Why PSG shouldn't sign players based on the World Cup?

The second games of the group stage are coming to an end. There are several underrated players who are making a name for themselves at the tournament, such as Denis Undav, Jonathan David, and Crysencio Summerville who is reportedly on PSG's radar. The trio has had a brilliant campaign thus far for their respective countries (Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands). Undav has three goals and two assists in five games, David scored three goals in two games, and Summerville has two goals and an assist in one game. Here at PSG Post, we discuss why the two-time European champions should not sign players based on the World Cup.

The World Cup is not a big enough sample size

The most games a team will play at this year's World Cup is eight. This is nowhere near enough to determine whether a player is good enough to play for the best team in Europe. If the club wants to scout a player who isn't well known, they need to keep tabs on them for around a year. This remains a risk, as some players are one-season wonders and may not perform well in another league. It would be difficult to know how they will adapt to Ligue 1's physical demands, as even Messi struggled in his first season at PSG.

Brilliant players can have bad World Cups

The 2010 World Cup will be remembered as the tournament where neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo was able to make their mark. Messi failed to score in that tournament while Ronaldo scored just once in four games. Ronaldo has not scored a knockout goal in a World Cup, which is remarkable when you factor in the quality of players that he has played with. Ronaldo's World Cup knockout record shows that the tournament shouldn't always make or break a player's career.

International football is different to club football

Playing for your club and country differ in so many ways. International football features drastically reduced training time, restricted player selection (based on nationality rather than transfer markets), and higher physical intensity. Whereas club football relies on daily tactical drilling and unlimited player budgets, the international game depends on squad cohesion built in brief training windows. At the international level players will have less chemistry as they don't play with each other weekly. It will be difficult to know how someone's game at the international level will translate to the highest level of the club game.

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