The end of the winter market has been extremely complicated for PSG. The Leonardo’s difficulties to enter €100 million in sales until June to compensate for the losses of €200 million last season, attached to the little progress with the transfer of Ndombelé, have caused that January has not been, for the moment, a fruitful month for the Parisian entity.
According to the output operation, Leonardo has once again shown that he is not a great salesman. He recognized it in an interview with L’Équipe months ago and his words have not been in vain. PSG had to reach 100 million to avoid Qatar’s intervention in the club’s finances and the sporting director is not that he hasn’t achieved it, it’s that he hasn’t even come close. As of January 29, the current leader of Ligue 1 he has only been able to close the transfers of Sergio Rico to Mallorca and Rafinha to Real Sociedad, two operations that have not reported any benefit to the French institution.
One of the players who had many ballots to go out was Junior Eric Dina-Ebimbe. According to various French media, PSG had reached an agreement with Leverkusen for the player’s loan, but Leonardo wanted to renew him first (he has a contract until 2023) to raise the purchase option. While Leverkusen wanted a 9 million purchase option, PSG wanted to increase it to an amount ranging between 13 and 15 million. Finally, the player refused to renew when he saw that he was not going to have minutes in Paris despite the contract extension.
The departure of Junior Dina-Ebimbe has nothing to do with the arrival of Ndombelé, but it is necessary for PSG to degrease the overbooking they have in midfield. Right now, the most likely scenario is that the Tottenham midfielder does not end up arriving. The high salary he receives at Tottenham, being the second best paid in the squad, is already an impediment per se, but if we add to this that Levy, president of the Spurs, wants PSG to pay the entire salary of the international French, which clearly slows down the negotiations. Without a doubt, three quite intense days are coming up in the Parisian offices.