Mercato: Bakayoko gets closer to PSG

Will the dream come true for this Parisian by birth?

While it was only a plan B in the mind of Leonardo last May, the more the hours go by and the more the possibility of seeing Chelsea's defensive midfielder Tiémoué Bakayoko join PSG now thickening.

The capital club is negotiating with its London rival to recruit the international tricolor (a selection under Didier Deschamps) under contract until June 2022 in order to expand its midfield which lacks a powerful player with the profile of "box-to -box ”, ie able to go from one surface to another.

Chelsea, who favors a transfer, is not opposed to a paid loan.

As with Mauro Icardi, sporting director Leonardo wants a free loan with a normal option, that is to say that PSG is the only decision-maker to exercise or not the option to buy in a year.

The London club is considering this possibility knowing that a successful loan would enhance the player and therefore the sales opportunities thereafter, even if PSG do not exercise the option.

Mbappé would be delighted

An English source confirms that Paris is now a serious avenue.

Tiémoué Bakayoko, 26, trains with Chelsea on a daily basis.

He is finally rid of his slight ankle injury.

But the defensive midfielder does not enter into the plans of Franck Lampard who prefers N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic.

Last year, the player was loaned to AS Monaco where he performed convincing performances even if the Principality's club did not exercise its purchase option set at 42 million euros.

Even if AC Milan (where he was loaned in 2018-2019) and Atlético de Madrid court Bakayoko, the latter has always proclaimed his desire to one day join PSG, his favorite club.

“I was born and lived all my youth in Paris.

If the opportunity arises, I would not refuse to sign for PSG, ”he indicated in our columns in February 2017 when he was playing in Monaco, which had not been very well experienced on the Monegasque side.

Born in the 14th arrondissement, he completed his young footballing classes at CA Paris then in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine) before finishing his training in Rennes.

Koulibaly far from Paris

Within PSG, Tiémoué Bakayoko would find Kylian Mbappé with whom he won the league title in 2017 under the Monegasque jersey in front of… PSG.

The two players had also been two of the great architects of the epic of the club of the Rock in the Champions League which had reached the semi-finals (eliminated by Juventus Turin).

The prodigy of the Blues, who asked for reinforcements, would be delighted to find his former teammate.

Contrary to what the Italian press announced on Wednesday, the Neapolitan central defender Kadidou Koulibaly, whose transfer fee is estimated between 70 and 80 million euros, is, however, far from PSG.

The Senegalese wants to join Manchester City and he has already agreed contractually with the Mancunian club.

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Liverpool, who dreams of a central Van Dijk - Koulibaly hinge, is forcing to convince the player via his friend and compatriot Sadio Mané in order to win the bet.

According to several sources, PSG would not have the means to make such a transfer this summer and Naples would not consider a loan for the 29-year-old colossus.