PSG holds its priority for the summer, with the arrival of a right-back, the Italian Alessandro Florenzi.
The 29-year-old officially signed up for a season with the capital club this Friday as part of a € 1 million loan, with a purchase option of 9 to 10 million euros, according to Italian sources.
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The player on loan during the second part of the season in Valence, arrived in Paris at midday, before successfully passing his medical examination.
He then arrived in a black van at the club's headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt to finalize the operation.
Florenzi, who left around 6 p.m. from the Factory, is the first real recruit of the summer.
"I am particularly proud and happy to become a PSG player," he said in the press release published at the end of the afternoon.
It is one of the major clubs in Europe today, as confirmed by its journey to the final of the Champions League.
I will be keen to give the maximum for PSG and for its supporters.
We have extraordinary challenges ahead of us this season.
It will be a pleasure and an honor to meet them alongside my new teammates, who are some of the best players in the world.
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The club has indeed definitively hired Mauro Icardi, but it was a purchase option, renegotiated by the sporting director Leonardo.
Sergio Rico, on loan last season, has also been transferred permanently to Paris.
Launched into the deep end against OM?
Alessandro Florenzi should be available from Sunday for the reception of OM, except administrative complications.
The club does not lack right-backs (Dagba, Kehrer, even Kurzawa) but Florenzi can also move up a notch.
It remains to be seen whether Thomas Tuchel will want to use it after only training in his new colors.
Florenzi played 90 minutes with the Italy squad on September 4 against Bosnia, but had not played since the end of La Liga on July 19.
The Italian with 36 caps (2 goals) will wear the number 24, as with Roma.
He is described as very offensive but will have to reassure about his defensive qualities and the continuity of his performances, after having lost the confidence of his training club.
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This recruitment also confirms the limited finances of the PSG, which could not or wished to activate more on other more expensive files (Bellerin, Castagne…).
Some additional margins could exist for the arrival of a defensive midfielder or a central defender, but the summer promises to be sober, as Thomas Tuchel insists on the importance of keeping a larger group, despite the departures from Thiago Silva, Edinson Cavani, Thomas Meunier, Tanguy Kouassi and Adil Aouchiche.