In addition to the transfer window itself and discussions on the right track related to the extensions of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, Leonardo must manage the end of contracts in June 2021 of executive players like Juan Bernat, Angel Di Maria and others less in demand like Julian Draxler .
For the first two, discussions have started a few months ago.
Currently injured in the knee, the 27-year-old Spanish side feels good in Paris where he was able to relaunch his career and return to the national team after his failure at Bayern Munich.
According to the latest news, the positions between the two parties are getting closer, and Bernat should logically initial a contract extension in the coming weeks.
For Di Maria, the situation is a little more nuanced.
The Argentinian was a player much appreciated by Thomas Tuchel who had made him one of his basic men with 103 games played in two and a half seasons for the left-hander.
The negotiations therefore revolved around a common desire to continue the adventure together.
The almost 33-year-old striker (in February) is now waiting to know what role Mauricio Pochettino intends to give him in his device.
If the international with 104 selections remains an essential element, there will be no contraindication to an extension.
Conversely, Di Maria could revise his position but, for PSG, it would be a new international who would go free like Cavani and Thiago Silva last summer.
Draxler has generally been disappointing since 2015
Julian Draxler, he takes the path.
The Mannschaft player has no plans to leave Paris this winter and Leonardo did not specifically mention him when he referred to the talks for extra time last November.
The sports director of PSG simply said: "Draxler is at the end of his contract too".
In any case, it is difficult to imagine that Paris breaks the tire-lire for an attacker paid 600,000 euros per month and who has generally disappointed since his arrival in January 2015.
There is also a less important but highly symbolic file linked to Kais Ruiz-Atil.
In negotiations for several months with PSG, the young 18-year-old midfielder must take stock with his relatives and his agent Alain Migliaccio at the start of the year to study all the options.
That of an extension in Paris is not ruled out at all in his entourage, but the player is not closed to external interests and wants to have playing time next season.
While waiting to see how he fits into Mauricio Pochettino's plans, the midfielder does not seem in a hurry.
The time which passes in this file is not a very good indicator and the strategy could recall that of Kouassi or Aouchiche who had played the watch before leaving free.
The tendency is for Ruiz not to move in January.
