The 3 worst transfer windows for Paris Saint-Germain

Summer is in full swing and so are the recruiting announcements. For Paris Saint-Germain, European champions, it is difficult to imagine who could come to strengthen them. An opportunity for a flashback to previous recruiting sessions?

Paris 2007: The Péguy era

All clubs share moments of glory and others that are much darker. 2007 was enough for PSG to reawaken great traumas among Parisian fans. In the arrivals section there is a nice colony of Brazilians, not necessarily the best. Céara (2M/Internacional), Souza (4M/Sao Paulo) and Everton Santos (2M/Corinthians) may not have left the best memories in the capital.

Peguy Luyindula also arrives from rival Marseille, signing for 4 million euros to fuel the Parisian attack. The midfield is managed by Didier Digard (2.5M/Havre) and Granddi N’Goyi (club coached), not the brightest duo. Gregory Bourillon also leaves Stade Rennais (3.5M) to strengthen the defense, but that won’t change anything. The club finished 16th and remained a catastrophic team on the final day of Ligue 1.

Paris 2016: Zlatan’s departure

Summer 2016, Zlatan leaves Paris, leaving a dressing room without a leader and his name officially as a verb in the French vocabulary. PSG must therefore gain in charisma and leadership to compensate, and for this there is nothing better than recovering the terrible enfant of French football: Hatem Ben Arfa (libero/OGC Nice). Not the idea of ​​the century, despite coming from an exceptional season in Nice.

A new pair emerges in the middle, Grzegorz Krychowiak (30M/Seville) and Giovani Lo Celso (10M/Rosario Central), neither of them will work in midfield. There is also a new attacking recruit, Jesé Rodriguez (25M/Real Madrid), still a nugget at the time, who also failed spectacularly. Finally, the only purchase to have left a memory that is neither bad nor incredible, Thomas Meunier (6M/ FC Bruges) is the rare satisfaction of this market that will lead to nothing concrete.

Paris 2003: Pauleta yes, the rest no

In the summer of 2003 Paris began a revolution in its workforce, the desire was felt to monopolize the top positions. Juan Pablo Serin, former Barça, he signs to PSG on loan to occupy the left lane while Bernard Mendy (2.7M/Caen) arrives to manage the opposite flank. The PSG boy, Lorik Cana, is taking his first steps in the first team, the one who 3 years later would reach the peak of OM’s splendor. He will be paired with Branko Boskovic (Stella Rossa/6M) to try to dominate the midfield.

As usual, the team’s attack will have its Brazilian revolution with Reinaldo Oliveira (10M/Flamengo) and club legend Pauleta (9M/Bordeaux). Danijel Ljuboja (3.3M/Strasbourg) concludes the attack. In total, almost 3 million euros were invested for a painful 9th ​​place. Excellent players but an execrable set-up, a record that classifies this promising transfer window as one of the biggest wastes in the club’s history…