It has been revealed that PSG will test Barcelona's resolve to keep 16-year-old prodigy Lamine Yamal in the summer transfer window.
Yamal made his senior debut at the age of 15 in April last year and has become the star of the season now and in the future. The teenager has made 44 appearances so far in 2023/24 and has been one of the team's most influential players since Christmas. Le Parisien claims that there is information confirming a report from March that claimed to have bid 200 million euros and that Yamal was a "priority" target for Paris Saint-Germain until next season.
While Yamal is not a direct replacement for Kylian Mbappe, who travels to Real Madrid, he is considered someone who can fill the void. Allegedly, if the young man showed any desire to move on, there was no such thing as "non-transferable".
Later in March, Barcelona president Joan Laporta appeared to confirm claims of a €200 million offer, but insisted the club was not interested in a sale and had no need for funds.
Laporta said: "We received an offer of 200 million euros from a player like Lamine Yamal and we turned it down. Because we trust this boy because he is the future of the team. ”。 "Because we trust the boy and his athletic potential, on the contrary, we don't have to. We are in the midst of an economic recovery, and we have seen the end of the tunnel. ”。 'We have made offers for all our young players Pedri, Balde, Gavi, Araujo. But we don't want to sell our stars. ”
Paris Saint-Germain FC famously poached Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 as it triggered a €200 million release clause that was considered prohibitive. The Catalans learned their lesson after that storied affair and eventually began to implement a policy of a €1 billion clause in the contracts of top stars, just as archrivals Real Madrid did with Cristiano Ronaldo back in 2009.
Yamal's current terms follow his most recent agreement, which he signed in October. He briefly intimidated Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Paris Saint-Germain to open the scoring for Barcelona, but he was sacrificed when Ronald Araujo was sent off in the first half.