Thomas Tuchel on his cooler in front of PSG-Metz.

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Paris SG coach Thomas Tuchel regretted Saturday the refusal of substitute Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting to extend to the club, which forced him to look for an additional striker during the transfer window.

“He's a guy who was important to us.

He took an important part in our group because he knew his role perfectly ”, indicated the technician, at the origin of the recruitment of the player in 2018. At the end of the contract, the Cameroonian international from Hamburg received, in the stride of the C1 epic ended with a lost final (1-0 against Bayern Munich), a contract extension, which he finally declined.

Thomas Tuchel confirms Choupo-Moting's refusal and does not want a replacement for Bernat https://t.co/MzQd9AzawR pic.twitter.com/UgnQMPuapX

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"Now the team is more than small"

“It's always the challenge to have a group ready to start a Championship.

Our priorities are clear, we need attackers, a central defender or a midfielder, ”he said, at the heart of a transfer window that ends on October 5.

But while he recorded the arrival on loan of right-back Alessandro Florenzi, the coach continues to manage a small workforce, due to suspensions, positive cases of Covid-19 and injuries, before going to Nice Sunday.

🎙️💬 @TTuchelofficial: "We have to replace the players we lost. The team is getting smaller and smaller, it's the risk with injuries and fatigue!"

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Bernat will not be replaced despite his injury

"Now the team is more than small, it is the risk of entering a circle of injuries and fatigue," he admitted.

The serious injury to a knee of the Spanish defender Juan Bernat, against Metz (1-0) on Wednesday and which should approximately miss “six months” of competition, did not change the plans of the transfer window: “TT” excluded the possibility of recruit a left side.

"We also have Layvin (Kurzawa, suspended in Nice), Mitchel Bakker and Abdou Diallo (suspended in Nice too), it is not the priority now to buy a player just for this position, it is my opinion ", he said.

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