Posted January 4, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. by GdSS
Very little used by PSG in recent months despite being announced as very promising prospects, Edouard Michut and Xavi Simons have finally had their chance in the first team. And it even seems that their status could change quickly at the dawn of this year 2022 …
It is a fact, since the takeover of PSG by Qatar in 2011, the management of the club in the capital must face a recurring problem: the exodus of young talents from the training center who, frustrated by their limited development prospects with the presence of stars in the first team , decide to change air. This was particularly the case in the past of Kingsley Coman ( Bayern Munich ), Moussa Dembélé ( OL ), Dan-Axel Zagadou ( Borussia Dortmund ) or even Tanguy Kouassi ( Bayern Munich), but this subject is still topical at PSG , and Xavi Simons as well as Edouard Michut are the symbol. The first, under contract until next June, would have threatened to go free while he does not really fit in the plans of Mauricio Pochettino in the first team, while the second considers that the promises formulated at his contract extension (until June 2025) were not held by PSG . But their situation could eventually change …
Simons and Michut finally launched into the deep end
Indeed, Pochettino had decided to establish Edouard Michut and Xavi Simons Monday evening in the Coupe de France, on the lawn of Vannes (4-0), and the Argentinian coach of PSG even hinted at France 3 afterwards that he was prepared to give them more regular playing time in the first team: “I think we have an incredible academy. It is important that they can find themselves on the pitch with the first team and that they can participate in this adventure. There are really very good players. The academy is doing very well. It's important for the club to have these talents available. We will try to believe in them, and involve them as much as possible, ”said Mauricio Pochettino about Michut and Simons .
“It has to happen again”
Moreover, at the microphone of PSG TV for his big premiere with the professional group, Edouard Michut has him also seemed excited after this match against Vannes : “I'm very happy, I work every day in training so that this kind of moment happens, so obviously I'm very happy. Now it has to happen again, again and again (…) What can anyone wish for me? Happiness, and being able to gradually integrate the group, and play more and more! “Said the young PSG midfielder, who hopes to quickly follow up with another appearance for the first team. The message got through…