It's hard to miss these days. Having become a must for Didier Deschamps since his first selection on September 6, 2024 during a defeat for the Blues against Italy at the Parc des Princes (1-3), Manu Koné is now establishing himself as an executive of the France team. Physical, technical, leader on the field, his qualities are highly appreciated by the coach, but not only that.
An indisputable starter with Roma when he is spared from physical problems, the former Borussia Mönchengladbach player does not leave certain top names in Serie A, but also in Europe, indifferent, in search of density in midfield. Inter Milan had already inquired about the situation of Manu Koné last summer, but the price set at fifty million euros by the leaders of AS Rome very quickly cooled the enthusiasm of the finalist of the last Champions League.
Nothing to scare Paris Saint-Germain who, according to information from Corriere dello Sport but also from several French sources, would have come back to enlist the former Toulouse player with an offer higher than the price set by Frederic Massara, sporting director of the Italian club.
Sixty million, and that’s it!
This is not the first time that the name of Manu Koné is associated with the capital club. But this time it seems serious. The Italian media claims that PSG would be ready to pay sixty million euros to secure the services of the 24-year-old player, valued at fifty million euros by the site Transfermarkt. A more than substantial sum and therefore difficult to refuse from an economic point of view for Roma.
From a sporting point of view, if the French midfielder were to agree to join Paris, a question persists concerning the guarantees offered by the European champion. Luis Enrique's squad would obviously be improved with the arrival of a strong starter with the Blues and at the club, but it remains to be seen how Manu Koné could integrate the game plan of the Spanish tactician, embodied by the trio of indestructible Vitinha, Joao Neves and Fabian Ruiz.
