Deep cleaning of PSG: the 25 footballers who left the club in this market and the crossroads of the “Icardi case”

The pass market Paris Saint Germain had many movements with the structural changes that the sports management had before the appointment of Louis Fields as the new manager and the landing of Christophe Galtier in the position of coach. In his presentation, the brand new DT had warned that he had the objective of significantly reducing the number of footballers available and two months after that notice the number of departures is impressive: 25 players – including stars and youth players – left the club.

template drivers initially formed a list of “undesirables” –as the local press baptized them– who were pushed to look for new horizons. Among them was the Argentine striker Mauro Icardiwho was finally left with a shortage of tempting offers and his sporting future is a real unknown at PSG.

beyond this group of outcasts trained against the shift of the rest of their peersfrom the institution they also began to give free rein to other athletes who were taken into account but who were not essential for Galtier, such is the case of the Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredeswho finally left for Italian football after playing a few minutes at the start of Ligue 1.

It is worth remembering, in return, that the current Ligue 1 champions added Vitinha, Hugo Equipment, Nordi Mukiele, Renato Sanches, Carlos Soler y Fabian Ruiz in the recent transfer window.

SALES

The main objective that the leadership of Paris Saint Germain had when it came to negotiating their footballers was amortize as much as possible the expenses of the transfer window. The team from the French capital managed to sell six players and raise 44.7 million euros. Although the final figure is not even enough to pay for the purchase option activated to retain Nuno Mendes, from the club they feel that a good job was done when it comes to closing permanent departures.

Arnaud Californication – 20 million euros to Rennes (France)

Thilo Kehrer – 12 million euros to West Ham (England)

Alphonse Areola – 9.3 million euros to West Ham (England)

Marcin Bulka – 2 million euros to Nice (France)

Nathan Bitumazala – 500 thousand euros to KAS Eupen (Belgium)

Lenny Manisa – 400 mil euros to Parma Calcio 1913 (Italy)

Denis Franchi – 250 thousand euros to Burnley (England)

Garissone Innocent – 200 thousand euros to KAS Eupen (Belgium)

Tidjany Toure – 100 thousand euros to Feyenoord (Netherlands)

THEY GOT FREE

Within the large number of footballers that Paris had at the beginning of the transfer window, only three left freely. The most important is Angel Di Mariaconsidered an idol in the institution and who received a awesome farewell by the fans before leaving in search of continuity in Juventus for the World Cup. In back of Videoanother exit made noise: the young promise Xavi Simons, that the club had contracted from the Barcelona academy, made the decision to go to PSV due to the limited number of minutes he had in the French champion. On the other hand, the juvenile defender Thierno Balde He chose to go to the French Troyes with the pass in his possession before the great competition in the position.

Angel Di Maria – Juventus (Italy)

Xavi Simons – PSV (Netherlands)

Thierno Balde – Troyes (France)

LOANS

Due to the high number of passes that PSG has in its possession, the tool that it uses the most in each transfer market is to give up the players to lighten the wage bill.

Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes signed with Juventus on loan with a purchase obligation of more than 22 million euros and was one of the most significant cases in this transfer period. Another emblematic case is the march of Georginio Wijnaldum to Rome or the return of Andrew Herrera al Athletic de Bilbao. In this way, 13 of the 25 departures were via transfers.

Georginio Wijnaldum – Rome Italy)

Leandro Paredes – Juventus (Italy)

Andrew Herrera – Athletic de Bilbao (Spain)

Idrissa Gueye – Everton (England)

Julian Draxler – Benfica (Portugal)

Layvin Kurzawa – Fulham (England)

Colin grew up – Strasbourg (France)

Junior Dina Ebimbe -Eintratch Frankfurt (Germany)

Moutanabi Bodiang – Le Puy Foot (France)

Kenny Nagera – FC Lorient (France)

Edward Michut – Sunderland (England)

Abdou Diallo – RB Leipzig (Alemania)

Anfane Ahamada Mze – FC Martigues (France)

UNDEFINED

It is possible that two players will not find exits this week beyond the fact that the transfer window does not close its doors everywhere on September 1. Mauro Icardi still has the possibility of signing with the Galatasaray from Turkey, but the negotiation has been stuck for weeks without clarity on the subject. Although it was rumored that both the striker and Wanda Nara – his wife and representative of him – were not seduced by that fate, during the last hours it was stated in France that the obstacle is in the negotiations between the clubs, possibly due to the hefty salary of the Argentine

“I can advise him or give him an opinion, but he is the one who decides if he leaves PSG”Wanda recently indicated on her arrival at the Ezeiza international airport when several media outlets consulted her about the situation regarding the striker who has a contract until the end of 2024. Fenerbahce He also waits for the negotiation between the Argentine and his classic rival to fall to start negotiations. Notably the market in Turkey closes next Thursday, September 8. Another alternative that gained momentum is that of the Benficagiven that the market in Portugal lowers the blind on 9/22.

Meanwhile, the journey Keylor Navas to him Napoli was truncated in the final hours of the transfer window. Relegated as second goalkeeper behind Donnarumma, the Costa Rican was eager for a new chapter in Italy. But the possibility of Serie A cooled considerably after the statements of the Italian sporting director in front of the microphone of DAZN. “We already have two high-level goalkeepers. There is one day left for the market to end and we will continue like this at 99%”revealed Cristiano Giuntoli.

Undoubtedly, the other case that keeps sports management in suspense is that of Rafinhawho has long lost space in the club and has no solid offers on the table at the moment. A contract termination was considered, but the discussions did not come to fruition and he is still waiting to find a way out of his future.

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