5 big European teams and the positions they need to improve next season

#3 Paris Saint-Germain (Fullbacks)

Dani Alves will need to be binned next season

It has been a weird kind of season for the Paris giants as a complete sweep of all domestic titles has been met with shrugs of "so what" by outside fans and pundits.

While the team has swept away all opposing teams to win the Ligue 1, Coupe de Ligue and Coupe de France trophies, its two-legged loss to Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League has cast a huge shadow over the team.

The already much-criticized manager, Unai Emery, has announced his intention to step down at the end of the season and the search for a new manager is already underway.

One of the new manager's key jobs will be to tweak the team's fullbacks positions as while the team is currently big on numbers, it is short on quality (a fact that was brutally exposed by Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Champions League).

For many years while at Barcelona, Dani Alves could lay claim to being the best right-back in the world but this is no longer true as his forward runs have left gaping holes on the right-flank which opponents have exploited as he has lost the speed to recover ground.

The 2nd choice right-back, the Belgian international Thomas Meunier has been an able deputy but heas not shown anything to suggest he can be the first choice back for a serious Champions League-chasing team

The left-back position is just as bad as Yuri Berchiche, a €13m purchase from Real Sociedad last summer has been solid but lacks the speed needed to cover the length of the field and his concentration has been found wanting at times.

First choice Layvin Kurzawa has been a terrible disappointment as his lack of defensive application and basic defensive errors have overshadowed his excellent forward-going abilities.

Two top fullbacks for both positions would have to be the top priority and despite the €400+ million that Neymar and Kylian Mbappe cost/will cost, a bit more will have to be spent in these most crucial of positions.

Tottenham's Danny Rose was mentioned as a possible target but a lot will depend on who the Qatari-backed club appoint as manager.