Thomas Tuchel said he was "very optimistic" Thursday night, he was right.
As various sources had announced, Alessandro Florenzi is committed to Paris Saint-Germain.
This 29-year-old Italian international (36 caps, 2 goals) arrives on the banks of the Seine from AS Roma and as part of a paid loan (€ 1m) with option to buy (€ 9m) €).
Loaned to Valencia for the second part of last season, Florenzi played 280 games for AS Roma (28 goals, 32 assists).
An experienced player, therefore, and who has played a total of 41 European Cup matches, including 33 in the Champions League (1 goal, 1 assist) and eight in the Europa League (1 goal, 1 assist).
He will be responsible for filling the void left by the departure of Thomas Meunier, a free party in Dortmund, he who saw his progress and his status questioned in Rome after serious knee injuries a few years ago.
It is nevertheless operational.
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To see if the person concerned will be launched immediately into the deep end, Sunday (9 p.m.), against OM.
In the meantime, he is delighted.
“I am particularly proud and happy to become a player for Paris Saint-Germain, rejoices the interested party, training midfielder and who then evolved winger, then rear.
It is one of the major clubs in Europe today, as confirmed by its journey to the Champions League final last month.
I will be keen to give my best 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 among the best players in the world. ”
The transfer window is far from over
Recall that many players have been announced in the viewfinder of PSG to strengthen the right flank of its defense, from Adam Marusic (Lazio Rome) to Hamari Traoré (Rennes), via Hector Bellerin (Arsenal), Max Aarons (Norwich ) and Ricardo Pereira (Leicester).
Alessandro Florenzi finally hit the jackpot.
Paris Saint-Germain too?
One thing is certain: the Parisian transfer window is not over.
After this loan and the final transfers of Mauro Icardi and Sergio Rico, pending the return of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Leonardo will seek in particular to compensate for the departures of other free players, Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Edinson Cavani and Tanguy Kouassi ( Bayern), while giving up some non-essential elements (Draxler?).
However, we should not expect to see the capital club making lavish spending by the end of the transfer window.
“Leo” had indicated that he will have to be “inventive”, he was with the arrival of Alessandro Florenzi.
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