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The mental part is actually that they got a player worth €60/70m from PSG for only €20m. PSG should have kept him and they gave him away for far less than his market value.
This is simply part and parcel of the decision PSG made to bring in Neymar and Mbappe so near to each other and in the context of FFP, and I’ve no doubt they knew it too. They knew full well that the cost of this was that they were simply going to have to sell fringe players whenever possible, for whatever amount possible when opportunities would arise in ensuing years. Buying clubs also know they can string PSG over over the negotiation table as well as a result of this, as PSG would have no choice but to make some sales. Hence, this exact situation. PSG simply aren’t in the position to wait and see if players like this suss out, and good thing for us if we eventually are at the end of the line of benefit here.