“If Tapie was at PSG …”

Former OM player, long anchored in the club’s organization chart, Jean-Philippe Durand is not tender with PSG. A European colossus whose gaps he points to.

It is certainly not a very objective opinion given the pedigree of the character, clearly affiliated with OM, hated rival of PSG. The fact remains that Jean-Philippe Durand’s analysis probably has its truths at a time when Parisians are showing obvious signs of excitement. Like every season at this time for three years when the time comes to play the knockout stages of the Champions League.

In an interview with RMC Sport, the former head of the Marseille recruiting unit, winner of the C1 in 1993 in the Olympian ranks, did not spare the club in the capital. ” Paris has built a team with stars, renowned players. But concretely, this is not a real team, he believes. I think they do not have a common project that will lead them to surpass themselves in important moments. The important moments are now. The problem of Paris is not the quality of its players. Basically, they can’t make a team. In 1993, when we won the European Cup, we may not have the most brilliant team in OM history. However, in terms of character, mentality, state of mind, we were really on top. We really had a common goal, that of going to the end. “

And Durand praised Bernard Tapie, a president with a fist who he said would do good for the current PSG. ” You wouldn’t have won the European Cup without being managed by a man like Tapie, who knew how to make the most of each player. I think that the situation of PSG, everything that surrounds the club, would never have happened with a manager like Bernard Tapie. If Tapie were at PSG today, it would be different. They would be more likely to win the European Cup than today. He was very rigorous with the players on the discipline, the investment. I don’t think he would have agreed to Neymar celebrating his birthday two days before a game. Or this kind of totally improbable situation. Yes, football has changed, there is more business, communication, sponsors. But I don’t think that in clubs like Juve, Liverpool, Bayern, situations like PSG happen. “

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