Those interested stood in line at Georginio Wijnaldum’s in the summer. He explains why he ultimately chose PSG.
Dutch international Georginio Wijnaldum has confirmed that he was negotiating a transfer with Bayern Munich before his free transfer from Liverpool to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer. Of the The team said the 30-year-old midfielder: “There were talks with Bayern Munich. They started very early.” There was also contact with FC Barcelona and Inter Milan before the decision in favor of PSG was made.
Wijnaldum’s advisor Humphry Nijman had already confirmed that he had negotiated with FC Bayern in the summer. The agent also revealed that Juventus Turin had also inquired about the 2019 Champions League winner.
Wijnaldum joined Liverpool from Newcastle United
Wijnaldum described how the French finally convinced him: “With the project that is running here. I want to be part of it. The management did everything to convince me and the negotiations went very quickly.” In personal conversations, coach Mauricio Pochettino and head of sport Leonardo had also assured him that they would build “one of the best teams in Europe”.
The EM participant also revealed that PSG had already tried to get him in 2014. At that time, however, he stayed in Eindhoven to win the Eredivisie at the side of his friend Memphis Depay.
In 2015 the interest from Paris was then cooled and Wijnaldum moved to Newcastle United. A year later, the Magpies transferred to Liverpool FC for 27.5 million euros, and Wijnaldum played a total of 237 competitive games there. With coach Jürgen Klopp’s team, he won the premier class in 2019 and the English championship a year later.
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