Luis Campos, sporting adviser to Paris Saint-Germain, gave a passionate analysis on RMC Sport in Rothen s’enflamme. He looked back on the rapid progression of Luis Enrique’s (55) team, highlighting the emergence of a clear playing identity and PSG’s unpredictability on the pitch.
Luis Campos: “It was magnificent to experience.”
“It all happened a little faster than I expected. We grew a lot during the season. I remember a conversation with Luis Enrique and the president, we said we would build the team without the pressure of winning the Champions League.
And Luis Enrique said: ‘But I came here to win.’ It was an extraordinary season. I congratulate the whole club. It was magnificent to experience, to see how Paris exploded that day. But that’s in the past. We want to think about the future and keep winning important things.”
Luis Campos: “One of Luis Enrique’s secrets is that we have a playing identity.”
“At PSG, we have a very important trio. The president gives his life for the club. The coach has endless energy. He’s got gasoline in the tank. We discussed how we were going to rebuild the team. One of Luis Enrique’s secrets is that we have a clear playing identity, with repeated movements. When the coach arrived, he told me, ‘Luis, this year we’re going to improve.
When you see the players moving on the pitch, you won’t understand.’ I remember a match in Lille where a Lille player said to me: ‘I don’t understand your team, because the players move everywhere.’ When we talk about Hakimi, a right-back, and all that, our team is very difficult to read for the opponent. This unpredictability helps us a lot.”
Luis Campos particularly highlighted Luis Enrique’s imprint at Paris Saint-Germain — a style built on possession, intense pressing and total commitment. The Spaniard has instilled in his players an obsession with the ball: not to slow the game down, but to suffocate the opponent.
In this model, every loss of possession is immediately followed by aggressive counter-pressing, turning the team into a compact, hard-to-break unit. But beyond the tactical principles, Campos stresses the human aspect: Luis Enrique demands total involvement — constant movement, runs and recoveries.
It is this mix of collective discipline and creativity in movement that creates the impression of unpredictability. At PSG, everyone must sacrifice for the collective, a radical change compared to past years when individualities often took precedence. This selflessness has shaped a more mature team, where talent now serves a common identity. Opponents have noticed: this PSG can absorb pressure, come back from difficult situations and, above all, make its rivals play below their usual level.
