“PSG offered three times more”: The incredible proposal that restarted everything!

During the 2021 summer transfer window, when FC Barcelona thought they had secured Georginio Wijnaldum, PSG relaunched the file with a much more substantial offer. The journalist specializing in the transfer window, Fabrizio Romano, had nevertheless announced the arrival of the Dutch midfielder in Catalonia, an error which he corrected.

In the summer of 2021, the Paris Saint-Germain thought they had achieved a thunderous transfer window with the free arrivals of Georginio Wijnaldum, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos et Lionel Messiin addition to the recruitment ofAchraf Hakimi et Nuno Mendes. Three and a half years later, the two full-backs are still present in the squad. PSGjust like the Italian doorman. On the other hand, the three other freely enrolled players left the capital through the back door.

When PSG overtook Barça

Quickly pushed towards the exit, Georginio Wijnaldum (34 years old) notably went towards l’AS Rome the time of a loan before joining Saudi Arabia and the club d'Al-Ettifaq in 2023. The Parisian adventure went badly for the Dutch midfielder (38 matches in PSG), which was initially intended for another club.

“In five minutes, everything can change!” »

The FC Barcelona in fact held the rope before the irruption of the PSG in this folder. However, everything seemed set for the arrival of Wijnaldum in Catalonia as assured by the transfer window specialist Fabrizio Romano who came back for L’Équipe Magazine on this error. “ Sometimes, no matter how hard you check, the specificity of a file can complicate things.explains the journalist. I, for example, wrote that Georginio Wijnaldum had to sign for Barça, with verbal agreement, etc. Eventually he went to PSG. He was free and the Parisians had offered three times more, winning at the last minute. In five minutes, everything can change! It's part of the game. »