Mercato: Chelsea asks PSG for a loan paying 3 million for Bakayoko

Will PSG finally be able to hire a defensive midfielder in the coming days before the end of the transfer window?

The Tiémoué Bakayoko track is still relevant today but negotiations are tough and bitter between Paris and Chelsea.

The London club, who wants to separate from his tricolor midfielder (a selection), under contract until June 2022, would prefer a dry transfer but he is not opposed to a paying loan of 3 million euros without the option of compulsory purchase.

Sporting director Leonardo wants a free loan with a normal option, that is to say that PSG would be the only decision-maker to exercise or not the purchase option in a year.

PSG emphasizes that a successful loan would enhance the player's value and therefore the selling opportunities subsequently if he decided not to exercise the call option in June 2021. In this race against time to flesh out and improve his midfield with a player of a different profile from those he has in his workforce, the club of the capital is therefore still leaving a little time even if it presses.

His favorite club since childhood

For his part, Tiémoué Bakayoko (26) is training with London players who may be loaned and he is in good shape after a small ankle injury.

Even though Atlético de Madrid and AC Milan (where he was loaned out in 2018-2019) are very interested in the player, it is believed at Chelsea that PSG are in the best position to recruit the former Monegasque.

The latter has never hidden that PSG has been his favorite club since his childhood.

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

But, the defensive midfielder has still not received a phone call from Parisian coach Thomas Tuchel.

He wishes to have the assurance of being desired by the German coach before joining PSG where he would find Kylian Mbappé with whom he won the league title in 2017 under the jersey of AS Monaco.

The track of the other Chelsea player, German central defender Antonio Rüdiger (27), has cooled in recent hours on the Paris side.

Even though the international player, who is no longer too much of Frank Lampard's plans, is annoyed by his current situation, he wants to stay in England.