Here we go again, like in the era of Neymar or Marco Verratti, when the Catalan club forced itself to repatriate the Brazilian or to afford the Italian… Since then, relations between Catalans and Parisians had clearly improved, and it is even with Real Madrid that the capital club seemed to be the most at odds. But now the Lamine Yamal affair has added a good layer of fuel to the fire…
It must be said that during the night from Monday to Tuesday, on the plateau ofEl Chiringuitothe right arm of Barcelona president Joan Laporta Enric Masip confirmed the existence of an offer from PSG for the little Spanish prodigy last summer. Enough to confirm rumors released in the media, and comments from Laporta himself, who had not however specified that the offer came from PSG at the time of his statements. Behind, Paris Saint-Germain insisted on denying, but the damage is done in a way…
PSG does not understand Barça
As indicated SportPSG is in disbelief following this media outing from a Barça manager. As the Catalan newspaper explains, PSG was able to get news from the player via Jorge Mendes, but nothing more, and it is a fairly usual procedure which is done with hundreds of players during each transfer window. The Catalan media release was not to the taste of PSG, where we insist on the fact that there was no offer for the 2024 European champion.
In addition, PSG knows full well that Lamine Yamal is not going to leave Barça in the near future and believes that it is not even worth trying anything. We remind you that the winger’s release clause is 1 billion euros, which would prevent us from witnessing Neymar 2.0, especially since PSG has also changed its strategy in the transfer window. So what is Barça playing with these types of statements? This is what PSG is wondering…
