. kilos.
First ‘francs’ signing since 2017
Ekitike is a personal bet by a Luis Campos who has already signed ‘unknowns’ such as Fabinho, Lemar, Martial, Bernardo Silva, David, Maignan… who later became ‘top’ footballers. He wants to repeat it with the forward in a PSG in which Ekitike is the first ‘French’ and Ligue 1 signing since… Mbapp in 2017! The former Monaco player was the penultimate footballer in the French championship to arrive at the Parc des Princes.
In the last five years, Buffon, Paredes, Kehrer, Bernat, Choupo-Moting, Diallo, Gueye Sarabia, Keylor, Ander Herrera, Bakker, Bulka, Icardi, Sergio Rico, Danilo, Rafinha, Florenzi, Moise Kean, Achraf, Nuno arrived at PSG. Mendes, Messi, Donnarumma, Wijnaldum, Sergio Ramos and Vitinha. None from Ligue 1. Letellier signed from Orleans (Ligue 2) in 2020… but with a residual ‘role’. Ekitike changes the pace and sets a trend that can be followed with Renato Sanches (Lille) and Khphren Thuram (Nice). Although other options like Skriniar (Inter) are on the table. With the renewal of Mbapp, PSG wants to mark a Bayern in France. Although they already ‘escaped’ Tchouamni (Mnaco) to Real Madrid.
