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Rayan Cherki to Paris Saint Germain

Man City

Paris Saint Germain

Midfielder · 23y · France · contract until 2030

Chance it happens in January

No trusted reporter yet. Stories like this complete 6 in 100 times.

Carried by CaughtOffside (aggregator) and Foot01 (tabloid).

Fee: Not reported
Value: €140m
Reporters: 1

Where he ends up in the January windowEvery outcome by the January deadline, adding up to 100%. A move in a later window is not counted. Open a club for its rumour.

PSGThis rumour
Real MadridRumour page
Other clubNot yet named
Stays at Man CityNo move

What the number is based on

ReportingNo trusted reporter2 outlets, all tabloids or aggregatorsAgainst the move
ContractRuns to June 20303 years 8 months leftAgainst the move
Paris Saint GermainPlenty of room to spendFor the move
FeeNot reportedValue €140m

The story so far

3 reports · newest first

Saturday
Foot01Trust 48TabloidTabloidReport
“Malgré le transfert avorté en 2024, le Paris Saint-Germain s’intéresse toujours à Rayan Cherki.”
Thursday
CaughtOffsideTrust 46via Transfer News LiveFull post
“🚨 Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Manchester City attacker Rayan Cherki. Manchester City want to keep the 23-year-old, who is valued at around €90M, and would only consider an exceptional offer.”
CaughtOffsideTrust 50Earliest mentionEarliest mentionFull post
“Man City decide Rayan Cherki asking price amid Real Madrid and PSG transfer interest. Manchester City are reportedly prepared to demand around €90million for Rayan Cherki amid growing interest from Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.”

Quotes in French are shown as written. English translations are added for major stories.

Chance it happens in January

Long shot

Value: €140m

AuthorTransfer Tracker AnalystLast updated3 Nov 2026StatusUp to date

Cherki to PSG: Paris linked again, but City in no mood to sell

The situation

Rayan Cherki is being talked about as a target for Paris Saint Germain again, barely eighteen months after he left France for Manchester City. The story is that PSG, along with Real Madrid, like the idea of bringing him back, with Manchester City said to want €90m were they ever to sell. Nothing here is advanced. There is no agreement, no bid on the table that anyone has confirmed, and no indication City have any wish to let him go. He signed for them on 10 June 2025 and has three and a half years left on his contract once the window reopens, which gives City every reason to simply say no.

The reporting

The sourcing is thin. CaughtOffside first reported it on 29 October, and the only other voices repeating it are Transfer News Live, relaying that same CaughtOffside line, and Foot01, which has simply noted PSG's long-standing interest going back to a collapsed 2024 move. No trusted reporter has picked this up.

The outlook

Call this a longshot. For it to happen, City would need to change their stance entirely, Cherki would need to want out after so little time in England, and PSG would have to beat Real Madrid to him, or outspend City's valuation of €142m by some distance. None of that looks close. The more realistic reading is interest being floated rather than a move being built.

The context

PSG know what a marquee fee looks like. They paid €180m for Kylian Mbappé in 2018, €95m for Randal Kolo Muani in 2023 and €70m for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia this year, so a move for Cherki would sit well within their spending habits if they chose to pursue it seriously.