Following their 5-0 victory over Inter in the Champions League final, Steven Gerrard thinks Paris Saint-Germain may now have a “big problem” during the summer transfer window.
In an outstanding performance at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, Luis Enrique’s team crushed Inter, with two goals from Desire Doue and goals from Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and 19-year-old substitute Senny Mayulu.
During this season’s Champions League knockout stages, PSG made an impression by defeating Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Arsenal on their way to the championship game.
Additionally, Gerrard thinks it will be challenging for the recently crowned European champions to turn around Luis Enrique’s team before the start of the following campaign.
‘The biggest problem they’ve got, if they’ve got a problem, is where do they go to improve it?’ Gerrard asked.
‘Do they give the recruitment some time off? Who is out there, who is available, who can come in and take this team to the next level? Because they’ve got everything.’
Gerrard also praised Vitinha of PSG as “the new Xavi” following yet another outstanding performance at the center of Luis Enrique’s midfield.
‘We spoke before the game – does he deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Ancelloti, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola? The answer is yes, it’s such an emphatic way as well,’ Gerrard said on TNT Sports.
‘This team he’s put together, it can beat you in any way, it can beat you with speed, it can beat you with quality, it can force you into a low block and have the variety to open low blocks up, it’s fantastic with set-pieces, it’s got so any game-changers. The talent across this squad… it’s a special group of players and they’re getting coached by a special person as well.
‘There’s one way to answer it – go and put in the best Champions League performance there’s ever been. I’m 45 years of age and I’ve never seen a performance like that. Challenge that.
‘To a man, there’s no ego, they’re prepared to do the dirty work.
‘They’re an all-round good team, they’re brilliant at both sides of the game.’
Owen Hargreaves then said: What about Vitinha? It’s like he had the freedom of the pitch, nobody got near him at any point.
Gerrard replied: ‘The new Xavi, he’s the new Xavi.’