PSV collected millions, but after a year another lease arrangement with a buyout option is already looming.
1 min readHis summer transfer could not be prevented a year ago. Clubs such as Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and several other Premier League clubs were coveting his signature. A process that had been going on for years, incidentally, but that aside.
However, only Red Bull Leipzig managed to get him. And so Bakayoko went for it and swapped PSV last summer for Red Bull Leipzig. The Bundesliga club was still paying 20 million euros for the Belgian, who is now an international. In Leipzig, Bakayoko had to deal with super-talent Yan Diomande, which meant the Belgian developed at PSV didn’t get many opportunities to play.
As Malik Tillman, after a disappointing season, is once again allowed to leave Bayer Leverkusen, it seems that a path to Serie A is opening up for Johan Bakayoko. Serie A club Fiorentina is certainly interested in bringing Bakayoko in. This is reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Bakayoko swapped PSV for Leipzig last summer. The Bundesliga club paid eighteen million euros for the Belgian, but due to the competition from super talent Yan Diomande, he did not get much playing time. This summer, Die Roten Bullen may already be on their way to parting with him again. Fiorentina is already keeping a close eye, as La Gazzetta dello Sport reports.
According to the pink sports newspaper from Italy, technical director Fabio Paratici of Fiorentina is busy drawing up a loan deal with an option to buy with the management of Red Bull Leipzig. Meanwhile, Red Bull Leipzig would be looking to agree on a fixed buyout fee of 20 million euros for Bakayoko in the summer of 2027. That is the same amount as PSV received from Leipzig for Bakyoko, who still has a contract in Germany until mid-2030.
Bakayoko was not called up for the World Cup squad with Belgium after a difficult season in Leipzig. The 23-year-old right winger could only manage twenty appearances in the Bundesliga, eight of them in the starting lineup. He scored twice. These are not entirely bad figures for a first season in a tough competition, but it will have to be better before Bakayoko can be seen as a regular starter at Leipzig.
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Hmm, die huurconstructie met koopoptie klinkt weer als een klassieker uit het PSV-wereldje. 20 miljoen in 2027 is niet slecht, maar ik vraag me af of Bakayoko nog wel stijgt met Diomande daarbovenop.
Bro, PSV incasseert 20 miljoen en krijgt daarna weer een nieuwe constructie... dan maar hopen dat het PSV-track record met talent verkopen klopt. Met 2 goals en 8 basisspellen op een zware plek is het niet mega, maar ik denk dat hij nog steeds hoger kan. 👀⚽
"huurdeal met een optie tot koop" is echt het standaard recept tegenwoordig. Bakayoko had bij ons in elk geval nog het momentum om te groeien, maar Leipzig zette hem naast Diomande en dan is het snel over. Ben benieuwd of Fiorentina hem daar wel meteen durft te brengen.
Tbh zuur dat Leipzig hem nog geen seizoen laat spelen en nu al weer gaat stallen met een koopoptie. Als Fiorentina hem neemt en hem wél laat knallen, voelt dit als geld waar we opnieuw indirect niks aan hebben. 20 miljoen afkoopsom in 2027 vind ik ook wel heel precies.