Tenth in the 2025 Ballon d’Or rankings, Nuno Mendes took on yet another new dimension last season. Yet the one who today considered the best left back on the planet could have left Paris Saint-Germain last winter.
Before extending his lease until June 2030 at the beginning of February, the 23-year-old Portuguese international was the subject of keen interest from Manchester United, willing to offer him a golden contract. This did not leave the former Sporting player indifferent, who, at the time, did not feel sufficiently considered in Paris, from a sporting and financial point of view.
So much so that Nuno Mendes would have seriously considered looking elsewhere last winter. In any case, this is what RMC Sport journalist Fabrice Hawkins, guest of the Aliotalk podcast, assured.
“Nuno Mendes did not feel considered financially and sportingly”
“It creates a lot of frustration because when we have an important player like him who is part of the eleven, and we earn less than a Parisian titi or a player who almost never plays. It hurts the ego and in a locker room, that matters”explained the journalist.
And to continue: “ They tried to make several proposals and in particular those which seemed adequate, but which did not suit Nuno Mendes. That’s why, at one point, he considered leaving very, very seriously. Not because he wanted to leave PSG, but because once again, he did not feel considered financially and sportingly. » By finally deciding to stay and extend in Paris, the Portuguese made a choice that he certainly should not regret today.
