PSG President Reveals Dream Of 'Parisian Players Only' In The Team

According to L'Equipe, PSG are prepared to completely rethink their transfer approach as they intend to revamp the club's academy.

Paris is a hotbed of talent, but PSG have failed to take full advantage of it. Players like Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante never played for their hometown side, while Kylian Mbappe had to be bought for €180 from Monaco to return to Paris.

"Eleven years ago I said I wanted to train the future Messi, today I say we want to train the future Mbappé, who would also come from Paris," Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the PSG president, told Le Parisien recently.

"We will have the best training centre in the world. My goal for the next few years is to have only Parisian players in our team. There is so much talent in our region."

That would be a massive shift from the previous years when PSG were ready to disrupt the market by paying outrageous sums for the players.

The embodiment of such an approach is Neymar who was bought for €222million five years ago. Now, PSG can't find a way to get rid of him and offload his massive wages.

Source: L'Equipe | Le Parisien