Tracked by Paris Saint-Germain during this summer transfer window, Marcus Thuram will not finally land in the club of the French capital… He announced his choice to the management of PSG.
Considered one of the priorities of the summer market, knowing that Luis Campos had made him the versatile striker, capable of playing in the axis or on one side, so much sought after, Marcus Thuram will not come to the Parc des Princes. Yet tempted by the idea of joining his friend Kylian Mbappé at PSG next season, the 25-year-old has long discussed with the Ile-de-France management in recent weeks. PSG had even offered him a big contract, bigger than the proposals of other interested clubs, but Thuram finally decided to decline PSG’s approach. According to information from L’Equipe, “several factors would have played in the choice of Thuram”. Positioned as a center-forward in Mönchengladbach, where he is coming to the end of his contract, Lilian’s son clearly wants to settle permanently in this central position, which PSG could hardly promise him knowing that Mbappé already occupies this position. space.
The lack of a fatal sports project at PSG
TEAM INFO. Marcus Thuram will not sign for PSG
The French international, at the end of his contract in Mönchengladbach, announced this Thursday afternoon to the leaders of the capital club that he would not commit to PSG https://t.co/kuxN6ig2WW pic.twitter.com/bfusKIckX7
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The lack of clarity of the Ile-de-France sports project also played a role in the balance, since between the expected departure of Christophe Galtier and the probable appointment of Luis Enrique, vagueness still reigns at PSG as the next season is already fast approaching. “Anxious, after four years in the Bundesliga, to have a collective context ensuring that he can stretch his progress”, Thuram did not want to wait for the validation of the future Spanish coach of PSG to make his choice. It is therefore for all these reasons that Thuram has chosen not to commit to Paris for the next few seasons. A blow for Campos, who will now have to find another versatile attacker on the transfer market. Regarding Marcus Thuram, he could quickly move on, since AC Milan has made considerable progress on this file in recent days.
