Last Saturday with a 1-1 away draw in Strasbourg Paris Saint Germain confirmed this and mathematically victory in the championship of France. Second consecutive for the Parisians and 11th overall in its history, the first being in 1986 and nine since 2013.

But this name is more like one an impressive showcase that hides an ensemble full of toxicity and doubts about tomorrow. Even the celebration that will take place on the last match day in the home game against Clermont next Saturday at the Parc des Princes seems… an unbearable celebration that, once it is over, every star of the team will be swept away. go your own way.

This is in view of the fact that next summer will be enough difficult. Christophe Gautier will be the first to open the door, and the French coach was accused of failing in the Champions League, as well as the fact that he could not tidy up the dressing room. One foot at Messi airport with Barcelona wait for him with open arms until Neymar has long been persona non grata for fans.. As everything shows, from the “magic trinity” only O Concept, but here again the big question arises whether the Frenchman will be able to freely change governments, as he has been until now, since it was reported in France that the leadership intended to change course and choose another team. building philosophy. Moreover, even the seemingly easy title at the beginning of the race turned out to be for a reason, as Lance, and to some extent Marseille, teams with a clearly smaller budget, were chasing the Parisians as best they could.

The signing of Gauthier, who led Lille to the title in 2021, looked like the perfect move last summer. But the 56-year-old coach never managed to find the necessary balance in the team’s dressing room-like dressing room.. Although Paris Saint-Germain went undefeated in the first half of the race, upon their return from the World Cup break, they almost disbanded with six league defeats, one to Marseille in the Cup where they were relegated, and Bayern with two wins. kicked them out of the Champions League. All in all, Gauthier never seemed good enough. He never built anything with this team, he had no identity, no style, and every day he struggled to manage and control a locker room full of superstars. He used the “give the ball to Messi, Neymar and Mbappe and they do the rest” tactic to a large extent, but to little effect. “MHM” was certainly the group’s greatest asset, but at the same time, its greatest disease. Although the numbers are on their side (16 goals and 16 assists in 31 Ligue 1 games for the Argentinean, 13 goals and 11 assists in 20 Ligue 1 games for the Brazilian, who was seriously injured in February and did not play again this season, and 28 goals and five assists in 33 matches by the Frenchman) actually helped less than it seems. The presence of all three left the team unable to press and fragmented.

Off the field, things were clearly worse. A few weeks ago, they “visited” Neymar in his own house. Paris Saint-Germain fans who asked him to pack up and leave, while Messi, acting very differently than during his years at Barcelona, ​​left unannounced for a promotional photo shoot in Saudi Arabia. Chaos ensued, he was banned from the club for two weeks before he apologized for his mistake and returned to the team.

In addition, Mbappe threw his own stone, having received from the management the freedom to command the team, several times he publicly criticized Gauthier’s tactics. At the same time, he deliberately leaked to the press that he was fed up and was looking for a way to leave in January, despite the fact that he signed a new contract in May last year.. All this created a situation that Gauthier, who had never had such problems at Lille, could not cope. Except, of course, that the trio’s antics infuriated the other players as well.

Everything shows that the next interval Paris SZ to be redesigned from the ground up. Gauthier, although he has a contract for another year, will leave, and there are many names on the list of possible replacements.
Luis Enrique, Zinedine Zidane, José Mourinho, Marcelo Gallardo, Thiago Motta and Abel Ferreira saw the light. Coaches with different profiles and at different stages of their careers. This time around, Paris Saint-Germain cannot afford another selection mistake.

As for the players Messi expected to start retirement, who will leave when his contract expires on June 30. Neymar, who is looking for a new chapter in his career, will have a similar course and will have no problem letting him go. Moreover, even he Nasser Al-Khelaifi, he realized that “MNM” cannot make the team omnipotent or bring happiness, and therefore gave the green light to disband them, leaving only Mbappe. Attention has now shifted to the likes of Manu Kone, Moani and Marcus Thuram in an attempt to bolster the French core, while Harry Kane, Viktor Ocimen and Dusan Vlahovic were targeted at the top of the attack.

Next Saturday, the Parc des Princes will host the last performance of Paris Saint-Germain as we have known it until now. And when the awards are over and the lights go out, everyone goes their own way, leaving the team in search of their own …