Tim Weah says goodbye to Paris for now
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Dec 26, 2018
The 18-year-old son of the great George Weah made the announcement in an Instagram post in French on Christmas Day. The club to which he's believed to be headed is Scottish champion Celtic, though French club Rennes has also been tipped to be in the hunt.
"First of all," Weah said, "I would like to thank the fans for their constant support, as well as the coaching staff and my teammates, for keeping me in good spirits and making me feel like I will always be a part of this family.
"These past few months were great even though I did not play much, I was always grateful for the opportunities I had at the beginning of the season because it opened many doors for me this winter."
Weah starred for PSG in preseason, scored in 4-0 Trophée des Champions win over Monaco, scored off the bench in its Ligue 1 opener and started in its second game of the season. But with the return of its World Cup stars and last-minute signing of Cameroonian forward Eric Choupo-Moting, there was no room for Weah in the first team, and he has not dressed since. His only three club games were with the PSG second team in the amateur fourth-tier National 2.
He debuted for the USA in March, shortly after making his first appearance for PSG, and started six international games in 2018, tied for fourth on the team. He scored in the 3-0 win over Bolivia and had a assist in the 4-2 loss to Colombia. He is eligible to play for the USA in the 2019 U-20 World Cup in Poland.
PSG has been a pipeline for young French-bred strikers headed to Celtic. French international Moussa Dembele, who spent part of his youth in the PSG academy, starred at Celtic before moving to Lyon in August. Odsonne Edouard, 20, joined Celtic on loan last season before moving on a permanent transfer in June. Another young Frenchman, Olivier Ntcham, has been at Celtic since 2017.
The possibility of adding Weah in January has attracted the interest of a host of clubs across Europe, including Amiens, Strasbourg and Rennes in France. Rennes, whose president Olivier Letang was at PSG when Weah signed his first pro contract, is particularly interested in signing Weah.
Get playing time, you called it early Frank.
Ships , I think he finally woke up and realized that just practicing with PSG is not enough he really needs to develop through playing competitively. CP is having a tougher time of it in Germany and i think the law of diminishing returns is beginning to set in for him in Germany for that country just doesn't develop players like we want to see. CP picked enough experience to move for his develop like Spain. And if he goes to England, not Liverpool, for he'll be running his tail off under this German coach.
Hey, I tried to watch that clip on your home town boy Sargent it's not working. I'm going to have pay more attention to him. At least one good thing about is that he doesnt' use power and energy that we so often see with American strikers.
Weah' would have had more chances to hone his skills in the Dutch league.
Yup, you’re right, but it would have to be with a top ranked team in the Eredivisie , but would to be placed back on a youth side to learn
Yup, you’re right, but it would have to be with a top ranked team in the Eredivisie , but would to be placed back on a youth side to learn
Yup, you’re right, but it would have to be with a top ranked team in the Eredivisie , but would to be placed back on a youth side to learn
not good he needs to go rangers my familys team. RIP granpa RANGER.
Good. The Weah hold-out at start of season to 'stay' at PSG when they wanted to loan him was a head scratcher. This comes on the heals of the Greg Burhalter visit to players in europe, probably he talked to both Weah and PSG. This is a good sign for the future. Let's see what happens with others, like CP, mentioned above.