More than ever, the time to ‘clear the deck’ has come at Paris de Princes. PSG have turned the page, renewed Kylian Mbappe, sacked Leonardo and brought Luis Campos as director and will swamp Mauricio Pochettino with Christian Galtier from Nice. The well paid but underachieving squad is next. President Nasser Al Khelaifi talked about a lot of things in his interviews for Marca and Le Parisien and one part was dedicated to his current crop of players.PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi: “Neymar part of the new project or not? We can’t speak about this in public as some players will arrive, some players will leave the club. These are private negotiations”, tells @marca. ⚠️🇧🇷 #PSG pic.twitter.com/NPrN4L0aN0— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 21, 2022 It’s no secret that PSG has a lot of players who are not playing regularly but have big wages, which they got only because Khelaifi was willing to splash the cash in order to attract better players than the ones he already had. But now, they are burden, especially after giving huge amounts of money for Mbappe and with UEFA looking at La Liga’s complaint over financial dealing in PSG. So, Khelaifi is determined to sell them at all costs.“No, it’s enough to compare with the salaries of clubs abroad. Maybe they just don’t have any offers… The Covid period has greatly reduced the market and the means of clubs. It’s also a reality. Now PSG’s position is clear: players who are not part of the project will have to leave. Some took advantage of the situation, now it’s over! What I can tell you is that we expect all the players to do a lot more than they did last season. A lot more! They all have to be 100%. Been good enough to go far. For next season, the objective is clear: to work every day at 200%. To give everything we have for this shirt, to give the maximum and we will see the result. We have to become humble again” said Khelaifi to Le Parisien.Al Khelaifi: It’s over with glitter and spotlights in Paris; Zidane was not an option, we are negotiating with NiceOff course, there are players who took advantage of the situation, meaning they are hugely overpaid, but Neymar is not in that category, as he was bought by club and renewed just a year ago. On the other hand, the Brazilian is not playing at the level of expectation, and even thou he is a regular starter, the club wouldn’t stand in his way if he chooses to leave. He is not Khelaifi’s favorite, and certainly not Luis Campos’, but the problem is money. Is there currently a club in such a dire need of a Neymar type of player, who is willing to pay him his Paris wages, which are a little more than 30,000,000 euros net per season?(2.40) Addis Ababa Ketema (2.90) Sebeta City (3.15)The best case scenario is that another club comes in (Juventus maybe) comes in and ask the Brazilian to come on a load and PSG to pay at least 60% of his wages. Will that happen, nobody knows. But his place is not guaranteed anymore. When pressed about Neymar by the Marca journalists, Khelaifi gave a vague answer, but it was also a very indicative answer:“Is Neymar part of the new project? We can’t talk about these issues in the media, some will come and some will go, but these are private negotiations”.
