PSG Transfer Thread ARCHIVES

[Carefree 95]

Camara has made his move official by signing a 4-year.

So as one player arrives, yet another one looks set to depart. Nice have had a 1million euro bid for left-back Boukary Drame accepted, however the player has yet to agree to a swith to the stade du ray.

[ilv2]

Strange, because I thought there was a €2.5m release clause in his contract. If that's true the ball should be in Jeje's court at this time.

So he is flattered by our interest, huh. :cool:

nah the release clause has to be invoked by the player by a certain date, and he apparently has not done that - result: we can value him at whatever price we wish :D

IMO his statement mostly meant that anyone would be flattered by interest from OL, let's be honest, they're a top team in all aspects. personally, i don't think he'll leave given all his efforts to endear himself to the public and emphasize his love for the club. of course there's the prospect of winning, but it's not only consideration out there.

in other news, the club has reached an agreement with Lens for Kalou (1.5 m euros :rolleyes:). if he and lens agree to personal terms, then it should be all set.

[Moonsault]

Why did PSG sell Kalou for just 1.5 mio €? Did you need the money or what? :-/

[SuperSebGrimaldi]

He didn't play very well. He appeared lazy on the pitch. He had lapses in concentration. These are all polite ways to explain why the club don't want him anymore.

[Catel]

He earns unjustified wages. Like how much ? 150-200 k€ monthly ?

[mpeabody]

I'm not certain how much he earns, but SkySports reports he's taken a pay cut to join Lens.
http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=478678&CPID=24&clid=149&lid=11&title=Kalou+completes+Lens+move

[hypolithe_forever]

He earned approximately 180.000 euro monthly at PSG, more than Abidal last year !

[SuperSebGrimaldi]

I think the question now is, who's going to replace Kalou? I think that Frau and Diané are decent, but really, they're not exactly causing nightmares to left backs either.

[ilv2]

we've only been seriously linked with castelen so far, and it doesn't look like we'll be pursuing him. additionally, a lot of rhetoric has been focused on keeping the number of players in the club at a reasonable level. given the plethora of midfielders, i'm starting to think that departs are going to dominate the headlines rather than recruits for the rest of the transfer period.

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Rothen has extended his contract to 2011

« Je suis bien évidemment très heureux de cette prolongation de contrat... C’était mon souhait dès le départ car j’ai toujours voulu m’investir dans la durée avec le PSG. J’espère désormais partager de nombreuses victoires avec nos supporters qui n’ont cessé de me manifester leur attachement durant cette dernière période. »
JR

« C’est une excellente nouvelle pour le PSG. Jérôme Rothen fait parti des joueurs sur lesquels le club compte en priorité pour relancer le PSG cette saison. Jérôme est quelqu’un que nous apprécions énormément pour ses qualités techniques mais aussi pour les valeurs qu’il transmet à travers son attachement viscéral aux couleurs du club. Et ce dernier point est à mes yeux un critère déterminant. »
Cayzac

article from football365.fr (http://www.football365.fr/infos_clubs/psg/story_177836_Rothen-rempile-pour-trois-ans.shtml)

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Kalou is already talking crap about the club

"A Paris, j'ai fait deux saisons : une moyenne et une catastrophique, a avoué l'Ivoirien hier midi. Chaque membre du club a sa part de responsabilité. Mais si moi j'ai assumé la mienne, ça n'a pas été le cas de tout le monde."

"Lens possède les meilleures installations du championnat de France. Il n'y pas de comparaison possible avec celles du PSG."

article from Yahoo Sport (http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/26072007/35/psg-kalou-taille-le-club.html)

[ilv2]

^just to add, i remember we are linked with Gouffran, PLG expressly mentioned his name. I'll try to dig up the article

[mpeabody]

we've only been seriously linked with castelen so far, and it doesn't look like we'll be pursuing him. additionally, a lot of rhetoric has been focused on keeping the number of players in the club at a reasonable level. given the plethora of midfielders, i'm starting to think that departs are going to dominate the headlines rather than recruits for the rest of the transfer period.



I kind of thought this was going to be the way things were going to work. We've already cut the payroll quite a bit with kalou leaving.

[Gotham PSG]

It's no secret that Kalou was overpaid.
As to his comments about the Camp des Loges, again, it's no secret that it's among the worst in the league. The good news is that the new investors have pledged, and are committed to not only upgrade the facilities by the end of the summer, but also to push negotiations to expand the training camp.

I think it was Daniel Bravo who once said that he got electrocuted in the showers, that's how bad the situation was

[SuperSebGrimaldi]

we've only been seriously linked with castelen so far, and it doesn't look like we'll be pursuing him.

I think that you're right, and I'm happy we're not pursuing Castelen. He wouldn't provide more than Frau/Diané on the flank. The one guy I would, however, like us to go after at some point is Issiar Dia of Nancy. The Bleuet has awesome speed/dribbling, and he wants to join us because we're his hometown team, as he had been born in the suburb of Sèvres, as well as his idol being George Weah. I would actually say it wouldn't be a bad idea to go after him now, since he'd cost more as he gains more experience from L1 matches.

[hypolithe_forever]

During the friendlies PSG plays with PAF or Loris Arnaud on the right side.

Loris Arnaud was very interesting. He is young, fast and is technically talented

Why do we search somewhere else what we have under our eyes ?

[Gotham PSG]

Drame has signed with Sochaux (we'll see him on the season opener lol) and Haddad for some Israeli team, which is a shame, he was a promising player a few years ago.

Pancrate is also on the way out. As to Mabiala, he was stricken with some serious illness last season, which is why we saw so little of him, he lost like 40kg during his months on the hospital bed, and has had to build up his physique and catch up to the rest of the youngsters. I guess he still doesn't cut it for the first team.

There's still a month to go, and some rumours are that Rai has found some player. Who knows. I think we will see Pancrate and Bueno leave by the end of August, and have at least one player join us.

[austieaust1]

Castelen has gone to Hamburg.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=448801&cc=5739

[hypolithe_forever]

Haddad has signed with Maccabi Tel Haviv.

[United_Forever107]

I don't suppose its possible for us to borrow Pauleta till Christmas is it?

[Carefree 95]

I don't suppose its possible for us to borrow Pauleta till Christmas is it?

I think we need him a little more than you do! We also drew 0-0 today but he spent the whole game on the bench!!! :eek:

[United_Forever107]

I think we need him a little more than you do! We also drew 0-0 today but he spent the whole game on the bench!!! :eek:

Lol yeah I suppose. This Rooney injury has me panicked.