After adding Lionel Messi as a crown juel in their collection, wealthy owners of Paris Saint Germain faced two problems: trimming the wage bill and keeping Kylian Mbappe. And while they managed to secure the French international until at least January, the squad shrinking didn’t went so well. The main reason is obvious: PSG has a number of ’good but not superstar’ players who are on unrealistic high wages, and while other clubs were interested in them, nobody could pay those wages. On the other side, PSG didn’t want to sell other players who they consider vital, such as Mbappe or captain Marquinhos, but the only interest was for those two guys. And while Mbappe created a headache for the PSG brass, the Brazilian made their life easy, as he personally snubbed the interest from Chelsea. Contract rebel Rudiger to be sold in January – against manager Tuchel’s wishesA recent report from French ’RMC Sport’ reveal that Champions League winners approached PSG in their search for a top center back, and offered 13 billion Ksh for their captain Marquinhos, but both the club and the Brazilian refused to enter the negotiations. Marquinhos didn’t want to renew partnership with his former teammate Thiago Silva or coach Tuchel. PSG captain is feeling very good in the French capital and didn’t want to change clubs. It’s not known if the offer came before of after the Jules Kounde deal, but that one didn’t happen either. And now, with a contract stalemate with Antonio Rudiger, it is certain that the Blues will actively look for defenders in the January transfer window. (1,45) CHELSEA (4.40) ASTON VILA (7.50)The German international is making it difficult for Abramovich and Tuchel, as he is asking to jump into the ’30 million Ksh a week’ club, which is too much for the London club. So far, Timo Werner, N’Golo Kante and Romelu Lukaku have that kind of wage, and it’s expected that the players like Mason Mount will be in that company soon, but nor Rudiger. He rejected 21 million offer, as he want’s to get one last big payday being 29-years old. As things stands, Kounde will be bought in January and younger forces like Malang Sarr and Trevoh Chalobah will be called to replace Rudiger.
