To strengthen its attacking sector in this winter transfer window, Paris Saint-Germain is targeting the attacking midfielder of Olympique Lyonnais Rayan Cherki. Publicly, the Gones have completely closed the door to the departure of the young talent. However, the discussions continue behind the scenes…
Rayan Cherki, Paris remains on the file.
Rayan is a child of the club who is part of our project. Seeing him courted is normal and makes us proud of our academy too. But having him with us is more important than anything.
On Wednesday, the president of Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas showed great firmness when commenting on Paris Saint-Germain’s interest in their attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki on this winter transfer window. A position renewed by the Rhone club with the newspaper L’Equipe.
Lyon turned down two offers, but…
But is the door completely closed in this case? With great discretion, PSG have already made two concrete approaches to secure the services of the young talent from Les Gones, targeted to replace Pablo Sarabia, recently sold Wolverhampton, within the workforce of the reigning French champion.
And in fact, the Gones have indeed rejected the first two proposals from Paris for Cherki. End of the story ? Not really. Because despite the firmness publicly displayed by the current 9th in the Ligue 1 standings, the Rhone leaders have agreed to continue discussions with their Ile-de-France counterparts. The sign that common ground can be found as the end of this transfer period approaches?
An increased budget for PSG
In any case, to have a chance of completing this operation, Paris will have to pull out the checkbook. Despite the end of Cherki’s contract in June 2024, Lyon will not give in without receiving a nice compensation. For several weeks, PSG’s budget for this winter has been estimated at between 10 and 15 million euros. An insufficient sum for Cherki. But precisely, the Paris envelope was increased last week in Doha! A question now arises: does the L1 leader have the means to crack OL?
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