Rumour: PSG want Di Maria on loan to get around FFP

AS claim that the French club want Di Maria for a year and will pay Madrid €60m (£47.5m) in the summer of 2015, a proposal turned down by Los Blancos.

PSG recently fell afoul of UEFA’s FFP rules and have been limited to spending €50m (£39.6m) this summer - a figure they reached with the purchase of David Luiz from Chelsea.

But PSG still want Di Maria and want to avoid having to sell before they can buy. However, Madrid are counting on the Di Maria money to fund their signing of James Rodriguez from Monaco and rejected the idea.

AS cite reports from La Parisien that claim the approach was made earlier this month and turned down by President Florentino Perez.

The clubs have yet to come to an agreement over the sale of the Argentine, with reports from England suggesting PSG will sell Edinson Cavani to Manchester United to pay for Di Maria.

This is the reality of FFP. Clubs will try to comply with FFP but if they can get around it in some way, shape or form then they probably will. The one stumbling block though could be Madrid’s requirement for cash to balance their own books. It would not be a huge surprise to see Di Maria end up at another cash rich club such as Monaco – who, after the proposed sale of James Rodriguez to Madrid, should be cash rich.

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