PSG Pushing For Lyon’s Bradley Barcola As Montpellier’s Elye Wahi Agrees Personal Terms With Chelsea To Become Mauricio Pochettino’s Fifth Summer Recruit
Written by Olaleye Oluwadamilola
PSG are not done in the transfer market even after recruiting four players and also making the appointment of a new manger, the Paris club who have been heavily linked with Juventus Dusan Vlahovic and Harry Kane who is not interested in a move to France are pushing to sign Lyon’s Bradley Barcola amidst uncertainties over Kylian Mbappe’s future.
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According to transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, Paris Saint-Germain are pushing to reach a deal for Lyon winger Bradley Barcola and they have already been in contact with the French U21 international’s entourage and discussions have been described as positive.
The Lyon forward impressed at the U21 Euros for France, scoring 2 goals and assisting a further 2 goals in 4 appearances for Les Bleuets in a continuation of the French youth international impressive end to the season for OL.
However Lyon are reluctant to see the highly-rated Frenchman leave the club this summer due to the inability to replace him because of the DNCG’ transfer restrictions as it could make any deal difficult for PSG to complete.
The Frenchman has also expressed his intentions to stay at the Groupama Stadium this summer to continue his development under Laurent Blanc and enjoy regular playing time.
Meanwhile…
L’Équipe have provided an update on the future of French youth international attacker Elye Wahi, following other reports in the last 48 hours that Premier League club Chelsea are accelerating their talks to sign the 20-year-old, with the intention of loaning him to Strasbourg for the 2023/24 campaign.
French news outlet, Foot Mercato also provided the same report that Chelsea have been working ‘for several days’ to sign Montpellier’s forward Elye Wahi and loan him out to Patrick Vieria’s RC Strasbourg, who are owned by BlueCo, the same group that own Chelsea.
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Furthermore, the talks are said to be ‘progressing well’, with the Blues hoping to ‘complete the deal within this week’ but with the fee yet unclear, Chelsea are confident of signing the forward despite Inter Milan’s interest.
A decision will be made soon, the report added as Chelsea could announce their fifth signing of the summer transfer window.
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