Sarah Bouhaddi in Paris, it’s official. After 13 years, 306 matches, 12 French championship titles and eight in the Champions League with OL, the French international goalkeeper (35) signed up for a season with the capital club. She will find a trainer, Gérard Prêcheur, whom she knows well, since she notably rubbed shoulders with him for three years in Lyon (2014-2017).
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Navas, Kehrer, Gueye, Paredes, PSG shifts up a gear on its degreasing
The bet was bold, it has not yet been won but PSG have come a long way in recent days. Turned towards their new sporting project, the Parisian leaders had set themselves the objective at the start of the transfer window of separating around fifteen players. Some have already left (Kalimuendo, Areola, Bulka and Baldé have been sold, Wijnaldum and Dagba on loan), others are regarding to do the same. From an English source, Thilo Kehrer (25, under contract until 2023) accepted West Ham’s proposal and the German will commit once morest compensation of around ten million euros, excluding bonuses.
PSG could leave for an internship in Japan with three recruits
A few days of athletic work in Monaco, a friend’s birthday in Paris on Sunday and a return to Camp des Loges on Monday morning: following his American vacation, Kylian Mbappé has resumed his daily life in France.
Like other internationals (Presnel Kimpembe, Pablo Sarabia, Achraf Hakimi, Thilo Kehrer…) and the entire squad, the French striker underwent medical tests before taking part in a post- noon, in the heat of the Camp des Loges. Marco Verratti, he trained on the sidelines of the group. A first training session which will launch a particularly active week for the PSG players.
Friday, behind closed doors, the Parisians will make their first start with a friendly match once morest Quevilly-Rouen (L2), at 5 p.m. A few hours later, they will fly to Japan, the location of a tour punctuated by three matches. Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos, as part of their workforce reduction policy, have decided to take a tight group there. They will probably be less than 30 elements to complete this ten-day course which will conclude with a meeting once morest Gamba Osaka (July 25).
More than €60 million for Skriniar, €40 million for Scamacca?
For several weeks, Campos had been counting on three recruits for this tour: he will not be far from it. After the arrival of Vitinha from FC Porto, the agreement with Inter Milan should be reached by Friday on the subject of the Slovak defender Milan Skriniar (27 years old, under contract until June 2023), perceived from the departure by the Portuguese adviser as the ideal element to complete the Marquinhos-Kimpembe pair (right-handed, Skriniar can also evolve on the left axis).
The transfer, according to our Italian colleagues, would exceed 60 M€. That of Gianluca Scamacca (23 years old, under contract until June 2026) is still not finalized. His Sassuolo club has set an amount – €50m – that Paris does not want to pay. The deal might be finalized around 40 M€. At this price, it remains a bet for PSG. The leaders hope to bring the Italian international striker (7 caps) to Japan.
Pochettino (PSG): “We won the Championship, like City in England”
The holidays are relaxing, it seems. In any case, they untie the language of Mauricio Pochettino, gone on vacation near Barcelona. The PSG coach spoke on Monday on a Catalan television set of the club’s obsession with the Champions League and wants to be patient.
« PSG are desperate to win the Champions League. The goal is to win it and it’s normal for trouble to happen, but we overcame it by winning the Championship just like City won it in England, explains the Argentinian technician. With the expectations and the dressing room we have, this season has been a continuous learning curve. We were one step away from eliminating Madrid, as were Chelsea, City and Liverpool. We won like Ancelotti, Blanc… other coaches. But there is a lot of impatience in the club. I think we’re going to find the right form of agreement so that the players, the technical staff and the management can all go in the same direction. »