Everton transfer news: Idrissa Gueye hoping 'dream' PSG move can be resurrected in the summer
The 29-year-old midfielder was one of the French champions top targets last month but they saw a £26m offer rejected on deadline day
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Your support makes all the difference.Idrissa Gueye is hoping PSG "come back to him" after seeing his "dream" move denied by Everton in the January transfer window.
The 29-year-old midfielder was one of the French champions top targets last month but they saw a £26m offer rejected on deadline day.
It is understood the Toffees were looking for closer to £40m with the Senegalese international hopeful an agreement can perhaps be reached in the summer.
"It is a dream that sadly did not come true. Every player works to join the best teams, to play in matches in the Champions League," he told L'Equipe.
"But I was honoured that PSG were interested in me. Now, I know that I am of interest to these types of clubs, I am ready to go to the final level to join a top European club.
"I am going to work even more so that they come back to me. Maybe it is not finished with PSG."
Gueye stopped short of handing in a transfer request at Goodison Park but says he did everything in his power to make a move happen.
"PSG asked my leaders to find out how I could leave," he added. "But Everton put the brakes on right away. They did not want to sell me. I pushed."
"I saw the directors to tell them of my desire to go to Paris, it was a golden opportunity, a huge challenge not to miss at 29 years old."
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