Posted on December 30, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. by Th.B.
During the winter transfer window, the watchword within the PSG sports management, led by Leonardo, is: sale. Nevertheless, one or two arrivals do not seem to be ruled out, but would be totally dependent on potential departures upstream. Explanations.
The winter transfer window could prove to be of paramount importance for PSG . The cause ? According to L’Équipe, the forecast losses for this financial year should amount to € 200m. Certainly, the Paris Saint – Germain disbursed in the last offseason (only) € 76M for the transfer of Achraf Hakimi and the option to purchase the loan from Danilo Pereira (16M €). Nevertheless, the economic fallout linked to the health crisis and the outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 would force PSG to sell for € 100 million by June 1, according to the sports daily. Obviously, the winter transfer session promises to be crucial for Leonardo and the sports management of PSG . Moreover, the Brazilian leader has reportedly told his interlocutors for several weeks that he was about to sell this winter. However, the various departures should wait until the end of January. This would be the case in particular for Abdou Diallo for whom the door of Milan AC would certainly seem ajar, but not to the point of ensuring that a financial agreement is found between the Rossoneri club and PSG about the transfer fee. As for Sergio Rico and Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe , no concrete leads could be reported for this winter when Julian Draxler , Thilo Kehrer and Leandro Paredes would feel at home at PSG , to the point not to think of going elsewhere. Paredes assured ESPN lately and Draxler has been doing the same for the last few hours. “How has it been since I arrived in Paris?” It’s a pleasure to play for this club. Since I arrived, I feel very good. I love the city, I love the club. Even today I feel very good “. Mauro Icardi would be the key to the transfer window of PSG , both in terms of departures and arrivals.
Mauro Icardi, Leonardo's joker for the transfer window?
For some time, Mauro Icardi He is more talked about for his extra sporting setbacks with his wife and representative Wanda Nara than for his performance on the field with PSG . In fact, his wife would welcome a return to Italy, where Icardi continues to be sent by the French press and especially transalpine in recent weeks. At least, that's what L’Équipe said on Thursday. It is also specified in the columns of the sports daily that a good offer from a Serie A club would be difficult to refuse from the point of view of Leonardo and the sports management of PSG while its contribution is minimal and that its integration would not be total in Paris Saint-Germain. The team also confides that the arrival of an attacker would be one of the two axes of work of Leonardo in the arrivals department, but that everything would depend on the sale of 'Icardi.
In addition to a center-forward, Leonardo and the sports management of PSG would consider the recruitment of a midfielder, who would be the Another line of work, if a market opportunity presented itself to Paris Saint-Germain at this position. However, it would depend once again on one or more departures from this post while Georginio Wijnaldum , who is no longer unanimous in Paris, is said to be on the start.