Fabrizio Romano has revealed a PSG exit development that changes the picture for one of the club’s most talked-about young players — and puts Borussia Dortmund and the Premier League on alert.
Paris Saint-Germain’s summer has so far been defined by careful squad surgery rather than headline spending. Goncalo Ramos has departed for AC Milan, Lucas Digne has arrived, and the club have quietly been locking down key contracts behind the scenes.
The forward line remains the area under most scrutiny. Supporters have already been digesting a fresh Bradley Barcola update this week, with the Frenchman’s future one of the stories of the window.
Now Romano has added a second departure storyline — this one involving one of football’s most powerful agents, and a player PSG’s academy watchers know very well indeed.
Jorge Mendes takes charge of a PSG future
The player is Ibrahim Mbaye. According to Fabrizio Romano, speaking on his YouTube channel: “Jorge Mendes has now become involved in the player’s future. Mendes has officially signed Ibrahim Mbaye as a new client,” with the agent “already working hard to find the best solution for the player’s future.”
Romano was direct about the player’s mindset: “The player’s intention is to leave PSG. He believes the right step for his career is to move elsewhere, where he can play regularly and become an important member of the squad.” On suitors, he added: “In Germany, Borussia Dortmund remain interested, while a number of Premier League clubs have also entered the race.”
Part of the squeeze, Romano explained, is contractual: “Fabian Ruiz has agreed a new contract with PSG until 2029, with an option to extend it until 2030” — one of several renewals PSG have completed quietly, with Willian Pacho’s extension signed back in December. The pathway to regular minutes keeps narrowing, a theme explored in our look at Fabian Ruiz’s contract case.
Should PSG cash in on Mbaye this summer?
This is the classic Paris dilemma. Mbaye likes the club, per Romano, but the competition for attacking places at the Parc des Princes is arguably the fiercest in Europe, and a teenager with his profile needs minutes more than prestige. Dortmund’s record of turning exactly this kind of player into a superstar — and a resale windfall — makes their interest a serious threat rather than background noise.
The smart play for PSG is protection: if a sale happens, a buy-back clause or meaningful sell-on percentage is non-negotiable. The verdict: with Mendes now driving the process and the player’s intention clear, this feels like a departure that is a question of terms rather than direction — and PSG’s priority should be making sure they are not watching Mbaye light up someone else’s project with no way back.
