PSG left with gaps to fill after disappointing season
By Julien Pretot
PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Paris St Germain ended their season with only one major トロフィー as they lost out to Lille in the race for the Ligue 1 肩書を与える on Sunday, leaving coach Mauricio Pochettino and sports director Leonardo with gaps to fill ahead of the 2021-22 （選挙などの）運動をする.
The 資本／首都 味方する finished second in Ligue 1, one point behind Lille, after 存在 knocked out in the 支持する／優勝者s League 半分-決勝戦 and winning the French Cup earlier this week.
Last year PSG （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the French Cup, Ligue 1 肩書を与える, the last 版 of the League Cup and reached the 支持する／優勝者s League final, only for coach Thomas Tuchel to be 解雇（する）d last December to make way for Argentine Pochettino.
The German has since led Chelsea to the 支持する／優勝者s League final, while Pochettino has failed to have an 衝撃 in Paris in his first 職業 に引き続いて his 解雇（する）ing by Tottenham Hotspur in November 2019 after he took them to the European Cup final.
The blend of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Keylor Navas and Marquinhos has failed to 解除する PSG to their 願望（する）d 高さs after the club spent an 注目する，もくろむ-watering 1.3 billion euros ($1.58 billion) since Qatar Sports 投資 took over at the end of 2011.
Throughout the season, PSG 欠如（する）d composure on the pitch and shortcomings in their 新規採用 政策 appeared evident.
If Brazil 今後 Neymar or フラン striker Mbappe are not at their best, PSG do not 向こうずね and often look like they have no game 計画（する）. They are 行方不明の some 最高の，を越す players in 重要な positions.
Their 十分な 支援するs are too often 圧倒するd and bring little offensively, while in the midfield the likes of Ander Herrera, Leandro Paredes and Idrissa Gueye have yet to show they have the 質 to feature in a 主要な European 味方する.
Only Marco Verratti has shown he has what it takes, but the Italy international is too often 一時停止するd or 負傷させるd.
In the last two years, PSG have failed to attract world class players, apart from goalkeeper 重要な lor Navas from Real Madrid, while losing the likes of defender Thiago Silva, now a team leader at Chelsea, and striker Edinson Cavani who has had a 実りの多い／有益な season at Manchester 部隊d.
Both players were 否定するd a 契約 拡張 by Leonardo, who has 焦点（を合わせる）d on 延長するing the 取引，協定s of Neymar and Mbappe.
While Neymar has now 調印するd for PSG until 2025, Mbappe has yet to agree an 拡張, with his 取引，協定 満了する／死ぬing at the end of next season.
"Everyone knows that I have a 深い attachment to the club. I have always been 感謝する to the 大統領，／社長 and my さまざまな coaches," said Mbappe after 存在 指名するd Ligue 1 Player of the Year on Sunday.
"After that, what I want is to 勝利，勝つ. I want to feel that I'm in a place where I can really 勝利，勝つ, where there's a solid 事業／計画（する） around me. I eat football, I live football, and therefore the 冒険的な 事業／計画（する） is 必須の."
($1 = 0.8213 euros) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)
