New coach Luis Enrique is expected to set new rules to make PSG a real team, but that could make it difficult for some players like Neymar.
Last week, coach Luis Enrique officially started coaching at the new team PSG. The strategist who won the 2015 treble with Barca has the task of creating a revolution to help the Ligue 1 champion become the C1 champion.
Famous for being strict and meticulous, Lucho is also very demanding of his students to be able to perform tasks from the Board of Directors. Right in the first speech at the club, the 53-year-old coach made an unprecedented request at the team.
Accordingly, Luis Enrique wants to build an identity for PSG from communication, so he requires the whole team to speak fluent French. Even he himself started the interview speaking in French and Lucho revealed that he is fluent in this language.
“Today, in the dressing rooms of the biggest clubs in the world there are at least five or six different nationalities. You usually have to speak three or four languages. Communicating in different languages is part of the game. Modern football, that’s normal.
I see it as an opportunity. Learning French is one of the things I want to do quickly, but I can also speak Italian, English, Spanish with some players… It would be nice when everyone can communicate in the right language. suit them. But in the group, the best and most important thing is that all foreign players have to learn French,” the new PSG coach announced.
This request of coach Luis Enrique can make it difficult for some players, including his old game Neymar. Despite playing for PSG and living in Paris for 6 years, the striker still does not speak French.
He often communicates with his teammates in Portuguese (the main language of Brazil), a little Spanish and English. When participating in the interview, the 31-year-old striker still needed a translator. In fact, Neymar knows French and can partially understand what the coach is saying, but has never been fluent.
At the age of 31, mastering a language is still not a big deal, but with Neymar’s playful personality and lifestyle, spending time learning is probably a luxury. However, the Brazilian superstar will have to change to meet the requirements of coach Luis Enrique to hope to stay at PSG peacefully.
