NO ALONE NEYMAR
The PSG has tried fichar to other players paying his clauses
Published:9/03/2021 - 17:30h
Updated:9/03/2021 - 23:26h
The PSG tried lllevar to cape an offer for fichar to Antoine Griezmann in 2016. The French needed a substitute for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and were had to pay the 80 million euros that the Athletic had fixed in his clause of rescission
If of something has been able to boast Paris Saint-Germain in the last years, has been of his economic power. The Parisians already gave the big hit when crediting the amount of 222 million euros that demanded the FC Barcelona to free to Neymar Jr., in what up to now it has been the traspaso costlier of the history.
Nevertheless, the team Frenchman already has tried to do use of this modality in previous years. One of them took place in 2016, when from the French capital did an offer by Antoine Griezmann. The fact has been reviewed recently by L'Équipe, and signals that for then the Parisians needed a substitute for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
For then, the forward was a member of the Athletic of Madrid, during a big year for him, in which it arrived to the final of the Champions in Milan and played the decisive party of the Euro with the selection of France like hostess. However, the Real Madrid and the selection of Portugal with Christian in command frustrated the obtaining of both titles.
Griezmann Refused the offer
From Paris, thought that Griezmann was the indicated for the place. In fact, the sportive director for then, Olivier Létang, expressed that it was a dream have the French beside the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani in the attack. The clause for then had a cost of 80 million euros, and the PSG had the intention and the resources for this.
However, L'Équipe has published that several factors carried to not concretising the operation, in addition to the decision of the player: "it Was Antoine the one who declined the interest of the PSG or the interest of the PSG was not the sufficiently strong as to convince to Griezmann? There is a bit of both reasons".
By his part, the then agent of the forward, Eric Olhats, denied any negotiation by familiar reasons: "In any moment, the PSG was an alternative. There were meetings. The project resulted very attractive. But it goes to be dad, is well in Spain and the Athletic is a big club". For then, Griezmann did not have the same leadership of other figures like Messi, Cristiano or Neymar, to the one who finished fichando to the following year.
