Manuel Ugarte will not be the first player to be chewed up and spat out by the Paris Saint-Germain machine.
Manchester United’s £50million signing joins a list including Mauro Icardi, Goncalo Guedes, Jese Rodriguez, Julian Draxler and Grzegorz Krychowiak who arrived at huge cost but never delivered in the French capital.
PSG coach Luis Enrique has made his call on Ugarte barely a year after he was signed.
How Ugarte reacts to his bruising rejection in Paris will surely determine whether he is able to sink or swim at one of the most demanding clubs in the world.