Beşiktaş Stepped in for Lucas Chevalier

Beşiktaş is preparing for an important move to strengthen the goalkeeper position in the summer transfer period. According to Foot Mercato, the black-and-white team is closely interested in 24-year-old French goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier who wears the Paris Saint-Germain jersey. While it is known that the Istanbul team has started the necessary contacts for the transfer, it is reported that the player also looks warmly at the Beşiktaş option. In this file, which stands out as one of the most attention-grabbing follow-ups of the summer transfer period, Beşiktaş's rivals include Tottenham, Aston Villa and some other European clubs.

Chevalier's process at PSG did not go as expected. The French goalkeeper, who was transferred to the Paris team from Lille for a transfer fee around 40 million Euros last summer, served as the number one goalkeeper in the first half of the season. However, Luis Enrique started to prefer Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov from January 2026, and Chevalier fell to the reserve position. The young goalkeeper served in a total of 28 official matches this season; however, he could not stay on the field for a single minute after January. This situation also negatively affected the player's national team career. Chevalier was not included in the 2026 World Cup squad of the French National Team under Didier Deschamps' management; he was not called as the first, second or third goalkeeper.

According to the information L'Equipe gave at the beginning of the transfer period, it was learned that PSG was thinking of transferring a new goalkeeper instead of Chevalier. According to Le10sport, names such as Diogo Costa from Porto and Serbian national team goalkeeper Mile Svilar from Roma are on the radar of the Paris team. The transfer fee mentioned for Svilar is around 50 million Euros. PSG's plan to make a serious investment in the goalkeeper position is among the important factors strengthening the transfer possibility of Chevalier. Foot Mercato especially drew attention to Beşiktaş's entry into the file in this process. According to the news, the Istanbul team is searching for a great goalkeeper and has put Chevalier under close follow-up; it was also emphasised in the news that this transfer is not easy to realise.

Lucas Chevalier's profile presents a structure suitable for Beşiktaş's need in the goalkeeper line. The 1.94 metre French goalkeeper stands out as one of the most sought-after goalkeeper types in modern football due to his good play with his foot. The performance he showed against Fenerbahçe in the Champions League qualifiers under the Lille jersey was also closely known by the Turkish football public. Chevalier's contract with PSG continues until 2030; this long-term contract brings the loan formula instead of permanent purchase for Beşiktaş's possible transfer to the agenda. According to Le10sport, meetings between PSG management and the goalkeeper are expected to take place soon on the Chevalier transfer.

In addition to Beşiktaş, England's Premier League teams such as Tottenham and Aston Villa are also in close follow-up of the Chevalier file. According to reports sourced from Le10sport and Media Foot, three different European clubs have contacted the Paris team for the Chevalier transfer. The fact that Beşiktaş's black-and-white goalkeepers such as Ersin Destanoğlu have also come onto the radar of star European clubs at the end of the season causes the Istanbul team to reconsider its structuring in the goalkeeper position. The developments to take place in the Chevalier file in the coming weeks will be determined by both the new goalkeeper transfer on the PSG side and Beşiktaş's preference between the transfer fee and loan formula. This transfer carries the potential to be the most ambitious goalkeeper investment of Beşiktaş in recent years.

Source: Foot Mercato, L'Equipe

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