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Why Paris Saint-Germain have almost nothing to lose this season?

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The Ligue 1 season will commence on Friday, 21st August, with PSG's fierce rivals Marseille hosting Strasbourg. Luis Enrique's side's first league game of the season is at the Parc des Princes against Rennes on Sunday, 23rd August. In the meantime, the European champions are gearing up for the start of the season with a preseason friendly against Man United, an UEFA Super Cup final against Aston Villa, and a Trophée des Champions final against Lens. Here at PSG Post, we discuss why the club won't be under pressure this upcoming season

Why Paris Saint-Germain have almost nothing to lose this season?

The players will be tired after a long season

PSG had a total of 15 players at the World Cup. Lucas Digne, Maghnes Akliouche, Lucas Hernandez, Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola, Désiré Doué, Warren Zaire Emery (France), Vitinha, Joao Neves, Nuno Mendes, and Joao Neves (Portugal), Fabian Ruiz (Spain), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Marquinhos (Brazil), Willian Pacho (Ecuador), and Ibrahim Mbaye (Senegal) featured at the World Cup for their national teams. France went to the semi-finals, and Spain won the tournament, so Ruiz (Spain) and Dembélé, Doué, Barcola, Hernandez, Akliouche, and Zaire Emery (France) will join the squad late. Those seven players will reach peak physical fitness later than the rest of their teammates.

The French champions won back-to-back Champions League titles

Les Parisiens defended their Champions League title following a win against Arsenal on penalties. Mikel Arteta's side made it difficult for PSG's side on the day, with the French champions struggling to create chances despite having the majority of possession. Winning the Champions League for a second time in a row will take the pressure off the club, as that was the owner's biggest goal since the takeover in 2011. Despite this, they should not take any opponent for granted, as every team in Europe will want to beat them, given the success that they have had over the past two seasons.

PSG haven't signed any world-class players thus far this transfer window

So far this window, Les Parisiens have signed Lucas Digne (£10 million), Maghnes Akliouche (£50 million), and Alessandro Longoni (free). In previous years, they had signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe for a combined fee of over 400 million pounds. None of the new players will be expected to hit the ground running, particularly Longoni, as he is going to be third choice goalkeeper behind Matvey Safonov and Lucas Chevalier. Akliouche still has his work cut out to start for the team, as Désiré Doué, Khvicha, and potentially Bradley Barcola are ahead of him in the pecking order.

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