Transfer window: PSG has rejected the new phenomenon of Ligue 1

Sunday 22nd September 2024 11:04 PM

Thibault Morlain
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Journalist

After trying his hand at various sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When it came to choosing between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales in one direction. He is now part of the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after obtaining a degree from the International Institute of Communication in Paris.

Against FC Barcelona, in the Champions League, AS Monaco was able to count on its new jewel: Georges Ilenikhena. It was this summer that the 18-year-old striker was recruited by the Principality club from Royal Antwerp. A career that could have been different for Ilenikhena, however, as he was rejected… by PSG.

If theAS Monaco has Folarin Balogun or even Breel Embolo to occupy the tip of her attack, she also has a certain Georges IlenikhenaAt 18, he is the new phenomenon on the Rock and showed it by scoring the decisive goal against FC Barcelona in the Champions League. Recruited at Royal Antwerp, Ilenikhena will now make happy Monacohe who could have been at PSG today.

“He scored a whopping 14 goals in 5 games”

Coming from the Paris region, Georges Ilenikhena evolved on the side ofAntony during his youth. For The Parisian, Tom Bouvilthe striker’s former trainer, talks about the man who is now at Monaco : ” In U15, he had matured and wanted to break records. Our championship in R1 had stopped in October due to Covid, but he had scored a whopping 14 goals in 5 games. George had asked me for specific programs to work even harder “.

“I had advised PSG to take him but…”

A talent that interested some high society at the time, but clearly not the PSG. ” I had advised PSG to take him but the directors were not very keen “, says the former trainer of Georges IlenikhenaAt the same time, the now 18-year-old striker was in demand by Angers, Amiens, Nancy And Troyes. It was finally the Amiens who won the bet and sold it a few years later, in 2023, to Royal Antwerpfor €6.5M. Here is a new talent that the PSG had before his eyes and almost in his hands, but which finally escaped the capital club. To be seen if Paris will bite his fingers in the future…