Mercato | Mercato – PSG: Leonardo perfectly launches his winter transfer window!

Posted on December 23, 2021 at 11:30 am by HG updated on December 23, 2021 at 11:33 am

So the PSG aims to downsize its workforce during this winter window of transfers, the club parisien started this period on the hats of wheel.

Having recruited heavily during the last summer transfer window with no less than seven registered rookies, Paris Saint-Germain will now focus on sales during the winter transfer window in January. The objective is clear for the Parisian club: to reduce fat in order to reduce the payroll and also allow access to the professional group for some young people by putting an end to the traffic jam caused by the presence of certain undesirable elements within the workforce. of the PSG. With this in mind, a good number of players are announced as being more or less likely to leave the club, from Mauro Icardi to Layvin Kurzawa passing by Sergio Rico , Colin Dagba and even Abdou Diallo .

Rafinha, the first start of a long list?

Another player is among this list, namely Rafinha . However, the case of the former FC Barcelona player has already been settled according to reports in the press on Wednesday. Fabrizio Romano has indeed announced that the Brazilian is in the process of joining Real Sociedad on a six-month loan and that the various parties involved in the discussions are optimistic about the positive outcome of the case. A trend subsequently confirmed by France Bleu Paris or RMC Sport, the last media quoted also asking the question of a possible purchase option present in the deal and its amount if applicable. For now, no purchasing rights for the Liga club have been confirmed, but THE TEAM nevertheless supported the trend that Rafinha should join Real Sociedad in its edition of this Thursday, explaining that an agreement is close to being found.

In short, everything indicates that a first departure is about to occur within the 'workforce of PSG , while the winter transfer window has not yet officially opened. What to start in the best way this January for the Parisian club. It remains to be seen whether other departures may well occur in the coming weeks as PSG would like. For that, it will be necessary for good offers to arrive on the Parisian offices and for the players concerned to agree to leave, something which is not won for all. In this context, could we see Paris registering even one arrival in the coming month? It is not certain, although FootMercato explained on Wednesday that the club will remain on the lookout for opportunities, although there shouldn't be big files on the agenda. Anyway, the roadmap should now be precisely drawn in the coming hours as Mauricio Pochettino explained in a press conference on Tuesday: “For now, we do not let's not talk about it. Of course we will have meetings after Lorient. We will take the most appropriate decisions to be stronger ”. To be continued…