The Champions League will be the thermometer PSG to define the future: the title in the most important event in Europa It would allow a continuity of the project, but a new unease would end the cycle of several footballers. And in parallel to the defeat at home against Bayern Munich, Chelsea began planning to hire Neymar.
In the desire to win the Champions League, the Parisian entity made thunderous investments. The most impressive of all was Neyfor whom he spent 222 million dollars to achieve his transfer from Barcelona. That money -for the moment- became irrecoverable: from the football point of view it was systematically questioned and private life left more reproaches than acceptances.
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Although in each transfer market from Paris They put the departure of the Brazilian under evaluation, in June the intentions come from another geographical point. The newspaper The Parisian revealed that the owner of the English group –Todd Boehly– met with the highest authority of the French –Nasser AlKhealaifi– in a hotel located near the Charles de Gaulle Squarean emblematic site of Paris.
The man born soccer player in Santos He has 17 goals and 16 assists in 28 games this season. Those stats might be commendable on any other team, but on PSG generates criticism from the press and an irretrievable relationship with the ultras. This discouraging context, no matter how you look at it, motivates the South American to think about the chance to emigrate, something that would already have a cost: at the age of 31 his price fell prudently and the market value would be close to 64 million dollars, a figure that it wouldn’t be a handicap for the Blues.
In any case, in the course of the remaining months for the next recess, PSG’s decision will have to be considered. It is that at this time from the club they report that “there are no intentions of selling Neymar”, a message that has a certain logic so as not to emotionally upset a very important footballer in the pursuit of sporting goals.
A not so surprising encounter
In his role as president of the Association of European Clubs (ECA), Al-Khelaïfi has regular meetings with the leaders of the main clubs in the Old continent. That role also allows him to stay on top of his institution’s business, just as is the case with Chelsea during these hours.
How is the relationship between the two? The last antecedent was not favorable, although there would have been no resentments. On the closing of the market the leader of the Ligue 1 tried to reinforce Judge Ziyechbut an erroneous crossing of documentation deprived its arrival and the possibility of looking for a replacement for that alternative.
It will not be the first time that Chelsea wants the South American star, who could meet an old acquaintance. The bad campaign of Graham Potter In the substitute bank, he motorized the search for a possible replacement, who would already have a name if the cycle came to an end: Luis Enrique. Both shared a dressing room at the Blaugrana during 2014 and 2017, during which time they won nine titles.
