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What an incredible final. Two heavyweights going full gung-ho, separated by the finest of margins. Vini Jr had a 89th minute leveller chalked off for the slimmest of offsides where Camavinga was blocking Navas' view and it meant we held on to the lead in a topsy-turvy game to claim the quadruple! I've broken the duck in style for PSG.

May 2024 We've completed the domestic treble with an outstanding result against Marseille. Form and morale couldn't be better as we win the league by 30 points! Ancelotti has tried to unsettle Zaire-Emery, who's recent performances have earned him a starting spot in the final. However we have been hit with a major injury meaning 37 year old Keylor Navas comes in as a replacement. This is how we line up:

We've made it to the final! What a tense game that was... & to have my one-and-only signing score the goal that takes us there is perfect. We scuppered chance after chance. I feared it wouldn't be our day. But our superior fitness levels showed in extra time as we were all over Arsenal and Kokcu's 110th minute goal was a deserved winner. We're facing off against Real - one of only 3 teams that have beaten us this season. I was hoping Napoli could snatch a suprise win at home after only losing 1-0 in Madrid, but Madrid had other ideas and we face a daunting task. Real Madrid's Fixtures One game stands in the way of breaking PSG's UCL duck on my first attempt.

Apr 2024 Our form has been incredible. Considering I am using our 2nd team for the league games, it has been impressive that the winning run has not come to an end (domestically at least). I hope it continues as we aim to reach the UCL final and have the final of the French Cup too.

For the first half it was the first time I have felt that we were completely dominated. We couldn't get hold of the ball and Arsenal had plenty of opportunities to score more. But Marquinhos managed to level just before half time and when we came back out for the 2nd half the game was more balanced and sets us up for a huge home game. Mbappe again suffered a bad injury and will be out of the second leg.

A cagey game opened up once they had a man sent off. We've got Arsenal in the semi-finals.

Barcola started and grabbed a goal before going off injured for Ramos who got a second. We should have scored a few more with a huge 4.03 xG and may come to rue those missed opportunities as we conceded a late wonder strike to halve our advantage going into the home leg.

Mar 2024 We have won the league with 7 games to go! Rennes have gone off form completely, including conceding 2 injury time goals against Ligue 2 Rodez to get knocked out of the French Cup. This means that we can have a total focus on the Champions League. I will definitely be rotating the squad in both the Cup and the League to make sure we have the best squad fully fit and available for our European games. We already have a stacked injury list so keeping the players available fit will be integral to having the best chance of progressing.

That was a hard fought game which we very much deserved to win & eventually we got the 2 goals necessary to go through. We're going to face another German team in the Quarters. If we make it through that, then we will play the winners of Man City v Arsenal.

Youth Intake Day A rather unremarkable intake for a team with maxed-out facilities.

Feb 2024 We've been in scintillating form, apart from the big UCL game. 3-1 against 2nd-placed Rennes means that the gap in the league is up to 15 points with 11 games to go and our goal difference is bordering on the absurd. We're also through the French Cup quarter final where we are facing one of two Ligue 2 sides that have made it to the semis, so I would expect another shot at some silverware. The Dortmund return fixture will make or break our season.

Kimpembe is close to being ready to play again, Ramos could be reregistered and new signing Kokcu are the 3 additions to our UCL squad for the knockout stages. This was a hard loss to take. We didn't deserve to lose at all - we just couldn't convert our chances. And to top it off Mbappe is out for the next 2 months so will miss the home leg & more!

Jan 2024 Fixtures A superb month ending with a 9-goal annihilation of Stade Brest. Man City swooped in and signed Pino after I backed out of the deal. After a relatively quiet transfer window, we received an offer for Jan's Player of the Month Fabian on deadline day from Newcastle which I managed to raise to close to £50M before accepting. I then made an offer to Benfica for Kokcu as a replacement and managed to wrap up the contract proceedings very quickly. Fabian then rejected Newcastle. And they then came knocking for Danilo Periera instead. I negotiated up to a potential £27M for an aging squad player - whose sale could cover most of the funds needed to confirm the Kokcu purchase. I also confirmed the Lukaku deal too - hoping to switch up the way we play slightly next season (if in fact we are even here still!) & one more signing will be joining Lukaku & Ocampos at PSG next season and that is defensive midfielder Lucas Torreira. In summary, we brought in Kokcu for Danilo and have finalised some big signings for next season. Now the focus returns back to the upcoming Champions League ties against Dortmund.

I decided £69M for Pino was too much, especially when I considered this comparison with fringe player Carlos Soler. Mendes is finally fit again and has solved the temporary problem we had for quality depth at left back. Which means the focus is up front. Mbappe leaving means we need a new star striker - and I am deliberating whether to bring in Lukaku at the end of the season.

(Potential) Transfer In Another winger who I could sign but would be destined for more first team minutes is Yeremy Pino. I have asked for a week's delay to deliberate the price tag of £69M.

I think there is only a very slim chance of being at PSG next season. If I win the UCL, I'll have completed my target at the club and will resign - and if I do not win the UCL, I will not have hit the board's target and will probably get sacked. But if I do manage to talk the board into not sacking me then we will face the next season without Mbappe. Transfer In Not a direct replacement by any means, but Ocampos will join for free at the end of his contract and will make a very good squad player.

A solid win and our first trophy in the bag. This piece of silverware wasn't my focus for my time at PSG, but I will always try to win every competition I am in to create a winning culture at the club.

Dec 2023 We got back on track in the league, not conceding since being thumped for four by Havre. Our lead is only 7 points to an impressive Rennes side who have only lost to us & Marseille so far this season. Transfer In I'm glad we escaped any injuries at left back which meant we didn't come to regret not signing Danny Rose . Beraldo will now be our backup LB with Kurzawa dropping down the priority list. Next month we'll have to contend with two notable absentees in Hakimi & Lee who are going to the African & Asian Cup. Our next game is the Trophée des Champions and our first chance for silverware so far in this save. I would love to win it.

Kobenhavn or Salzburg would've been favourable, but we have a tough tie against Dortmund in the Round of 16.

Going from 2-0 up to 2-all I feared the worst. But Marquinhos' goal from a set piece not only stopped us from a nervous finish, but also ensured we finished top of our group! Barcelona & Atletico Madrid don't make it through in a terrible group stage for the Spanish teams with only Madrid left in the competition.

UCL Survival vs Milan Hakimi, Vitinha & Dembele all picked up knocks that force them out of the starting XI too. Mbappe is on the bench but no where near fit.

And now we will be with Ramos (unregistered) & Mbappe for the biggest game of the season so far!

We have just had our ars*s handed to us by Le Havre. That's two back-to-back defeats after starting the season unbeaten for 17 games. We need to settle before we play Milan. We have Nantes next, then the big one.

Nov 2023