Alarm at PSG – AS.com

PSG lives on a wire that is stretching more and more. The Parisian team, just over two weeks away from facing Bayern, raises doubts in every way. Collectively speaking, the team does not have the sufficiency of August and bases everything on the individualities of Neymar, Messi and Mbappé. ANDn defense, the club has accelerated negotiations with Inter to sign Skriniar before the end of the market, on Tuesday night. His signing is no coincidence. Marquinhos and Ramos are not at their best level and Reims, this Sunday, in a game that ended 1-1 due to a rival goal in the 95th minute, exposed the weaknesses of both to the fullest.

The possible incorporation of Skriniar, who already has an agreement with PSG, would mean a giant qualitative leap for a defense that sows insecurity in every game. In the first game of the year, in Lens, the Ligue 1 leader lost 3-1 and Ramos was exposed, especially in the open field. Then came the defeat in Rennes, 1-0, and the friendly in Riyadh against a combination of players from Al Hilal and Al Nassr in which he conceded four goals. It was a friendly, but the problems multiplied.

To Ramos, who has not renewed with PSG and the tie against Bayern will make his contract extension conditional, we must add the poor performance of Marquinhos. Pointed out in the round of 16 elimination against Real Madrid last season, the Brazilian, team captain, questioned for his leadership, has experienced a downturn, both emotionally and sportingly, and the fans have recently reproached him for not having recovered from the painful elimination against whites.

In Paris, doubts are present again a few days after deciding the future of the project. Because, if Skriniar arrives, Galtier would be relieved of a toothache that has lasted for many years. With the Slovakian, the coach could return to the system of three centrals that worked so well for him at the start of the course. Or, if he so wishes, he could seat Ramos or Marquinhos, sending them an order to get their batteries together. A priori, the debate is empty, since the still Inter player has not yet signed for PSG. But when it arrives, which it will, possibly in January, since both parties have intensified talks in the last few hours, the title in the defense will be the topic of conversation until February 14, the day the tie against Bayern begins. .

PSG have conceded 15 goals in 20 Ligue 1 games. These are positive data, but the carelessness with which the squad has faced this start of the year is worrying. Galtier asks for time, he blames the mistakes on the short time he has had after the World Cup to bring together all his footballers, but if something is conspicuous by his absence in the French capital, it is time. Bayern, which is not in an idyllic moment either, is rubbing its hands with its rival’s defensive problems in the round of 16 of the top continental competition.