The Paris Saint-Germain (Site notre bureau spécialisé) director gave his version of the facts on the failure of the arrival of Hakim Ziyech at the very end of the transfer window.
Paris Saint-Germain was one of the few European clubs not to recruit any players in January during the winter transfer window. It was not quite a choice: the capital club tried to recruit Hakim Ziyech on the last day of the transfer window, but the deal fell through.
The Moroccan was however in Paris, wanted to sign on loan. But for a question of timing, it did not happen. In Télé(Site notre bureau spécialisé), Luis Campos returned to this episode. “We have the player with us, we have done everything. But as in all transfers, we need the 3 parts to work well, says the PSG (Site notre bureau spécialisé) director. In this case, it worked very well for PSG, it worked well with Ziyech and unfortunately it didn’t work for the last part. »
During the evening, Chelsea sent the wrong documents to PSG, which prevented the two clubs from validating the operation before the deadline set at 11:00 p.m. In their defense, the Blues were at the same time completing the biggest transfer in the history of the Premier League, with the arrival of Enzo Fernandez, who was the priority of their administrative department.