Paris Saint-Germain can’t afford to sign reported Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur target Dominik Szoboszlai in the January transfer window, coach Zsolt Low tells Digi Sport, via Blikk, while suggesting RB Leipzig could be the ideal destination.
While suggestions a move to Leipzig is all but done were played down by the midfielder’s agent (Index), a January switch from one Red Bull-owned club to another wouldn’t come as a surprise.
Leipzig have already raided their sister club for Dayot Upamecano and Naby Keita, while Hwang Hee-chan travelled a well-worn path in the summer to fill the void created by Timo Werner’s move to Chelsea.
What’s more, two of Szoboszlai’s fellow Hungary internationals already ply their trade under Julian Nagelsmann – goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi and centre-half Willi Orban.
So while PSG coach Low would love to work with his compatriot at the Parc des Princes, he believes Leipzig is the ideal destination for perhaps the most coveted midfielder in Europe.
“I would be the happiest, I will tell you honestly, if I had the opportunity to get Dominik and we could work together,” says Low, before suggesting usually cash-rich PSG can’t afford to trigger Szoboszlai’s £23 million release clause.
“We have a very big financial loss, hundreds of millions, which is why we could already see (in the summer) it wasn’t typical for the club to buy players for tens of millions.
“We didn’t have the opportunity to buy big stars. This could make things difficult for Dominik and, if (PSG) decided to fight for him, it would still have to transfer a few tens of millions of euros.
“Perhaps Red Bull Leipzig would be a more healthy move?”
The Mirror suggests Arsenal would also struggle to pay the fee Salzburg want for their 20-year-old set-piece master. As with the Nicolas Pepe deal in 2019, the Gunners prefer to fork out more than £23 million in a series of installments.
90Min reports Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City and Everton are also interested.
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