Breaking: How Chelsea were involved in Kia-PSG meeting
As was reported earlier this week, the “super-agent” was spotted in a bar in Mayfair speaking to PSG director of sport Antero Henrique.
Speculation correctly guessed that Philippe Coutinho was the main reason for their chat, with the Liverpool man known to be close to Neymar, who was trying to recruit him to Barcelona before joining the French giants.
But there’s something else, according to French outlet Le 10 Sport: Joorabchian could very well have been there on Chelsea business, too, since he’s close to both Roman Abramovich and Marina Granovskaya.
Notably, Coach Antonio Conte is a known admirer of Javier Pastore, one of the players PSG will need to offload this winter in order to meet Financial Fair Play regulations.
The Parisians spent a lot of money in summer, with €402 million going out on Neymar and Kylian M’Bappe alone. They have since shipped off Serge Aurier and Blaise Matuidi, but will need to do a lot more.