The cash-laden Ligue 1 giants might not guarantee the two players necessary playing time but Leonardo still wants to keep the duo at the Parc des Princes
“In the sense of an arrival, the transfer window is over,” said Paris Saint-Germain sporting director, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029.
However, in terms of departures, it’s a totally different story. The likes of Nene and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Gameiro-c20721 are keen on leaving the club along with Mamadou Sakho and Clement Chantome. Both men know that staying with the Ile club may prove harmful to their growth.
Enormous competition awaits the duo next season so a move away from the Parc seems to be a justifiable one. However, so far, Leonardo and Carlo Ancelotti have simply closed doors on a departure.
The reason for this initiative is not entirely sporting. PSG play in the Champions League next season and the club needs these two players in the squad for the competition. Having home grown players is of paramount importance while making a 25-man squad
for the Champions League.
UEFA’s rules require clubs to include eight players who have trained in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 including four players who were trained in the club’s academies.
Though the club has the likes of Alphonse Areola, Neeskens Kebano, Jean-Christophe Bahebeck and Adrien, these youngsters belong to the reserve team and were not named in the 25-man list meaning that only Chantome and Sakho have the status of club-trained
players.
This further means that Les Parisiens can therefore present just 23 players for the UCL and if they sell Chantome and Sakho, their Champions League squad amount would further fall down to 21 – therefore crippling the squad depth.
This certainly does not bode well for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mamadou-Sakho-c23293. Remi Garde has been keeping tabs on the duo for quite some time but it now appears unlikely that Carlo Ancelotti will risk letting
go of two player’s whose departure from the Parc des Princes could unsettle the club’s plans for the upcoming UEFA Champions League campaign.
PSG are not going to come bearing gifts so Jean-Michel Aulas should look elsewhere.
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