Author of a precious double on Tuesday evening at the Parc des Princes, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was one of the main players in this legendary PSG-Bayern Munich (5-4), in the semi-finals first leg of the Champions League. Which must give regret to some. In the spring of 2022, a club at the top of the Ligue 1 table actually had the opportunity to recruit the Georgian winger for barely 15 million euros.
Four years later, its market value has exploded: it is estimated at 90 million euros by the specialized site
Transfermarktthe former Neapolitan having cost the capital club almost 80 million euros in January 2025. Between these two moments there was a missed meeting which says a lot about the French market, as Willy Sagnol, Georgia coach since 2021, has already explained.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia snubbed by Ligue 1
The former Blues right-back confided that he had proposed “Kvara”, then a Dinamo Batumi player, to several elite clubs for a year, repeating to them that the financial risk was almost zero. According to him, only Nice really dug deep into the file, before being overtaken by Naples. “Apart from one club, not everyone laughed in my face but did not take me seriously”he confided on Ligue 1+ last September.
“Julien Fournier (former general manager of the Gym) had been interested. He had spoken with the player and his agent. Unfortunately, Naples had been faster. But Julien was the only one who had a nose. Or perhaps the delicacy of listening to me more deeply”he added. On RMC Sport, he also explained that a historic leader of Ligue 1 had completely rebuffed him. A huge mistake given its trajectory.
