At the helm of PSG since 2011, the Qataris are used to spending fortunes on transfers. But the Kolo-Muani file clearly seems to be the biggest economic loss in the entire history of their project in Paris.
With Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, Qatar showed what PSG was capable of achieving its dreams of grandeur. More than 400 million euros spent in the same summer, no club had done this before. A 2017 transfer window still in everyone's memory, and in particular the 222 million euros for the transfer of Neymar, an unrivaled record. But XXL spending sometimes has a bitter taste. And Doha is learning this the hard way.
Kolo-Muani, industrial failure
A year and a half ago, PSG wanted to recruit a new striker. After chasing Marcus Thuram for a long time, free of any contract, Luis Campos bet on Randal Kolo-Muani. And to wrest it from the hands of Frankfurt, Paris pulled out all the stops. A check for 90 million euros, not without provoking strong reactions from observers at the time. If the French striker came out of an XXL season with his club and the French team, it would be difficult to consider him a player worth nearly 100 million euros… But PSG indulged in this madness.
An XXL loss
18 months later, when the time comes to take stock, the Randal Kolo-Muani file is clearly the biggest loss in the history of the Qatari version of PSG. Placarded by Luis Enrique, the Frenchman no longer enters into his plans and is heading towards a sad departure, through the back door. On the value side, it's free fall in all its splendor. Transfertmarkt estimates RKM at 45 million euros, half the price paid by PSG! And again, not sure that a European club will agree to pay this price this winter… Doha can bite its fingers, this casting error will go down in history. And rather in the Guiness Flop of records…
