2024-08-15 19:57:55
Ligue 1 is back. Almost three months after the end of a year marked by the twelfth title won by Paris Saint-Germain, by the surprise of Brest and the different times experienced by the locomotives Marseille and Lyon, the French championship opens a new chapter of history- your account. Between the transfer window at the stand, the new broadcaster and the departure of star Kylian Mbappé, what can we expect from the 2024-2025 season full of surprises?
A more open approach to the title?
Since 2018, he has won the world rankings in France. Kylian Mbappé, a free transfer from PSG to Real Madrid this summer, will leave a place in Ligue 1. A breach into which many competitors will try to rush. Obviously the favorite to succeed, PSG seemed untouchable without the incredible contribution of goals from its former striker. In the last two seasons, Mbappé actually won 25% and 21% of his team’s wins in the championship, a significant percentage that the Parisians will have to fill.
What will give hope to the competition? Last year’s runner-up, Monaco had a rather stable heat in its squad, while OM and OL, eager to make up for it after we talked time, broke the bank: 84.50 million by one, 134.29 million by others. Enough to tickle the Parisian ogre?
From Zerbi to OM
You have to squint your eyes to make sure the information is real. Appointed coach of Olympique de Marseille on June 29, Roberto De Zerbi surprised everyone by choosing to settle on the Marseille bench for the next three seasons. Promised to be among the elite of European football, the Italian technician, considered one of the most promising coaches on the world circuit, was announced at Barça or Bayern.
Anointed by the greatest apostles of the possession game, such as Marcelo Bielsa or Pep Guardiola, De Zerbi will have the important task of returning OM to the Champions League, after a disappointing season that ended in 8th place in the league. One thing is certain, his signing brought a great breath of fresh air to Canebière, laying the cornerstone of the XXL transfer window, marked in particular by the arrivals of Elye Wahi, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Gerónimo Rulli.
The return of Saint-Étienne to Ligue 1
After two seasons in purgatory, the Greens are back. On May 2, at the end of an unbearable outing against Metz (2-1, 2-2), ASSE punched its return ticket to the glory of French football, the final reward after a crazy season. After being nine places behind on the podium in the evening of the 18th, “Sainté” managed a dizzying comeback during the return stage, taking third place in the standings.
Saint-Étienne and its famous man Geoffroy-Guichard are making their comeback in the popularity of French football. FEP / Exercise Symbol
Removed at the end of the turbulent season in the summer of 2022, Forez’s team has changed or almost everything: owner, coach, team… The matches played in Ligue 2.
Beyond the sporting issues, it is also the prospect of returning to one of the most beautiful landscapes in France which makes the return of the Greens so important. There is no doubt that everyone at Le Chaudron will want to leave their mark on their return to the first division. The date of the derby against OL, scheduled for April 20, 2025, has already been marked…
These are the times for Brest
Back to earth or the pursuit of a dream? This is the question that occupies the hearts of Stade Brestois followers from the end of an exceptional year for the small Breton club. Third and directly qualified for the Champions League, the first in its history, SB29 surprised the country with the quality of its play, a lot of progress, last season.
But doing at least as well as practice ended with 61 points on the clock, although Brestois will have to face a similar burden of European competition physically and emotionally, promises to be difficult. Especially since pirates can’t go crazy on the shipping market.
“There are players that we would like to have, but we are not able to give them the salary conditions that they ask of us. If we start to get excited today, in two years maybe it can no longer be a club and we will say that we do anything,” Grégory Lorenzi explained on this topic in L’Équipe on August 14.
Waltz of the coaches
If the transfer window is rather quiet in terms of players in Ligue 1, the same cannot be said about the training market. Seven teams out of the 18 that are famous French football have actually changed the technicians this summer, causing an explosive game of musical chairs. Apart from Roberto De Zerbi and Liam Rosenior (Strasbourg), all other new coaches have experienced internal promotion to Ligue 1.
Franck Haise, the successful architect of RC Lens, flew to OGC Nice and will focus on taking the Riviera club to a new level, which has not yet reached the level of ambitions shown by its owner INEOS. The question of integration also occurs for its replacement in Artois. After leaving Reims with losses and attacks, Will Still, known for his honest communication and modern style of play, will have to adapt to the position of Lens at the end of a more difficult season for Sang et Or.
Franck Haise is the new coach of OGC Nice. Sports logo
Still in the North, Bruno Genesio has found work near Lille. The economic context is still complicated, the weakening of the defensive sector following the sale of Leny Yoro… many challenges for the native of Lyon, who will effectively get Paulo Fonseca (who left for AC Milan), whose quality play suggests make an impression.
In the middle and at the bottom of the table, there are still many surprises: Luka Elsner will confirm the great promises made in Le Havre in the Reims team? Will Didier Digard succeed in keeping the most senior club in Ligue 1 after his spell at Nice?
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