Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé will join PSG by the end of the week.
The essential
- The summer transfer window opened on June 10 to close on September 1.
- The transfer of Kylian Mbappé is still the big question of this transfer window, while the player says he wants to go through with his contract at PSG, Paris is looking to sell him so as not to see him leave for free. In the meantime, PSG remain very active and try to enlist Dembélé while Barça are looking for his replacement.
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12:30 – Cavani’s presentations to Boca Juniors
In a supercharged atmosphere at the Bombonera, Edinson Cavani was officially presented to the supporters of Boca Juniors. If his choice surprised some observers, the former PSG striker justified this career choice. “The discussions became friendship (with Juan Roman Riquelme, former club legend, now vice-president), we have a good relationship and we talked about various things, he confided. Things happen when they have to happen. Sometimes you make certain decisions and at that moment I decided to come here. A lot of things brought together the desire to come back, I wanted to be close to home and I think there is no from a country as similar to mine as Argentina or a club like Boca to take my last steps in my career.”
12:11 – Paris has activated the Dembélé clause!
It is now official, PSG has activated the mechanism of the release clause of the French striker from Barça by indicating its intention to pay the 50 M€ which must release Dembélé. This decision now leaves the two clubs 5 days to finalize the formalities. However, PSG and Barca will start discussions to reach an agreement outside the framework of the release clause. This could be for a higher amount, but would offer the advantage of setting up different payment methods.
10:49 – Alexis Sanchez to Barca?
Former OM striker Alexis Sanchez, who has still not extended his contract and who is therefore free, could find a base at Barça. Already spent in the Catalan house between 2011 and 2014, the Chilean could be the replacement for Ousmane Dembélé if the Frenchman came from Barça. According to Catalan journalist Josep Capdevila, the 34-year-old’s agent even came to Catalonia to negotiate.
07/31/23 – 5:00 p.m. – Mané to Al-Nassr, it would be done!
There will be a Sadio Mané-Cristiano Ronaldo duo at Al-Nassr. The Senegalese striker and second for the Golden Ball in 2022 would have passed his medical examination successfully on Monday July 30. He would commit to the Saudi Arabian club for four seasons. Bayern Munich would touch according to Sky Sports Germany nearly 30 million euros.
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It is probably, and once again, the soap opera of the summer. Kylian Mbappé announced that he would not exercise his option for an additional year with PSG, therefore wishing to leave at the end of the 2024 season. mercatos, started again, even if the 2018 world champion explained that he was “very happy” in Paris and that he wanted to do this last season in the capital.
Problem: Paris does not want to see “the best player in the world leave for free” next year, when his contract ends, as PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has already explained. He could therefore force the departure of the Frenchman this summer. The break between the player and the club of the capital therefore seems consummated: Kylian Mbappé was excluded from the PSG tour in Japan in July and the club said it was ready to accept the offer of 300 million euros from the club. Saudi Al-Hilal. An offer that does not seem relevant for the attacker. While Real is playing for time and hoping to get the deal of the century, a loan or even a 2023-2024 season for Mbappé on the bench is being talked about.