Leonardo had a clear future project with Tanguy Kouassi. At the beginning of this season, the French center-back made the leap to the first squad of Parisians and Tuchel has been counting on him until accumulating almost a thousand minutes of flight with 'the older ones'. With the departure of Thiago Silva, the Brazilian hoped to renew Kouassi and that he would forge himself with more minutes in the following campaigns to see if he would make the leap and become a fixture behind in Paris.
The plan will not be followed. Tanguy Kouassi rejected the offer to renew PSG, which offered him his first professional contract, and decided to go free to Bayern Munich without leaving a euro for his transfer in the coffers of the French club. His departure seems acceptable for PSG, always with the ability to acquire new level players, but his sports director has been deeply bothered by the ways of the Germans.
“German clubs, mainly Bayern, RB Leizpig and Borussia Dortmund go after the youth and threaten the French teams. Its a big problem. They call parents, friends, family, the player himself and it happens even with players under the age of 16. There are some very good players in France, practically trained, but this goes further. At 15 or 16 years old, they eat the heads of young people. Maybe they should change the rules to protect the French teams, “he says at Le Parisien.
The Parisian sports director is in the spotlight today after Meunier's statements in the DPA in which he accused him of wanting the Belgian to return from Borussia Dortmund to play the Champions League with PSG practically free. In addition, the Parisian club, always according to the Belgian, denied him access to the training facilities and came to receive some threat.