Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier has blamed Chelsea for his sideâs failure to sign Hakim Ziyech on loan on the last day of the January transfer window.
The French giants moved to sign Ziyech from Chelsea but failed at the last minute due to paperwork issues. However, the PSG coach has absolved his side of blame in the failed move, maintaining that the âresponsibilityâ did not lie with his side as they have a âquality workforceâ.Â
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Speaking about the situation after the French sideâs win over Montpellier on Wednesday, Galtier said: âFrom the moment we released Pablo Sarabia to join England, we targeted players who could play on the right side. For various reasons, which I wonât go into, we couldnât make the player we had targeted.
âI have a quality workforce. The young people will have their say. Obviously, in a very busy schedule, you have to be careful with injuries and fatigue, but there you go. Iâm satisfied with the squad I have.Â
âUnfortunately, we could have reinforced it following the departure of Pablo, but we couldnât. I believe that the responsibility does not lie with our club. Thatâs how we move forward. Thatâs how it is. Thatâs life; we look ahead.Â
âWe wanted to replace Sarabia with a player able to evolve on the right side. Unfortunately, Ziyech was not done, and these are the hazards of the transfer window. It must be accepted. The responsibility does not lie with PSG, as I know.â