Paris Saint-Germain criticised a report from French newspaper L\u2019Equipe that stated that the Ligue 1 champions could sell either Brazil international Neymar or France star Kylian Mbappe to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.<\/p>\n
L\u2019Equipe published the report online on Friday that detailed that the club might have to offload one of their star players.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The club denies) in the strongest form these totally erroneous and ridiculous allegations, and with the sole purpose of creating a climate of great tensions \u2026 PSG questions, once again, the honesty of L\u2019Equipe and their hidden editorial motives,\u201d the club said in a statement released on Friday.<\/p>\n
Neymar joined the French champions in a world record \u00a3200m deal in 2017 from Barcelona while Mbappe became the second-most expensive player of all time when he arrived from Monaco for a rumoured \u00a3166m after having initially spent a year on loan at the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n
PSG\u2019s denial over L\u2019Equipe\u2019s story comes amid reported interest in another high-priced acquisition. Sources have told ESPN FC\u2019s Julien Laurens that PSG would have to pay \u20ac75m to sign Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong with the Dutch club not taking anything less than that amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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