Paris is on the way to achieve a very nice blow on the transfer market by snatching the signing of Georginio Wijnaldum. At the end of his contract at Liverpool, joined in 2016 from Newcastle, the Dutch international midfielder will not extend with the Reds. He seemed to be heading towards FC Barcelona, but “Gini” should finally move to PSG next season. As announced by Sky Italia, the capital club is very close to having its first recruit. In recent hours, the player has even given his agreement to join Paris. According to a source close to the club, only the signature is missing to confirm the fact that Wijnaldum will wear the colors of the vice champion of France from this summer.
With this very likely reinforcement at a lower cost (no transfer allowance), PSG ideally launches its summer transfer window.
Thus, Wijnaldum will offer new perspectives to Mauricio Pochettino lacking such a profile in the middle.
The 30-year-old has a large volume of play. He is technically comfortable, hard on the man and able to evolve in various registers, as a torchbearer or in front of the defense.
It will bring variety to a sector where we already find Marco Verratti, Leandro Paredes, Danilo Pereira, Idrissa Gueye and Ander Herrera.
He has already won the Champions League
The native of Rotterdam has for him to know the pressure of the big meetings. He won the Premier League in 2020. Above all, he won the prestigious Champions League behind which Paris Saint-Germain still runs. It was two years ago, Wijnaldum had been one of the architects of the success of Liverpool executioner in the final of Tottenham of… Pochettino (2-0).
The two are expected to be working together in a few weeks. Pochettino is said to have, he whispers to himself, played an important role in the talks by directly calling the player to convince him to come. It may sound logical. And yet, this contrasts with his predecessor Thomas Tuchel. Until his dismissal last winter, the German very rarely had a say in recruiting. The involvement of "Poche" in the transfer window proves that it remains a central element of the project despite the many rumors having announced it on the departure a few days ago.
