With the departure of Kylian Mbappé for Real Madrid, the bling-bling era is now over at Paris Saint-Germain. The capital club is entering a new period in its history.
PSG supporters risk never reliving the craziest transfer window in the history of Paris, but also of football in general when in 2017 the Qatari leaders agreed to pay 400 million euros in order to sign one after the other Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. And we can also forget the total delirium generated by the signing of Lionel Messi in 2021. Because for these three players, it ended rather badly with Paris Saint-Germain, and especially Nasser Al-Khelaifi has obviously decided that this time this ambition to recruit stars was over. It is true that on the European scene, this changed nothing for PSG and that the departure of Kylian Mbappé free for Madrid marked the end of these crazy years. Author of “ PSG Confidential: Money, politics and mischief, the secret history of the Parisian club », François Vignolle believes that Paris is indeed now beginning a new page in its history.
PSG changes everything from this 2024 transfer window
For the coordinator of police/justice investigations for the M6 group, who worked on the functioning of Paris Saint-Germain and therefore spoke with representatives of the club, the 2024 transfer window marks a turning point. “ They give me the impression of wanting to bring stability, of wanting to favor a model focused on Île-de-France with their superb center in Poissy. They have a new figure who has his head on his shoulders: Warren Zaire-Emery. They want to rely on the pool of players represented by the region and international recruits ready to blend into a collective. Transfer markets are a little more intelligent, not necessarily to grow from a marketing point of view. They have already won it, the Marketing Champions League, and that could have been detrimental to them. I’m thinking of Vitinha, less bling-bling but who has a good state of mind, a sense of cohesion. And then, they have a great coach with a big character who they hope to install over time. Next year is the first season without a “megastar” of the caliber of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, Neymar or Kylian Mbappé. A bit as if to some extent, they had pressed the reset button », Confided François Vignolle on Eurosport.
