He left PSG for more game time, reality catches up with him in Manchester

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·2 March 2026

He left PSG for more game time, reality catches up with him in Manchester

Paris Saint-Germain was unable to convince Mahamadou Sangaré (18 years old), a center forward now at Manchester City. In an interview with Onze Mondial, the former Titi explains that a project deemed too vague and a lack of prospects for playing time pushed him to leave. Today, he also recounts an integration at the Citizens that is still incomplete.

Sangaré: “The project proposed by PSG was not clear”

“The project proposed by PSG was not clear. I preferred to leave, because we didn’t agree on certain points. After some thought, I made the decision to leave the club. I wanted playing time, a place in the professional squad. I wasn’t asking for guarantees either, but at least to have my chance. From what they said, I understood that I wasn’t going to get any minutes. So I didn’t want to sign my professional contract with PSG.

Sangaré: “For now, things are not going as planned”

Today, I’m at City. I train from time to time with the first team. Everything goes well each time, I show my qualities. For now, things are not going as planned, I would like to get minutes with the pros, but I’m training hard to achieve my goals.”

The message is clear: Sangaré didn’t run away for “guarantees,” but for a clear trajectory. At PSG, he says he understood that his chance with the professional squad would be too far off, and he preferred to cut things short rather than sign without a clear horizon.

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Except the difficulty with football is that the quest for minutes isn’t solved just by changing clubs, especially at Manchester City. It can even be more complicated with a change. The player explains that he sometimes trains with the first team, “shows his qualities” there, but finds that “things are not going as planned” in terms of playing time.

In short: he chose the risk, and now accepts the price of that risk. There are many cases like this. Many think the grass is greener elsewhere, but what was seen at PSG is very likely the same at other big clubs.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.