LOSC Lille surprised everyone last season as they went toe-to-toe with the Paris Saint-Germain for the Ligue 1 title and eventually managed to pip them to it.Nevertheless, this season has been anything but what we saw last campaign. They barely managed to offer resilience to their title defense and it was well over within the first ten games of the season.The club's demise was well on the cards after Christophe Galtier's departure as their head coach. The club now finds itself outside the top ten following a heavy 5-1 defeat to PSG.Paris Saint-Germain@PSG_English⏸️ We hit the break in Lille! Goals and spectacle during this superb first period @LOSC_EN - @PSG_English @iamDaniloP 10' @kimpembe_3 32' Messi 38' #𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗣𝗦𝗚 I 1-32:06 AM · Feb 7, 202277454⏸️ We hit the break in Lille! Goals and spectacle during this superb first period 💪❤️💙@LOSC_EN 1️⃣ - 3️⃣ @PSG_English⚽️ @iamDaniloP 10'⚽️ @kimpembe_3 32'⚽️ Messi 38' #𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗣𝗦𝗚 I 1-3 https://t.co/B3jGFk6K5pFailed transfer businessFor a club looking to mount a title defense, Lille needed to have added depth to their squad to compete both in France and in Europe.Boubakary Soumare, who was instrumental in making Les Dougues' defense the least leakiest, departed for Leicester City. Soumare enjoyed a tremendous season under Galtier where he paired up with French international Benjamin Andre.Get French Football News@GFFNLeicester City are pushing aggressively to attempt to conclude a deal to sign Boubakary Soumaré from Lille - the player, advised by his entourage, intends to wait to assess all possible summer interest - full story. bit.ly/2QWy8l38:40 AM · May 9, 202132834Leicester City are pushing aggressively to attempt to conclude a deal to sign Boubakary Soumaré from Lille - the player, advised by his entourage, intends to wait to assess all possible summer interest - full story. bit.ly/2QWy8l3Goalkeeper Maik Maignan, who just like Soumare guided their backline throughout the campaign, made a stunning move to AC Milan.The club failed to replace any of these star players in the summer.The winter transfer market has not brought many dividends either as they could only manage to rope in just one player - winger Edon Zhegrova from FC Basel. He joined as a back-up for Timothy Weah.LOSC@LOSC_ENIncoming Welcome to Lille, Edon Zhegrova! #LOSC | @NBFootball2:30 AM · Jan 15, 202214411Incoming 🇽🇰👀Welcome to Lille, Edon Zhegrova! ❤️#LOSC | @NBFootball https://t.co/lusszimGZOConservative management at LilleThe new man in charge is none other than Jocelyn François Gourvennec. Gourvennec has created a reputation in France as a master in avoiding relegation for lower-tier clubs.His hiring in the first place raised plenty of eyebrows at the time given his relative inexperience of managing the clubs in the upper-echelons of French football.No wonder they went from Galtier's attacking modern football to a traditional set-up that often employs Jonathan David as the target man. The maneuver itself has cost Lille several games as David is more of a playmaker than a proper number nine.Get French Football News@GFFNA disastrous draw for Lille having valiantly won their group. Hope lies in last season's defensive solidity when under pressure via Fonte and Botman and their lightning pace on the counter though David, Bamba and Sanches. Can Gourvennec replicate Galtier's precision? twitter.com/GFFN/status/14…5:42 AM · Dec 13, 2021576A disastrous draw for Lille having valiantly won their group. Hope lies in last season's defensive solidity when under pressure via Fonte and Botman and their lightning pace on the counter though David, Bamba and Sanches. Can Gourvennec replicate Galtier's precision? twitter.com/GFFN/status/14…It is only in recent weeks that Gourvennac has paired him with new signing Hatem Ben Arfa, who is undoubtedly past his prime, to strengthen the scoring prospects.Expectation from the rest of the seasonLille are well out of contention for European qualification. Their defeat to PSG was their second in two weeks after their loss to Brest. They are out of the French Cup as well.Interestingly, they find themselves through to Round 16 of the Champions League. However, their chances of progression are quite slim given their scheduled tie against Chelsea.Not only is the club struggling for form but they themselves seem unsure of their true expectations from the season.