Paris (AFP)
The defensive midfielder of FC Porto and the Portuguese selection Danilo Pereira signed on Monday on loan, with option to buy, with Paris SG, announced the Parisian club, which densifies its midfielder on the last day of the transfer window.
The 29-year-old was expected in the capital during the day according to the press.
It arrives as part of a paying loan for a season, with a purchase option estimated at 16 million euros according to Sky and RMC, 20 million EUR (+5 bonus) according to L'Equipe .
It is a reinforcement of weight for the coach Thomas Tuchel who thus reinforces his midfielder of a player with the profile of pure recuperator, which the German coach did not have until then, unless to play the defender and captain. Marquinhos in the middle.
Danilo has been playing for FC Porto since 2015, where he was captain of the Portuguese champion team.
He has 39 caps with the Portuguese European champions, for two goals.
"Joining one of the biggest clubs in Europe and the world is an achievement in my career," he reacted on the site of PSG, finalist in the Champions League in August.
His recruitment is in addition to that of Italian striker Moise Kean (20 years old, Everton), announced Sunday by the Parisian club, for a loan which is not, itself, accompanied by a purchase option.
As well as those of the side Alessandro Florenzi, the third goalkeeper Alexandre Letellier and the striker Mauro Icardi, already present last season on loan and whose purchase option has been validated.
These arrivals should make it possible to respond to the recent concerns expressed by coach Thomas Tuchel: the latter had said Thursday to wait for a reinforcement by line under penalty of revising "down" the ambitions in the Champions League.
A stroke of blood which gave rise to a reframing the next day from the sports director Leonardo, who "did not appreciate, like the club" these words.
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