Paris Saint-Germain’s new coach Christophe Gaultier on Thursday signed Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches and said he expected to sign three more before the end of the transfer window.
Gaultier, appointed last month to replace Mauricio Pochettino, has already seen the Ligue 1 champions bring in another Portuguese international Vitinha, French defender Nordi Mukile and young striker Hugo Ekitic.
The latest new face at Parc de Princes, Sanches, has reunited with Galtier after working with him at Lille. PSG announced in a statement that the 24-year-old Euro 2016 winner has signed a deal until 2027.
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After struggling to live up to his 35m euro ($35.8m) price tag at Bayern Munich and a loan at English Championship side Swansea City, the player who started his playing career at Benfica in his native Lisbon That, he moved to Lille in 2019. Rejuvenate your career.
And the move paid off well as Sanche helped the northern French side claim an unexpected Ligue 1 title in 2021 at the core expense of his new club.
Galthier and the club’s fans will be hoping that his precise passing will add to PSG’s terrifying victories over Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Lillee bid farewell to their star player, saying they are “happy to have helped him develop and his career progress”.
Ahead of the first game of PSG’s new league season away from Clermont on Saturday, Gaultier called for further reinforcements before the end of August.
“I want my team to have a certain number of players, who are very similar in level, do well throughout the season and create healthy competition,” he told a news conference.
“But are these three players going to come sooner, later or not at all? I don’t know I know the club is doing everything possible to build a very competitive team.”
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