PSG closes a surprise sale of 20 million: Chadaille Bitshiabu, which will be acquired by Leipzig. As usual at PSG and despite a reformist speech at the highest levels of the club, the Parisian team has decided to rule out several of its homegrown players to try to sell them and balance their accounts.
With more than 100 million euros invested in transfers so far this summer, the brand new Ligue 1 champion needs to earn money so that Fair Play does not expose him again this year.
PSG closes a surprise sale for 20 million
This Wednesday, Luis Campos met with some young people to formally inform them that they do not count for PSG and, in addition, to show them the exit door. Edouard Michut, on loan to Sunderland last season, Vimoj Muntu Wa Mungu, Nehemiah Fernandez-Veliz and Moutanabi Bodiang are the footballers who will train, starting this Thursday, separately with the group and will not travel to the tour of Japan next July 22.
To this we must add that El Chadaille Bitshiabu, one of the club’s most promising defenders, will be sold to Leipzig for a figure that could reach, with bonuses included, 20 million euros. The young defender has been used by PSG to make cash and to balance accounts, a formula that the sports management has been using as it happened in their day with Nkunku or Moussa Diaby.
The sale of Bitshiabu, which will mean financial relief for PSG, joins that of Junior Dina-Ebimbe, who was transferred to Eintracht for 6.5 million euros. Although Al Khelaïfi stated a year ago, in an interview with Le Parisien, that the goal was “to make a team of players from Paris and bet more strongly on the quarry”, the reality is that the scenario remains identical to that of recent years. with all the homegrown players.
Ayman Kari, another great player project, went on loan to Lorient, as he did last season, to try to grow in view of the few opportunities he enjoyed at PSG. Except for surprise, only Warren Zaïre-Emery, a 17-year-old midfielder with enormous potential and who started against Bayern in the round of 16 of the last Champions League, will be the squad player who has a regular basis with Luis Enrique. The rest, as usual, will have to pack their bags and help PSG make cash.
In summary, PSG continues its strategy of getting rid of young talents to balance its accounts and stay within the established financial limits. Meanwhile, the promise of betting on the academy and building a team of Parisian players seems to fade, leaving the young players without a clear path to ownership at the club from the French capital. With the sale of Bitshiabu to Leipzig, PSG manages to earn a significant sum, but at the cost of losing one of its most promising defenders. Time will tell if this economic strategy will be enough to keep the club at the top of European football.
