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Luis Enrique warns of weekly PSG omissions after Digne left out of Monaco squad

PSG’s winless Ligue 1 start deepened against Monaco. Luis Enrique left Lucas Digne out of the squad and told supporters to expect three players omitted every week.

Published 5 Sept 20262 min read

ARAisha RahmanData and broadcast editor
Luis Enrique warns of weekly PSG omissions after Digne left out of Monaco squad

If you are scanning soccer games today for Ligue 1 live stream options, the news out of Paris is not a preview. It is a selection policy. Lucas Digne was left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad to face Monaco on Friday, and Luis Enrique made the rule explicit.

You need to start get ready to see three players out every week, the PSG coach said, according to Fabrizio Romano. Digne was fit. Nuno Mendes was serving the last game of a suspension. The left-back still did not make the 21-man list. French reporting confirmed the omission was a coaching decision, not an injury.

The match itself added weight. PSG lost 2-1 at home to Monaco and remain without a Ligue 1 win after three games, their worst opening stretch since 2012-13. Enrique refused panic. He said he was pleased with what he had seen, that expected-goals numbers favoured his side, and, asked who would be champions, added that he was saying nothing.

The club had announced contract extensions for Enrique through 2030 plus João Neves, Fabián Ruiz, Willian Pacho, Lucas Beraldo and Senny Mayulu on the same day. That stability sits next to a harder message for the dressing room: a deeper squad means weekly absences from the matchday list.

Digne, signed from Aston Villa, had already been overlooked for starts against Rennes and Lille while Mendes was banned. Enrique had previewed the new reality earlier in the campaign after leaving Senny Mayulu out at Rennes: more players will watch from the stands than last season.

For the live soccer on TV audience, the takeaway is selection, not speculation. PSG’s next Ligue 1 dates will come with three names missing as a matter of policy. Anyone asking where to watch the champions now has the squad context that actually changed on Friday: Digne sat, Monaco won, and Enrique told the league to expect the same cut every week.

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