He'd be a decent enough response to losing Gueye but I've got a feeling SoccerLink might not be well sourced.
I had a little look.
33k followers on twitter, decent digits, not amazing, the story is actually 2 days old, I cant imagine nobody else would have picked up on it by now.
TUCHEL WANTS IDRISSA GUEYE. EVERTON TRACK TOUSART
After the signing of Abdou Diallo, PSG is active to recruit Idrissa Gueye. Thomas Tuchel validated the track and traded with Senegalese midfielder.
PSG may have finally found his famous defensive midfielder for this summer. Evoked for months, the Parisian interest for
Idrissa Gueye is confirmed more than ever. The player has already agreed in principle to join the club of the capital. In recent days, PSG has again told Everton his desire to recruit the player. Anyway, the track remains hot since
Thomas Tuchel also validated the profile and already discussed with the Senegalese.
Zahavi mandated this winter by PSG
Last winter, the famous agent
Pini Zahavi was mandated by PSG to complete the deal. The latter had even already proposed to the Toffees several profiles to replace
Idrissa Gueye including a certain
Lucas Tousart . The middle of the OL, as well as
Abdoulaye Doucoure (Watford) are still in the sights of the Toffees this summer.
Even if the club of the capital has not yet formulated an official offer, internally PSG is confident about the finalization of the operation.
Which is basically this story from January, kinda.
France Football report that Senegalese international central midfielder Idrissa Gueye was closer to a January move to PSG than many might expect, but that the deal ultimately fell through when The Toffees’ replacement choice, Lyon’s Lucas Tousart, rejected them.
PSG did not want to pay the €40m demanded by Everton for ex-Lille and Aston Villa central midfielder Gueye, and EFC were only willing to negotiate if they were able to sign a replacement – they looked at Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), but he was quickly dismissed on the grounds that he was too expensive.
Lucas Tousart was the other option, but the ex-Valenciennes defensive midfielder rejected Marco Silva’s side and an additional proposal from Zenit St Petersburg in January in order to remain with Lyon in Ligue 1.
In short, TOSH.