Some transfer battles are decided by money.
And some are decided before a single bid is submitted.
Because the player has already made his choice.
That’s exactly where Eli Junior Kroupi stands.
And it’s the detail that gives a major European side an advantage in what is shaping up to be the most competitive transfer battle of the summer.
PSG hold significant edge in Kroupi race as Bournemouth teenager reveals his dream
According to Foot Mercato, Eli Junior Kroupi dreams of joining PSG, and the player would be delighted at the prospect of signing for the newly crowned Champions League winners.
Europe’s elite have all registered interest.
But none of them hold the emotional advantage that PSG possess.
The scale of the competition tells you everything about the player at the centre of it.
Kroupi has just completed a remarkable debut season in the Premier League.
Breaking the record for most goals by a teenager in the competition’s history on their debut season.
He arrived from Lorient having been considered a raw talent with enormous potential.
And Kroupi leaves his debut Premier League campaign having broken records and attracted the attention of every major club in Europe.
Bournemouth are no strangers to this conversation.
They sold virtually their entire defence last summer and still finished sixth in the Premier League.
However, they know how to rebuild.
And the base price they have set for Kroupi is €100 million.
That figure alone confirms that Bournemouth have no intention of underselling one of the most exciting young attacking players on the continent.
PSG have just won the Champions League for the second time in their history.
And they’re building something in Paris that the world of football is watching with growing respect.
For Eli Junior Kroupi, the pull of joining that project isn’t just commercial.
It’s personal.
And in the summer’s most hotly contested transfer race, that might be enough.
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