At PSG, the last hours of the transfer window are always hot. This Tuesday, Leonardo, the sporting director, is on all fronts. As announced by RMC, the Brazilian is in negotiations this afternoon with Sporting Portugal to enlist Nuno Mendes and has found, according to the French media, an agreement with the club. The 19-year-old left-back already has five caps with the 2016 European champions.
He has just won the championship of his country and remains the covetousness of several top European clubs since his situation was examined by Real Madrid, Barcelona and both Manchester. PSG have entered the dance in recent hours. The case was negotiated in the form of a paying loan of € 7 million according to various sources with a purchase option of € 40 million. The operation runs over the next five years.
In this position, Paris has problems. He sold the very ordinary Mitchel Bakker, 7 million euros to Bayer Leverkusen, his only hard sell of the summer so far. Juan Bernat has not set foot on the field for almost a year after his serious knee injury. The incumbent at the moment, Abdou Diallo, shows his limits while he prefers to evolve in the axis. As for Layvin Kurzawa, the third choice that Paris failed to get rid of this summer, he is very often injured.
Operation Mendes is manifold. Since in the other direction, from Paris to Sporting, Pablo Sarabia should make the way, also in the form of a loan but without an option. The winger, after scoring a goal against Strasbourg on August 14, has not appeared in the squad since. He missed trips to Brest and Reims. He was announced rather back in his country, Spain, at Atlético de Madrid in recent days. He could finally discover the Portuguese league. Until midnight Tuesday, the transfer window of PSG still promises twists and turns.
