The renewal of the midfield of the champions of France therefore takes a new step with the arrival of the ex-player of Naples (26 years old), who is added to those of the two Portuguese Vitinha (ex-Porto) and Renato Sanches (ex-Lille).

A very technical player with a high volume of play, Fabian Ruiz, from the top of his 89 meter, will bring an additional option to Galtier in the heart of the game with his "box-to-box" profile, the Spaniard not hesitating to to project forward to highlight in particular his good quality of striking.

In 125 Serie A matches with "Napoli", the 2019 Italian vice-champion has also scored 18 goals, including several on long shots.

PSG's 5th summer recruit (after Vitinha, Sanches, striker Hugo Ekitike and defender Nordi Mukiele) has different characteristics from other Parisian circles and his signing materializes the total facelift of a sector where PSG has finally managed to separate from most of his "undesirables".

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Paris thus got rid of the Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum (AS Roma), the Spaniard Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao) and Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Frankfurt) on loan, while the departure of the Argentinian Leandro Paredes at the Juventus Turin is imminent and the Senegalese Idrissa Gueye is very close to making a return to Everton.

Serious assets

Fabian Ruiz thus arrives in an area where Paris has real needs and where only Marco Verratti is indisputable.

The Spaniard has serious assets to assert: able to play just in front of the defense or in a more advanced position, the one who won the Italian Cup in 2020 was an essential pawn of the Neapolitan eleven for four seasons.

European hopefuls champion with Spain in 2019 and named best player of the tournament, he therefore became a regular at La Roja, participating in the Euro two years later, concluded in the semi-finals.

The midfielder trained at Betis Seville cannot, however, be considered an athletic monster despite his large size, an area in which Paris nevertheless suffers from a serious deficit in the midfield, apart from the Portuguese Danilo (1 .90m).

More creator than recuperator even if he ventures close to the goal, Ruiz was thus considered by his coach in Naples Luciano Spalletti above all as a "playmaker".

"I am very happy to commit to Paris Saint-Germain, he said in the PSG press release formalizing his transfer. It is a pleasure for me to start this new stage of my career in this country. And I'm proud to arrive at one of the best clubs in Europe with the best players in the world. It's a really exciting challenge."

The arrival of Ruiz should not put an end to the Paris transfer window, which closes Thursday.

Football adviser Luis Campos is still looking for a right central defender to relieve veteran Sergio Ramos (36) and an attacking element who should be Valencia's Spanish international Carlos Soler.

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