Jorge Mendes partners with Manchester City target to facilitate Paris Saint-Germain exit | OneFootball

Super-agent Jorge Mendes has signed Paris Saint-Germain winger Ibrahim Mbaye as a new client and is actively pushing to find the Senegal international a new club this summer, as per a new report.

Ibrahim Mbaye has been one of the more exciting young wingers to emerge from the academy system at Paris Saint-Germain in recent seasons, with the 18-year-old’s combination of speed, directness and technical quality having drawn considerable attention from clubs across Europe despite a limited but impactful senior career at the Parc des Princes.

The teenager made 31 appearances across all competitions for PSG, contributing three goals and two assists, though sustained opportunities have been difficult to come by given the extraordinary level of attacking competition at the club – with the likes of Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bradley Barcola all competing for the same wide positions ahead of him in the hierarchy.

The FIFA World Cup has provided Mbaye with a stage to change that narrative, with the Senegal international making four appearances and leaving a clear impression on those watching – including a particularly sharp cameo in which he left Theo Hernandez in his wake and reduced the deficit against France with a powerful strike that underlined the profile of player he is capable of being at the highest level.

PSG are understood to be open to a sale for a player valued at around £25 million, with Mbaye himself keen to find a club where regular first-team football is guaranteed rather than dependent on the misfortune or rotation of players well-established in the PSG system ahead of him.

Report: Mendes “pushing a lot” to find solution as Premier League and Bundesliga clubs circle

According to Fabrizio Romano, Jorge Mendes has taken over as Mbaye’s agent and is “pushing a lot” to find a solution for the player this summer – a development that significantly accelerates the pace at which his transfer situation is likely to develop in the coming weeks.

Mendes’s involvement transforms the dynamic around Mbaye’s future considerably, with the Portuguese super-agent’s network across European football’s elite clubs and his track record of engineering high-profile moves giving the pursuit a momentum that the player’s previous representation was unlikely to generate at the same speed.

Manchester City are among the clubs to have added Mbaye to their shortlist, alongside Tottenham, Aston Villa, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund – with the Bundesliga clubs, and particularly Dortmund, currently understood to be among the most actively interested parties in the race to sign the 18-year-old, who is under contract at PSG till 2028.

The breadth of interest in a player of Mbaye’s age and valuation speaks to the level of reputation he has built both through his club appearances and his World Cup performances, with Mendes now in a position to leverage that competition between clubs to find the solution that best fits the player’s development ambitions in the next phase of his career.

What does Mbaye’s availability mean for Man City’s winger search?

Manchester City’s interest in Mbaye sits within the context of a wider winger search that has gained urgency in recent weeks, with Tottenham having accelerated their move for Savinho and director of football Hugo Viana understood to be assessing multiple options in anticipation of a departure that would leave Enzo Maresca with a vacancy in the wide attacking position that needs to be addressed before the new season begins.

Mbaye’s profile maps closely onto the type of winger Maresca has been identified as wanting at the Etihad Stadium – direct, explosive off the ball and capable of creating and scoring in equal measure – with his age adding a long-term dimension to any potential deal that would complement the more immediately impactful signings City have already made this summer.

At a reported valuation of around £25 million, Mbaye would also represent a considerably more modest financial commitment than the other targets City have been linked with in the wide position this summer, giving Viana the option of addressing the winger vacancy without diverting the kind of resource that is still required to conclude other outstanding business across the squad.

Whether Mendes’s arrival in the picture and the competitive interest from Bundesliga clubs pushes City to formalise their shortlist interest into a concrete approach remains to be seen, but with PSG open to selling and the player himself eager to move on, the conditions for a deal are clearly present – and Mendes’s reputation for working quickly when the right opportunity exists suggests that Mbaye’s situation is unlikely to remain unresolved for long.