February 15, 2021 at 9:20 PM by Téo Greuzat
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Just arrived at FC Nantes to replace Raymond Domenech, Antoine Kombouaré appears as a safe bet in the French championship. He began his coaching career in Strasbourg in 2003, eighteen years later the former PSG player is still on a Ligue 1 bench. In recent years, the native of Nouméa has been hired to maintain his teams, and is satisfied with transfers at lower cost.
The madness of grandeur at PSG
His most significant experience will remain that of Paris-Saint-Germain, marked by a change of ownership and the arrival of Qatar in world football. The 2011-12 season, a new era which marked the beginnings of the first expensive transfers, under the presidency of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. At the head, the flagship recruit of the start of the pharaonic project of PSG, Javier Pastore arrived from Palermo in 2011 against the sum of 42 million euros.
Nine PSG players in Antoine Kombouaré’s top 10
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of the ranking is made up of former Parisians. However, a non-PSG player appears in the top 10, Sory Kaba. Arrived from Elche in Dijon against the sum of four million euros in the winter transfer window of 2019, the striker left the club six months later to join Midtjylland. During his Parisian experience, Antoine Kombouaré also recruited the future world champion Blaise Matuidi, who will be the best performing player in this ranking below…
The 10 most dear recruits to Antoine Kombouaré’s CV
10. Mateja Kezman (From Fenerbahce to PSG) = 3.70 million euros
9. Salvatore Sirigu (From Palermo to PSG) = 3.90 million euros
8. Sory Kaba (From Elche to Dijon) = 4 million euros
7. Nenê (From Monaco to PSG) = 5 million euros
6. Mohamed Sissoko (From Juventus to PSG) = 8 million euros
5. Jérémy Menez (From AS Roma to PSG) = 8 million euros
4. Blaise Matuidi (From Saint-Etienne to PSG) = 8 million euros
3. Mevlüt Erding (From FC Sochaux to PSG) = 8.5 million euros
2. Kévin Gameiro (From FC Lorient to PSG) = 11 million euros
1. Javier Pastore (From Palermo to PSG) = 42 million euros
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