A BREATH OF RELIEF FROM BARCELONA
PSG signs its new star midfielder and will 'forget' about FC Barcelona
PSG have secured one of their main targets for the 2024/25 season. The board of the Parisian team will bring one of the most promising young talents in Europe to Luis Enrique's club, so they will not continue looking for options at Barça.
Joao Neves Will be the new player of the Paris Saint-Germain. The Portuguese youngster of 19 years will fly this Friday in the morning to the French capital to happen the medical recognitions and sign an agreement until 2029. Of agreement to the information of the Italian journalist, Fabrizio Romano, the operation round the 70 million euros and has included to Renato Sanches in the traspaso.
This full information of relief to the directive of the FC Barcelona, because the French were after two of his best mediocampistas: Frenkie of Jong and Gavi. The Dutch always has had in clear his wish to remain in the City Condal, by what denied at all times any type of approach. In spite of his injury, the ex player of the Ajax is decided to mostarle his cost to Hansi Flick.
By his part, the Spanish was white of interest in the last days, because of the wish of Luis Enrique to retell with his services, something that the team culé did not have neither what think. The Andalusian is one of the 'cracks' Barcelona that consider 'untransferable', leaving as only option of exit his clause of rescission of 1000 M€, a mount that it does that the operation was not viable at all.
Neves Says goodbye to the Benfica after 8 years
In front of the refusal of the group blaugrana, focused his eyes in Neves, the one who will sack of his home afterwards of 8 years in the Benfica, where was escalando from the inferior to turn into one of his best players. In the season 2021/22, Joao conquered the Youth League with the sub-19 and was one of the most stood out elements of the team.
In the 2022/23 was promoted to the filial, that participates in the second category of the Portuguese football. On 30 December 2022, to his 18 years, the luso debuted in the first team against the Sporting of Knickers in League. From this moment, alternated between the B and the platilla main before ensuring his place in the platilla of Roger Schmidt from April of 2023.
The past campaign was the columba vertebral of the Benfica, ensuring the leadership in the centre of the field. Only it lost a party and went the sixth more used footballer by the German technician. It is a very clean pivote and stood out by his rapidity in the field, does not have fear to go to the contact and is a big offensive support. On 26 July it went back to the trainings of the Portuguese club and the 29 was present in the stadium of The Light to witness the friendly in front of the Feyenoord in where it noticed him visibly sad "" in the grandas. His arrival to Paris will allow him keep growing like player and explode his talent in front of the whole world.