PSG press review: Nice, project, Icardi vs Cavani

"Without Neymar and Gueye executives, the puzzle continues: the PSG, faced with the absences of multiple major players, opens the day on the Côte-d'Azur just now, with a weakened workforce, publishesAFP. However, he hopes to benefit from Mbappe and Cavani returns. The infernal calendar and long trips at the other end of the world they explain such "Epidemic"? "For the players, it's too much", Tuchel laments. But do not panic so far: the Ile-de-France coach will be able to rely on other men at the start of the season: Di Maria or Icardi, to animate the attack. Especially in front, Youcef Atal, L1's fastest player, will be suspended."

"The duel Nice-Paris now opposes two of the biggest financial potential of L1, written The Team. For the time being, however, fans from Nice must be content with fantasies. (…) If the new Nice is not able to pay above the market price, as the Parisian leaders have often done, it will have some difficulty in attracting on his own name, even if he managed to keep Vieira on his bench. Of course, he may have the means to continue his recruiting talentas was the case this summer. This will undoubtedly allow him to climb the national hierarchy. Tease Paris? The story of a match, why not. And maybe even tonight. "

"Arrived on loan from Inter, Icardi has the opportunity tonight to show that he can become the first center of the PSG, we read in sports daily. While Cavani makes his return at the competition, nobody really knows if he will be physically able to repeat the races over time, offensive and defensive, as at his finest hours. Icardi, who should start the match while the Matador is on the bench, does not need to work on such efforts. It builds on other strengths. "

The Parisian also evokes the new competition between Mauro Icardi and Edinson Cavani : "The arrival on loan from Icardi has totally rebuffed the cards. For the first time since 2016 and the departure of Ibrahimovic, Cavani finds himself with a real competitor in the paws. If Tuchel could also be tempted to do without both players and privilege Mbapped in peak, the duel between Icardi, a real fox of surfaces, and Cavani, striker at the atypical style of play, looks exciting. (…) The second is at the end of the contract and an extension still does not seem to be studied. The relations between the leaders and the Matador are fluid, but no discussion took place on this subject. Icardi would then have the profile to become his successor. It is loaned with a call option of 65M €. At this rate, the PSG will have a hard time finding an equivalent on the market. If he meets expectations, the leaders would be well advised to jump at the chance. "

About the evening game, we can read that Tuchel "Is a construction supervisor at the head of one of the biggest projects in Europe, obliged to hack like a vulgar handyman on Sunday. (…) It is in this kind of situation that Paris must demonstrate the quality of its bench depth. A task that will fall to Kimpembe, Diallo, Kurzawa, Herrera, Paredes, Choupo-Moting or Icardi, while Mbappe and Cavani could make their return during the match. This is similar to the pre-game scenario of the loss to Reims. Tuchel has already taken out the umbrella. "