Mercato: PSG moves for a player from the France team

In the summer of 2023, PSG recruited two attackers, Gonçalo Ramos and Randal Kolo Muani, but had also thought of Marcus Thuram, then at the end of his contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. The French international had preferred Inter Milan, but the capital club would still be interested in recruiting him.

« He knows very well why I didn’t come to PSG. » Asked by Kylian Mbappé, Marcus Thuram explained in an interview with Canal+ why he preferred to join theInter Milan rather than the PSG in the summer of 2023. The 27-year-old striker was coming to the end of his contract with the Borussia Monchengladbach and according to information from the journalist of TF1 Saber Desfarges, Chelseal’AC Milan and theAtlético de Madrid were also interested.

“Inter Milan always saw me as number 9, so it was a clear choice”

« I have never asked for a guarantee of playing time, we come to a club to establish ourselves there. But it’s a question of feeling. Inter Milan always saw me as number 9, so it was a clear choice. If this poses a problem for me for my place in the French team? No, not at all, all three of them are at PSG (RKM-Dembélé-Mbappé), but it’s not a handicap for me », added Marcus Thuram. A year later, the PSG would not, however, have forgotten the French international (26 caps).

PSG has supervised Thuram several times this season

TMW recently mentioned an interest from the capital club in Marcus Thuramwhich confirms Transfer market. Several recruiters from PSG would have traveled to observe him since the start of the season, during which the strikerFrench team scored 7 goals and delivered 3 assists in Serie A. Paris has not yet entered into contact with theInter Milanwhere he is under contract until June 2028, nor with Marcus Thurambut the latter would be very appreciated by Parisian leaders.