PSG has decided. A group of 25 players will fly to Japan this Saturday afternoon for a ten-day summer tour, including three friendly matches. But the list contains some surprises, both among those absent and present. Abdou Diallo, for example, was not initially planned in order to facilitate his departure from the club. The Senegalese defender is particularly in the sights of Naples.
But he is there, just like Thilo Kehrer, Idrissa Gueye, Mauro Icardi, Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe or Leandro Paredes. So many candidate players at the start. Conversely, players on whom PSG does not count are absent: Layvin Kurzawa, Julian Draxler, Ander Herrera or Georginio Wijnaldum. A clear message sent by the capital club to its players as they cling to their place, like Ander Herrera, who reiterated his desire to continue in Paris.
The stars Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and Neymar are present in the group announced by PSG. Finally, the surprise concerns the young Warren Zaire-Emery, great hope of the Parisian midfielder. He has just initialed his first professional contract and is summoned by Christophe Galtier for this tour. Twenty-five players are therefore planned for the moment. Hugo Ekitike, rookie announced in the next few hours, could join this group once the formalization of his arrival has been recorded.
The group for Japan:
Navas, Hakimi, Kimpembe, Ramos, Marquinhos, Verratti, Mbappe, Paredes, Icardi, Neymar, Bernat, Danilo, Rico, Vitinha, Sarabia, Diallo, Kehrer, Nuno Mendes, Gueye, Dina Ebimbe, Kalimuendo, Zaire-Emery, Messi, Letellier, Donnarumma.