Paris Saint-Germain announced a transfer that made its supporters react.
« Trained at Paris Saint-Germain, Presnel Kimpembe entered Qatar Sports Club as part of a final transfer, after twenty years spent in red & blue“, Can we read in an official PSG press release.
Plurged by repeated physical seeds for three years, the central defender had only made a few appearances last season. The club had offered him an extension of a contract as a mark of trust, but his situation had become worrying.
A club of the club
By letting his titi leave, PSG loses an emblematic player of his history. “As a child of the Paris region, born in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Presnel Kimpembe begins football at AS Éragny (Val-d'Oise) before joining the capital's club in 2005, at only 10 years old. Passed by all categories of young people, he climbed the ladder before joining the workforce U19, where he took his first steps in Youth League in September 2013, at only 17 years old, reaching the quarter -finals of the competition. Talent talent of the Parisian training, Presnel Kimpembe appears for the first time in the professional group of Laurent Blanc on the occasion of the Champions Trophy against Guingamp, where he wins his first title Under the red & blue tunic. A few weeks later, he made his big debut with the first team, on October 17, 2014, on the lawn of the RC Lens, by replacing Thiago Motta fifteen minutes from the end of the match. This moment marks the beginning of a long and beautiful story between the young defender and the club of the capital “PSG continues.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi paid tribute to this club legend.
“Presnel Kimpembe has had an incredible career in Paris Saint-Germain. Since the age of 8, Presnel has grown up and has developed at all levels in his heart club, where he has always been an ambassador and a model of professionalism. It is a fantastic example for young players in our training center and will always be part of the Paris Saint-Germain family. We wish him a lot of success for the future and his next adventure. »»
