Tare admits Muriqi turned down PSG

Paris Saint-Germain has come up in a revelation about Vedat Muriqi, who returned to Fenerbahçe at the start of this season. Igli Tare, the then sporting director who brought Muriqi from Fenerbahçe to Lazio in 2020, said the star striker had turned down PSG.

Tare said Muriqi did not fully establish himself at Lazio. "We are talking about an extraordinary striker in the way he reads the game. For various reasons, he could not give everything he was capable of at Lazio," Tare said. According to Tare, a private plane was waiting to take Muriqi to Paris for a PSG move, but he rejected that offer to join Lazio.

Tare also said Muriqi had turned down other offers for Lazio at that time. He said other clubs offered more than twice his salary, but Muriqi turned them down to come to Italy.

After signing for Fenerbahçe at the start of the season, Muriqi had said he did not get a chance to play at Lazio because Ciro Immobile, the Golden Boot holder at the time, was ahead of him. The Kosovo striker has made 18 appearances for Fenerbahçe this season, scoring 9 goals and providing 2 assists.