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Paris Saint-Germain shook the summer transfer window by acquiring Barcelona star Neymar and Monaco wonderkid Kylian Mbappe.
PSG team president Nasser Al-Khelaifi stated that they competed with many teams for the French players and did not even submit the highest offer for the forward from all the teams. Mbappe was loaned to Monaco for a year, and then his buyout fee can rise to 180 million euros, making him the second most expensive football player of all time.
"We had a lot of competition, believe me. There were teams that offered him more than we did. Every big team wanted him. But we explained our project to him, the team's ambitions, he is a Parisian and this team was in his heart.
He wanted to stay in France and defend the French colors in the Champions League. It is inside him. He wants to write history here, he loves this team, and his dream was to play for PSG," said the team's president.
N. Al-Khelaifi also is not worried about UEFA sanctions and has other issues to deal with.
"The pressure from other clubs is high, but I don't think it affects UEFA. They are a very professional and serious organization. Today we have a different problem - we don't have enough jerseys! It's huge. I was in the US last week and saw PSG jerseys everywhere. The same situation was in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East."
