Mercato Mercato – Chelsea and Paris discuss: Presnel Kimpembe, the complex file of PSG

At a time when Paris is tightening the screws, when Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants players concerned by the project and who love the club, the leaders, new and old of PSG, have little doubt to have as to the state of spirit of Presnel Kimpembe. If there is one who has never cheated, who has never spared his efforts and who has always respected the institution, it is him. However, this Sunday, Fabrizio Romano tells us that Paris and Chelsea have started to discuss a potential transfer of Titi. Thomas Tuchel has not forgotten him and, faced with the departures of Christensen (Barça) and Rüdiger (Real Madrid), the former Parisian coach wants to attract the warrior from the Park.

“We will have to discuss quickly“, had warned Presko during the last gathering of the Blues while declaiming his”amour“for his lifelong club. Today, it would seem that Paris no longer put the barbed wire around their defender and that in the event of a satisfactory offer, he could leave.”I read everything that could be said about Kim’. We even laughed about it togethertried to defuse Christophe Galtier during his first press conference. He’s a player I like. He is direct in the human relationship. He is a great defender, a leader. In this system, it can be very efficient.“Adding a short but essential:”What will happen, I don’t know.“

A taulier on the market

A taulier on the market is not common in Paris, which has always been able to disgust courtiers with its vital forces. Let’s remember the Verratti, Marquinhos, Neymar or Mbappé files that have agitated so many summers. But the champion of France will not act in the same way with his central defender, even if it means disappointing part of the Parc des Princes who are very attached to the last player trained at the club present in the starting lineup. Anti-bling, the Parisian vice-captain perfectly embodies the turn that Paris wants to take. And his profile remains valuable for a Christophe Galtier who wants to set up a three-man defense.

So why sell it this summer? Firstly because after sixteen years at the club, it could be time for both parties to move on. Last season, Kimpembe shone with his inconstancy, especially in the Champions League. The two matches against Leipzig or Madrid’s rout have highlighted its flaws and its limits. Since last summer, it has seemed to level off and it may be time to try a new challenge. Especially since PSG, by recruiting Sergio Ramos then, soon Milan Skriniar, gave him a fairly clear message.

Ramos, Skriniar: signals from PSG

Kimpembe’s status at the club is not asserted enough for his place to be assured in the eleven each off-season. Especially since it represents one of the rare market values ​​among those that Paris could put on the market. So far, the tenfold champions of France are only looking to part with players who have seen their careers plunge in Paris. Kimpembe, world champion and French international, has other arguments to raise the note. From 70 million euros, PSG would have no trouble letting their “general” slip away…