5 things you should know about Chelsea target Tiemoue Bakayoko

#4 PSG remain a club he’d love to play for

Growing up in Paris, Bakayoko’s fondness of PSG is understandable

Although England seems to be the player’s likely destination this summer, there is no doubt that Bakayoko would love to turn out one day for his hometown club. It is something that he has freely admitted in the past.

“I was born and spent all my youth in Paris. If the opportunity presented itself, I would not turn down PSG,” he admitted.

Ironically, though, he had the chance to sign up to PSG’s youth academy as an 11-year-old but was told to move instead to Brittany.

“I played a trial at an international tournament in Nimes and we faced Arsenal,” he explained. “The opportunity to sign for the academy at PSG came afterwards. But my dad and brother chose Rennes, the best youth centre at the time. It hurt me – I even had tears in my eyes.”