The management of Paris Saint-Germain has positioned itself on the future of one of Christophe Galtier’s defenders, as the summer transfer window approaches.
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A 2018 world champion targeted
Paris Saint-Germain’s off-season will not only be active in the attacking sector, with the probable departure of Argentine striker Lionel Messi and a possible sale of Brazilian star Neymar. In the direction of arrivals, the names of Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Victor Osimhen (Naples) and Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) come back in particular insistently.
The capital club’s summer also promises to be hectic with a view to remodeling its defensive sector. In the radius of possible arrivals to this position, Paris is working on the files leading to Milan Skriniar, at the end of the contract at Inter Milan, and Lucas Hernandez, linked until June 2024 with Bayern Munich. As explained by us, the leader of Ligue 1 and probable champion of France 2023 would have reached an agreement in principle with the 2018 world champion.
Under contract until 2025
What about its current defenders? Open to an extension from Sergio Ramos, Paris Saint-Germain have also made a decision regarding the future of Juan Bernat. According to newspaper information The Team, the Ile-de-France leaders have opened the door to the departure of the Spanish defender. As a result of its desire to recruit French international Lucas Hernandez, PSG does not intend to retain the 30-year-old left-back, under contract until June 2025.
Enlisted in the summer of 2018 for 5 million euros, the former Bayern Munich resident has participated in 35 matches in all competitions since the start of the 2022-2023 season, for 2 goals. Slowed down by a long knee injury, Juan Bernat had an interesting playing time under French coach Christophe Galtier, with 17 starts in the league. Evaluated at around 10 million euros, is the Parisian number 14 living his last weeks in France? To be continued…