Danger: PSG has set its sights on Lamine Yamal, the young Blaugrana pearl, who has a clause of 1,000 million euros. According to the newspaper Le Parisien, the French champion would be willing to reach 200 million euros to acquire the services of the winger, as a replacement for Kylian Mbappé, who leaves the club at the end of the season.
Barça, aware of the quality and projection of its young value of only 16 years, renewed it last October until 2026 and put a prohibitive clause on it, to scare away those who would be tempted to take it: 1,000 million euros.
However, for PSG there is no armor that can resist. According to the Parisian newspaper, Luis Enrique’s priority is to incorporate the Blaugrana attacker, the only one – he points out in Paris – who could cover with quality and enthusiasm the absence of his star, the captain of the Blues.
To make the purchase possible, PSG has cleaned up its accounts in recent months thanks to the departures of highly regarded players such as Neymar, Leo Messi, Marco Verratti and Sergio Ramos. Furthermore, Mbappé’s goodbye will free the Parisian club from the highest salary in Europe, 72 million euros per year.
So, in Paris they have done the math, they have assessed risks and weighed all the factors, and they believe that the equation can be solved. They are convinced that the signing of Lamine Yamal is possible: PSG trusts in the good relations between the presidents of the two clubs, Joan Laporta and Nasser Al Jelaifi, as well as in the good hand that the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, may have. , who is also a representative of Bernardo Silva, the great wanted by Barça. And knowing perfectly well Xavi’s interest in hiring the Lisbon native from Manchester City (at a prohibitive price for the Blaugrana coffers), as well as the poor situation of Barça’s economy.