Lamine Yamal, young talent from FC Barcelona, almost joined PSG before signing a professional contract with the Catalan club.
Lamine Yamal at PSG, it could have been done… not this summer, but a few months ago. According to Mundo Deportivo, PSG had the possibility when the latter was 16 years old.
His agent at the time, Ivan de la Peña, had an offer from PSG for the young prospect. Finally, Lamine Yamal signed professionally with Barça, but the Spanish club was on the verge of seeing its prodigy join Paris, for free.
Laporta confirms, PSG offered 250 million
But the coach at the time, Xavi, convinced the player and his entourage to stay. He was then launched into the deep end with Barça, and won the Euro with Spain.
A few weeks ago, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed that PSG had returned to the charge for Lamine Yamal, this time last summer. “A club came to me to recruit Lamine for 250 million euros and I said no. He is the most popular player in the world. What is the true value of Lamine? Well, that's not reflected in the book value. »
