Paris Saint-Germain’s 2023 summer transfer window is a real success in terms of sales. The coffers of the Parisian club are filling up.
After a relatively quiet start to the summer in terms of departures, the Paris Saint-Germain transfer window experienced a sudden acceleration in August. At the top of the sales table, there is now the name of Neymar, sold for 80 million euros (excluding bonuses). At his side, Abdou Diallo is also present and other names could quickly be added to the list of starters. All of its sales allow PSG to achieve a big blow with regard to the health of its finances.
In addition to the sale of “Ney” to the Saudi club Al-Hilal, we must therefore add the 15 million euros brought in by Diallo, who left for Al-Arabi (Qatar) and the 2.5 million offered by AS Roma. for Leandro Paredes. Two weeks earlier, Mauro Icardi had definitively taken over the management of Galatasaray against a check for 10 million euros, while El Chadaille Bitshiabu brought in an additional 15 million in Paris, following his transfer to RB Leipzig. To all this must be added the 6.5 million euros earned by the capital club on the sale of Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe to Eintracht Frankfurt in June.
Still more sales?
And all this may not be over yet, because as indicated The Team in its Wednesday edition, the possibility of seeing Marco Verratti, Juan Bernat and Keylor Navas leaving the Parisian ship before August 31 cannot be ruled out. For the first named, PSG has already received a concrete offer from Al-Hilal, valued at 45 million euros. The sports daily says that Paris rejected it, expecting at least €60 million. Definitely very attracted to Parisian players, the Saudi club would like to recruit Keylor Navas at the same time. The player is currently deep in thought, the destination not really tempting him.
The media finally takes stock of the other players likely to leave this summer, with in particular the case of Juan Bernat, in contact with three German clubs (RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin), but the question of salary poses a problem. A loan with payment of part of this salary by Paris could be a solution. As for Georginio Wijnaldum and Hugo Ekitike, no concrete way out is yet in sight. Despite this, we have to recognize the Parisian leaders for their recent successes in a field which, for a long time, had been their Achilles’ heel.