• The transfer window of Paris Saint-Germain turned to discomfiture while Christophe Galtier hoped for (at least) an offensive reinforcement after the departure of Sarabia.

  • Finally, neither Milan Skriniar, who will arrive for free next summer, nor Ziyech, who paid the price for Chelsea's blunders, joined the Rouge et Bleu on Tuesday.

  • Arrived last summer to succeed Leonardo, sporting director Luis Campos has a rather lackluster record in an area where he is supposed to excel.

Christophe Galtier had done well to minimize in advance the possible failure of Paris Saint-Germain to strengthen in the final stretch of the winter transfer window.

Relaunched on his expectations after the terrible performance of his players, Sunday evening, against Reims at the Park, the former coach of Nice had indeed hinted that he already had a quality workforce on hand.

A way like any other to anticipate the XXL crash on the evening of January 31, which did not fail to happen.

Last minute

After the last 24 hours of a roller coaster ride on the Factory side, between two pizza deliveries to hold on until the final midnight "gong", PSG have failed in their attempts to recruit Milan Skriniar, who will eventually join the club at the end of the season, and Hakim Ziyech, the latest target to expand the Parisian attack after the departure of the essential (not) Pablo Sarabia in Wolverhampton.

If, for the Slovak defender, the failure is due to the fact that Inter have not managed to find a worthy replacement in the last hours - after having apparently failed to bring Benjamin Pavard to Lombardy - , that of the Moroccan attacking midfielder is much more comical and funny if you don't support PSG.

While the Chelsea player arrived in Paris on Tuesday morning to undergo his medical examination while waiting for the two clubs to find a final agreement, which seemed to be on the right track the day before, the negotiations dragged on, the leaders of the Blues keen to add a loan option for the former Ajax player.

Eager to join Paris to reconstitute the right flank of the Moroccan selection at the World Cup in Qatar with his friend Achraf Hakimi, he must have had a big rush of stress and adrenaline when he learned that the agreement had only been reached. late in the evening.

It then remained for Chelsea to send the documents to the headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain so that it could approve its contract with the LFP.

Paris fulminates

Problem, the Blues played the stunned.

“They sent the wrong document several times, informs us a source at the club.

We are considering an appeal to the LFP citing the gross inconsistency of Chelsea, more concerned with purchases than with sales.

It is true that after spending the equivalent of Liechtenstein's GDP to recruit half of the continent's footballers, it is hard to believe that the Blues were suddenly hit with administrative phobia.

But this imbroglio should not hide the fact that Paris got there much too late to launch the Ziyech operation, after having tried for a long time (without really believing in it) to bring in Ryan Cherki, or even Malcom (LOL).


Idea for next time: avoid doing your transfer window in the last 24 hours too.

Planning is hard work.

We play as we recruit.

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— Mathieu Faure (@matfaure) January 31, 2023

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If the appeal before the LFP, which meets this Wednesday morning to settle the dispute, has little chance of succeeding, the PSG therefore risks closing its winter transfer window without any reinforcements.

In the sense of departures, in addition to Sarabia, the young titi Ayman Kari joined Lorient on an 18-month loan with an option to buy – as incomprehensible as the talent of the player is certain – and Keylor Navas left to Nottingham Forest, without really knowing if we can also speak of a good operation given the general level of Donnarumma since his arrival at the club.

Luis Campos does not grow up

When we add to all this the doubts around the Parisian team since the resumption, unable to define the slightest game identity, and the worrying form of certain players, especially in defense, we say to ourselves that the second part of the Parisian season has enough to make even the most serene of its supporters snap their calves.

Assailed with criticism in recent months at PSG, Leonardo must have a good laugh watching his successor Luis Campos at work.

After having missed (by his own admission) in the great widths of his first summer transfer window, the Portuguese has just signed an indisputable second failure in a row as Parisian sports director.

Will he have the chance to catch up next summer?

If the club were to miss out on the terrible month of February that awaits it, with a succession of cutthroat matches against OM (twice), Bayern Munich (twice), Lille or Monaco, not sure give him the chance.

In Doha, patience has never been the Emir's primary quality.

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