The winter transfer window that opens this Saturday is often presented as the one where PSG will have to downsize its workforce to reduce its losses. However, the reality seems more nuanced and this winter market will not necessarily be that of sales for Paris. There are several reasons for this. First, the PSG which has multiple injuries, must it absolutely downsize its workforce? The question arises, even if the leaders hope for an improvement in the state of form of the players with the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino and a new method of training and physical preparation.
Club officials also noted that the current period, due to the coronavirus crisis, is not really good for good business. Especially when it comes to selling. How much is a Draxler bought for 36 million euros in 2015 worth today? And Paredes or Gueye acquired respectively against 47 million euros (including bonus) and 32 million euros (excluding bonus) in January and July 2019? These three are the players most often mentioned when it comes to considering divestitures this winter.
The Argentine midfielder is even frequently cited by the Italian media in an exchange with Christian Eriksen, Danish attacking midfielder of Inter Milan. If PSG have not given up on taking advantage of good deals, like last summer with the loans of Kean, Danilo Pereira, Florenzi or the free arrival of Rafinha, this exchange seems difficult to achieve. Firstly because Paredes – like Draxler – has no intention of leaving the capital this month of January, and secondarily because Paris does not really have a pressing need for offensive animation in the midfield.
Significant losses at the end of the season
As for Gueye, if the question of a departure this winter could arise at the end of the last transfer window, it is no longer really relevant in the mind of the Senegalese international. The latter, if he were to leave, would only see himself in a club in the European top 8. And today it does not take the path.
Finally, PSG, like the other European clubs, will suffer significant losses at the end of the season. They could reach 200 million euros, to which must be added the 115 million euros of last season already affected by the health crisis. In this context, will the financial fair play easing measures taken by UEFA last June be sufficient? PSG, like other clubs, seems to think that the European body will have no choice but to revise its rules once again. And thus relieve a little more the large private clubs of part of their financial resources.
