Leandro Paredes will return to Italy! An agreement has just been reached between PSG and Juventus Turin for the transfer of the Argentinian midfielder to Italy. Christophe Galtier had also confirmed an agreement between his player and the Italian club and had therefore not called him up for the match against Toulouse on Wednesday. Words to be found here. After spells at Chievo Verona, Empoli but also and above all at AS Roma, the Albiceleste international will return to Serie A. Leandro Paredes will therefore be able to find Angel Di Maria, his compatriot, another summer recruit of the Old Lady this summer .
Arrived in 2019 from Zenit Saint-Petersburg to PSG, he will never really have succeeded in winning. Indeed, during his years in Paris, he alternated between the correct and the less good. Leandro Paredes will have played 117 matches in the Red and Blue jersey for only 3 small achievements and 10 assists, in all competitions. His statistics as much as his influence on the Parisian game will not remain in the annals. Very far from a Marco Verratti in particular, the only unstoppable in the Parisian milieu. Even if the player has always wet the jersey, his future at PSG was darkening more and more.
One less “undesirable” at Paris Saint-Germain
The transaction should be concluded in the form of a loan with an option to buy (15 million plus 5 million bonus), which may become compulsory under certain conditions. The Parisian management, embodied by Luis Campos, must be delighted with this departure when it had set itself the objective of leaving the 28-year-old player as quickly as possible. We had to wait for the end of the transfer window but it is still a success for the new faces of the sports management of PSG. The list of “undesirables” pending departure is therefore drastically reduced while most of the named players have found a club. Ander Herrera on loan to Bilbao, Thilo Kehrer sold to West Ham, Georginio Wijnaldum loaned to AS Roma. Finally, Layvin Kurzawa is also on an ejection seat when he could join Fulham.
In return, PSG recorded the arrival of new reinforcements in the middle. Renato Sanches has already joined the Free Capital club from Lille. But it is above all the arrival of Fabian Ruiz which compensates for the departure of the Argentinian in Italy. The formalization has just fallen and the Spaniard has signed up with the Parisian club until June 2027. Paris Saint-Germain has paid 23 million euros including bonus to afford the Iberian international.