Posted January 6, 2022 at 11:30 am by GdSS
Always on the lookout for new talent for PSG, Leonardo is already setting his sights on the next summer transfer window with an element he knows very well from having led him at AC Milan: Lucas Paqueta. But this operation does not look easy for the Parisian sporting director.
PSG will try again the big blow Lucas Paqueta in the months to come ! The 24-year-old Brazilian attacking midfielder, who has established himself as an indispensable element of OL in recent months (6 goals, 3 assists in Ligue 1), had already been targeted by Leonardo in 2020 to strengthen the PSG , and the Brazilian manager of the capital club knows him very well since he was at the origin of his arrival at AC Milan from Flamengo for 40M € in 2019. But if he really wants to win the day with Lucas Paqueta , Leonardo will have to work extra hard…
PSG wants Paqueta, but…
Indeed, almost a year ago and while he was living his first season with OL , Lucas Paqueta Already seemed very happy within the Rhone club and clearly showed his desire to stay there for a long time: “I am very happy here and I intend to stay in the long run. Here, I became again who I really am and I regained my confidence. I want to play for a great championship and above all I want to wear this OL jersey in the Champions League ”, Paqueta indicated.in the columns of L'Equipe in February 2021, he whose contract runs until June 2025. The sports daily also confirms in its columns of the day that the PSG could well have difficulty in convince him to change tune.
OL will be greedy
But what about OL in all of this ? Les Gones bet big in the summer of 2020 to attract Lucas Paqueta with a transfer of up to € 20m from AC Milan , and if we are to believe L's revelations 'Team this Thursday, Jean-Michel Aulas would like to recover at least three times that amount to consider a sale of the Brazilian international in the next summer transfer window , that is to say 60M €. However, at the microphone of RMC Sport last November, the former sports director of OL , Juninho , did not completely rule out the idea of a sale by Paqueta at the end of the season: “He is a player who could make history here, or at any club. What I can say is that he is very happy in Lyon. Even with all his progress, and maybe there are teams behind, he never spoke of leaving. He is really happy in Lyon, with the city, the club, the players, the supporters (…) But you have to know the economic capacity of the moment, to know if you will be able to keep players like that. I still wish he would stay for a while. You have to keep a base for four or five seasons ”. The stage is therefore set for Leonardo and PSG in this file…