More than five years since Thiago Motta left PSG. And more than five years that the capital club is still looking for its successor. Since 2016, arrivals at the defensive midfielder position have flocked to Paris. From Grzegorz Krychowiak, via Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Paredes or Manuel Ugarte more recently – with whom we will have to be patient, failures have often supplanted successes, only illustrated by short parentheses. And even if the future arrival of Gabriel Moscardo in this position remains a bet for the future, the capital club understood that it would need reinforcement immediately.
In this sense, The Team reported in recent days an interest from PSG in Joshua Kimmich (28 years old, under contract until 2025), a sure bet for many years in this position in Europe, despite a loss of momentum in recent weeks. Tempted by a departure from Bayern Munich this summer, the German international feels the need to breathe new life into his career, even more so six months before a Euro at home where he will have the ambition to play the leading roles with Mannschaft. If Barça had once been designated as the number one destination for the player, its lame financial situation redistributed the cards.
Newcastle ready to play a dirty trick on PSG
If this conjecture opens up a fairly wide field of possibilities for PSG, it will nevertheless be necessary to count on competition from a new suitor, and one that PSG knows very well having been plucked in its lair this season in the Champions League. Indeed, as reported BILD this Wednesday, Newcastle, executioner of the Ile-de-France residents this season at St James Park (Paris had been swept aside 4-1 there before obtaining a 1-1 draw and controversy at the Parc des Princes) interfered in the matter recently. Eager to strengthen themselves in midfield, at a time when the name of Bruno Guimarães is linked to the biggest clubs in Europe, the Magpies have reportedly contacted the Munich club about the German international (82 caps, 6 goals) .
Although 10th in the Premier League, the English club intends to strike a big blow, even if it will probably have to wait until the summer. BILD specifies that the player keeps a cool head on this subject. In recent days, Kimmich had also kicked in: “I think we will meet one day and the club will come to me. Everything that is discussed will be between us… and obviously not with you”, adding that a departure this winter was not on the agenda. A game of lying poker or a real desire to stay in Germany? The coming weeks will give us new answers.
