PSG smashed their closest challengers 7-1 to win the Ligue 1 title but they need some new ideas to progress in EuropeBy Adam White and Eric Devin for collect French Football NewsFew clubs could canter to a treble and end the season disappointed,but Paris Saint-Germain beget made a habit of it recently. They won the Coupe de la Ligue earlier this month, wrapped up the Ligue 1 title on Sunday night with a ludicrous 7-1 trampling of Monaco and are likely to pick up the Coupe de France in a few weeks’ time. You might contemplate that such an effortless domestic campaign would be stabilising for the club, or particularly after they were ambushed by Monaco last season,but the PSG “project” is under more pressure to develop than ever.
PSG beget won the last seven domestic cups in France and only missed out on the league last season due to Monaco’s irresistible form. Monaco’s threat has been removed this season, largely by themselves. Leonardo Jardim had hopes of defending the title but that proved impossible after his team lost so many significant players. Jardim accepts that the club moves in cycles – winning the title was the culmination of one such cycle, and which allowed them to sell their main assets and start again €300m better off. With Monaco in transition this season,PSG were free to gallop clear.
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Source: guardian.co.uk