Leonardo definitely still loves Italy as much.
The sporting director of PSG is about to obtain the loan with option to buy Alessandro Florenzi, the right-back of AS Roma, on loan on January 29, 2020 in Valencia where he played 13 matches.
There are only a few contractual details to work out.
It was no longer part of the plans of Paulo Fonseca, the coach of Roma.
The one that Rudi Garcia, then coach of AS Roma, saw as a "Swiss army knife" also has the capacity to evolve in the middle.
Selected 36 times with Italy, including the last time against Bosnia last Friday in the League of Nations, Florenzi, 29, was captain of Roma - after the departure of De Rossi - where his commitment and his state of mind have always been praised.
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He has suffered two serious injuries in recent years with two ruptured knee ligaments on October 27, 2016 and then on February 16, 2017.
PSG will find with him an ideal replacement after the departure of Thomas Meunier for Dortmund.
During the last Champions League Final 8 in Lisbon, it was the German Thilo Kehrer who fulfilled this right-back role.
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