PSG announced Sunday (September 1st) the arrival on loan from Sevilla FC of Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico, who should be N.2 in the hierarchy. "The Spanish goalkeeper joins the club on a one-year loan, until June 30, 2020. This loan comes with an option to buy," says Paris.
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This transfer foreshadows the probable departure of Alphonse Areola to Real Madrid and the recruitment of Madrilenian goalkeeper Keylor Navas, in the role of N.1. PSG groping for many years to find the goalkeeper who will allow him to cross a milestone in the Champions League and is preparing to bet on Navas, if the transfer is confirmed.
Third goalkeeper at Euro 2016
Sergio Rico should play the role of mere lining. This status confirms the stagnation of the career of the 26-year-old goalkeeper, considered a time as a credible candidate to keep the cage of the Spanish selection. The Andalusian, trained at Sevilla FC, was the third goalkeeper among the 23 Spanish players selected for Euro 2016 in France, where he had not played the minute of play (elimination in eighths).
He has only a selection in a friendly against South Korea in 2016, and has gradually disappeared from the lists. After winning two Europa leagues in the Sevillian cage (2015 and 2016), this tall goalkeeper (1.94 m) has stalled.
In trouble Sevilla FC
In Seville, the press more often held his blunders than his many stops on his line, accusing him of putting himself in trouble to the point of having to perform spectacular parades. Result: the Andalusian club pushed him to the exit after hiring Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.
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Loaned to Fulham last season, Rico suffered in a tight defense (56 goals conceded in 29 Premier League games), until the descent into the English second division. And this season, he seemed to be moving towards a Vaclik lining position in Sevilla FC's Julen Lopetegui, until this unexpected offer from Paris SG ... where he will also be number 2.