His €500,000 pocketed each month did not go unnoticed by football fans. Layvin Kurzawa’s immeasurable salary, revealed for the newspaper The Team last March, immediately provoked a reaction from Parisian supporters who criticized him for paying too much in relation to his playing time.
However, the left side will leave the Parisian club after nine seasons. If he is preparing to turn the page on a long chapter of his life, Kurzawa will not keep lasting memories of everyone in Paris, especially the leaders. The 31-year-old resents the way he has been treated in recent years, despite playing just nine minutes this season in all competitions.
“There was a lack of respect”
« I’m not criticizing the PSG institution, but yes, it’s the management. There has been a lack of respect towards me over this last year, and the previous ones […] When we see how it ended with Thiago Silva or with Edinson Cavani (left at the end of their contract in the summer of 2020), two legends… I don’t compare myself to them, far from it, but like them, I have always loved the club », Launches the international tricolor to the newspaper The Team.
However, Kurzawa did not hesitate to clear his coach in Paris this season, Luis Enrique. “ The flow went well with the coach, but the decisions did not only come from him. He gave me a gift by bringing me back this season. For me, it was a huge gift. I expected to play zero minutes. Luis Enrique said to himself: ”I’m doing it because he deserves it”. That must not have pleased some people at the club… »
At PSG since 2015, the defender was extended in 2020 for four additional seasons. A choice that the Frenchman did not understand: “ I didn’t understand this extension either. I was at home and at that time there was an aborted transfer with Juventus. The jet was ready for Turin and my old agent called me to tell me that Paris wanted to extend me for four years. I also wonder what happened. You offer me this, of course I’m not going to say no. Who says no to a contract where you get a raise etc. », Reveals the former Monegasque in an interview given to Media Carré
FC Nantes wanted it
During his interview with Le journal sportif, Kurzawa revealed the details of his aborted transfer to FC Nantes. The transfer fell through on the last day of the winter transfer window. “ On the last day of the transfer window, Moussa Sissoko, who is a friend, called me to tell me that the club would like to get in touch with me. I said, ‘No problem, let them call me.’ I explain to them that I would go there with great pleasure for six months. In Nantes, they were very surprised. I only wanted one thing, to play football again. I called Luis Campos to ask him if it was possible to go to Nantes. He told me: ”Of course, I’m happy for you and that there would be no problem resolving the salary question” “, he first declared.
Finally, a hiccup arose in the negotiations at the last minute: “ I put the two clubs in touch, I had prepared my suitcase, but I didn’t hear from them until 10 p.m. And Nantes tells me that they ultimately preferred to buy a player, even though that was not the case. I didn’t appreciate it. To say that they contacted me again recently ».
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Now free from any contract, Layvin Kurzawa is patiently waiting for a new opportunity to play football again. At almost 32 years old, he doesn’t plan to hang up. ” I am open to everything. Money is not the priority. I need a real sporting project and a place where my family and I will feel at peace”he concludes in The Team.
