2023-12-26 10:31:11
The plan has changed. As we revealed this Sunday, Gabriel Moscardo will sign with PSG for 20 million euros this winter. Initially, PSG decision-makers had the idea of completing this transfer now for an arrival next summer. No doubt by lending the midfielder to Corinthians, the club where he played this season and which trained him. But they decided to speed up the process and integrate him into the club’s squad from January. The Brazilian championship ended on December 7.
At 18, he will join a sector where only one member has imposed himself without discussion and it is even the best player of the first five months of competition: Warren Zaire-Emery. He will enter into competition with Vitinha, who is progressing this season, Manuel Ugarte, who started strong and is clearly slowing down, Kang-in Lee, undoubtedly more offensive than the Brazilian, Fabian Ruiz, injured in the shoulder and on the return date uncertain on the ground.
A versatility that pleases Luis Enrique
The Parisian squad still includes Cher N’Dour, who played 25 minutes during the first 17 days, Ethan Mbappé, who entered for six minutes against Metz on December 20, and even Carlos Soler, rarely used in the heart of the game by Luis Enrique.
It is also the coach of the capital club who internally would have pushed to shorten the time and include one more choice in the middle. With only six months of experience at the highest level, Gabriel Moscardo will discover a new world in a short time, moving to Europe and one of the most economically powerful sports franchises in the world.
The native of Taubaté has a characteristic widely shared in Luis Enrique’s squad: his versatility. He can play as a sentinel as a relay player or even almost behind the attackers even if his original position remains defensive. But he is at the dawn of the prelude: in 18 matches in the Brazilian championship, including 15 as a starter, he has scored a single goal and delivered a single assist. It looks more like a bet for the future than an immediate solution.
Lucas Beraldo expected very soon
He will not be the only recruit in the PSG transfer window. As we wrote this Saturday, Luis Campos, the sports advisor of PSG, also got his hands on Lucas Beraldo. This 20-year-old left-handed defender from Sao Paulo was signed for the same sum of 20 million euros. He is expected in Paris very soon to have his medical examination.
A priori, he will be used more quickly than his compatriot because he fills a hole with the impossible return to competition of Presnel Kimpembe, who must have another operation, and that with the uncertain horizon of Nuno Mendes. He has just participated in 31 Brazilian championship matches, including 24 from the start. He arrives with one season more experience than Gabriel Moscardo even if he has never experienced the European championship either.
Mucas Beraldo is the other Parisian recruit of the winter. GPG/Icon Sport
With these two arrivals, which will bring to 34 the number of Brazilians having worn the red and blue club jersey, Paris considers that its winter transfer window will be closed. And before its opening, a sign that times are changing. It has happened more than once that reinforcements have been deployed at the end of January, further delaying their arrival. But PSG is not denying itself anything, including a market opportunity if an interesting player wishes to leave the place where he is.
Above all, he will not hesitate to recruit if a new major injury arises. In January, Paris already has four matches on its calendar with the Champions Trophy, the Coupe de France and the championship (Toulouse, US Revel, Lens, Brest) and a fifth if it beats the amateurs from Revel.
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