Leonardo is a fan of arrivals in the last moments of the transfer window.
After Moïse Kean, Rafinha and Danilo Pereira in early October, Paris could welcome another recruit a few days before the end of this winter transfer window, in the person of Dele Alli.
Started four months ago, during the previous transfer window, the discussions first encountered the inflexibility of Daniel Levy, the president of Tottenham, who wanted to recover a large sum of money in the event of the departure of his midfielder. ground.
Unable to spend a lot, Paris still maintained contact, before returning to the charge in January.
Since the beginning of the month, negotiations have led the two clubs to consider multiple scenarios to find a favorable outcome and to influence Daniel Lévy.
First there was a three-stripe option sending Leandro Paredes to Inter, Christian Eriksen to Tottenham and Dele Alli to PSG.
Leonardo, he would have even tried to include Idrissa Gueye and Julian Draxler, who, according to a source close to the German player "has 0% chance of leaving this winter".
37 caps with the England team
Faced with the insistence of the Parisian leaders and the player, who is extremely interested in the idea of relaunching in the French capital and under the orders of his former coach Mauricio Pochettino, the two clubs managed to agree on a ready dry until the end of the season.
But the arrival of Dele Alli remains however subject to an arrival on the side of London.
The indoor midfielder Christian Eriksen, scorer Tuesday night against AC Milan (2-1) is the preferred track to replace him, but the file is considered difficult to complete.
According to The Telegraph, Dele Alli was not in training on Monday and Tuesday.
The English international with 37 caps, on whom Mourinho no longer relies, has not started a match since the cup meeting against FC Marine (5-0) on January 10 and has not appeared in the Premier League for more of a month.
He is also not expected to reappear against Liverpool on Thursday night.