Highly anticipated the day after the end of the summer transfer window during which PSG failed to recruit Milan Skriniar, the central defender of Inter yet erected as a priority by the club, Christophe Galtier did not show himself very talkative in a press conference this Friday.

Before the trip to Nantes on Saturday evening, the Parisian coach made a quick assessment of sales and arrivals, emphasizing the fact that there had been "a lot of loans" in the direction of departures in the last hours of the transfer window but claiming, however, to have at its disposal "a quality group".

Relaunched on the question of the central defender, the native of Marseille repeated throughout the conference that what was done was done and that the time was now for adaptation.

"To buy, you first had to sell", he first replied, a way of sending the ball back into the camp of Antero Henrique, the supernegotiator who returned to business in the capital this summer with the mission of sell as many unwanted players as possible.

Tensions with Antero Henrique

As we know, according to information from our colleagues from Le

Parisien

and

L'Equipe

, relations have been strained in recent weeks between the Portuguese and the duo Luis Campos-Christophe Galtier, who blame the first for having been slow to make advance files yet on the right track (Paredes to Juve, Keylor Navas to Napoli, Gueye to Everton or Herrera to Bilbao) and therefore to have slowed down the possible arrivals so hoped for.

Skriniar in the lead.



However, facing the media, the Parisian coach did not wish to expand on the subject.

Even if he has always taken care never to mention Henrique's name when talking about the trusted people he works with on a daily basis on transfer window issues.

“A coach can't always say 'I miss so and so, so and so', you have to adapt, I also have young people available, he explained.

The end of the transfer window is a relief for all coaches, we know who we are going to work with, we know which group we have available and above all we have to turn the page.

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Despite everything, in the spirit of “Galette”, there is no question of changing immediately.

“One of the qualities of a coach is to adapt to situations, obviously it is always better to start with an organization that we have been working on for two months, but it may be necessary at some point adapt.

But as we speak, I have no desire to change organization.

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