Real Madrid and PSG They have always displayed a great connection, beyond the interests that both entities defend. A good understanding that is being tested more than ever in the last few weeks. The cases of the Superliga, Mbapp, Pochettino and now Varanehave strained the relationship more than ever.
Up to now, Al Khelaifi and Florentino Prez They had never been carried away by market pressure to alter the good deal between them. Both presidents always they have put cordiality before business. After many years of contacts, interests in players and coaches, negotiations and the occasional operation, It is the first time that a certain tightness has been appreciated.
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The conflicting interests in the Super League have left wounds and from then on there have been a series of movements that have caused a some tension between both entities. The positioning of Al Khelaifi against the Super League project and, above all, his resounding statements about the Mbapp situation before the interest of Real Madrid have set off alarms about the Real Madrid-PSG relationship.
Since the clash in the Super League in April, Madrid tightened the fence more than ever on Mbapp. The contractual situation of the PSG crack and his resistance to renew, accentuated by his statements, they brought him closer than ever to the white set. Madrid also looked to Paris to groping Pochettino after Zidane’s goodbye. Y now it is PSG who is setting the sights on Madrid in case you can fish in the troubled river of the ‘Varane case’, in the same situation as Mbapp, or even take advantage of the non-renewal of Ramos to give the coup of signing the former white captain for free.
A bad enemy
What is clear is that PSG is a bad enemy. Madrid know this well from their last failed attempts. The Parisian team won the game with Mbapp in 2018, did not give him options with Neymar a couple summers ago and neither with Pochettino. In between, took Keylor and could do the same with Varane. The Madrid I only managed to get Ancelotti out of Paris and that was eight years ago.
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Now things have changed. PSG is a fortn, an impregnable wall for everyone who looks out its spectacular showcase of footballers. Let them tell Barcelona, whose ‘cold war’ with PSG has been very expensive. The Catalans lose by a landslide since the relationship jumped through the air with the Verratti case in 2017.
The ‘cold war’ with Bara
Bara went with everything for the PSG midfielder and the summer ended with Neymar in Paris in one of the most spectacular and surprising operations in the history of football. That same summer Barcelona tried to counterattack, but his intention to take Di Mara was not fruitful either.. Nor will their attempts to get Neymar back. The last blow, the ‘robbery’ of Wijnaldum, brand new signing of PSG after having almost everything done with Barcelona, which considered him a priority and strategic signing.