Aurelien Chuamini’s comments at the press conference last Sunday in Clairefontaine, from the France national team camp, had their interpretation. The Monaco player has done nothing more than put PSG into the fight to sign him and time will tell if he will eventually make it to the Parc des Princes.
What is certain is that the scenario from a few months ago to today has changed dramatically. The English Premier League option seems almost ruled out by the French player. On the one hand, Chelsea was the favorite, but the internal crisis experienced by the club as a result of the war in Ukraine paralyzed all movements.
City, one of the other clubs able to pay at least the €60m that would cost Chuamini, have made it on their agenda, but they don’t see it as a priority for their squad.
The scenario in Monaco is also uncertain which worries Chuamini, with a contract until 2024. With a report from L’Equipe a few days ago, the club’s president, Dmitri Rybolovlev, wants to turn the sport’s management on its head as he is not satisfied with the results. That means the departure of Oleg Petrov, vice president, Paul Mitchell, athletic director, and even coach, Philip Klement.
In this case, the club does not appear to be in a very strong position to try to persuade the player to stay, especially knowing that they will once again get a big sale after paying only 18 million to sign him from Bordeaux. In the entity, they denied this revolution, but the rumors of change do not stop.
Another Camavinga case
The defensive midfielder, who is now considered one of the best players in his position after an amazing rise, is torn between staying in his country if that allows him not to stop developing, or traveling abroad, specifically to Real Madrid.
Last summer, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain already clashed over a French midfielder, specifically with Eduardo Camavinga. PSG did not finally settle and hit the white club on the last day of the market.
Now, the first difference is the cost. If the white club sign Mbappe and Haaland, it will be difficult to deal with another 60 million for Chuamini. With Kylian there is still a margin to close the deal, such as image rights, which the player is also discussing through his lawyer with the French Federation to improve the striker’s image rights with his national team.
Real Madrid, given what might happen, wanted to cement their position to have their options with Chuamini all summer and in fact Johnny Calafat traveled to Monaco last January.
At the white club, there are many voices who think the midfield needs more momentum despite Camavinga’s arrival, mainly because there is no player like Casemiro in the squad.
Among the French clients and scouts, Chuamini is now considered one of the best players in Europe in this role. For his part, Deschamps has already made him a key midfielder alongside Pogba and Kanté, although he underestimates his team’s attacking power.
Paris Saint-Germain’s position
In Paris, Real Madrid’s victory over them at the Bernabeu prompted Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who still has the full support of Qatar, to consider making more changes to the squad, and the future of Pochettino and Leonardo himself is up in the air.
The priority and the most obsessed is Zidane, but the idea is to strengthen the midfield even more, realizing for another year that more soldiers and better midfielders are needed to fulfill the dream of the Champions League.
Pogba was and remains one of the options as his contract at United expires at the end of the season and does not appear determined to renew and has already opened the doors of Paris this week during the France national team camp. But at Paris Saint-Germain they have moved aggressively in recent days to try to sign Tchwamini.
His agent denies the agreement
Chwamini’s agent is the same as Jules Conde’s agent, Jonathan Kibe, still in the background, realizing that time is on his side. Last week, he denied the existence of an agreement with Real Madrid. The race continues and looks like it will be long.
source: marca