The recruitment of Illia Zabarnyi by Paris Saint-Germain is still far from bearing fruit. While the capital club paid 66 million euros to secure the services of the former Bournemouth central defender, the latter is currently struggling to convince.
Established as a central hinge alongside Willian Pacho against Olympique Lyonnais (3-2) this Sunday in Ligue 1, the Ukrainian delivered a performance deemed insufficient by some observers. Among them, French journalist Walid Acherchour notes a clear difference between the level displayed by the player with the Cherries and that which he shows in the Parisian jersey.
“It’s a huge handicap! »
“Zabarnyi who was monstrous in the Premier League last season at Bournemouth, is it his cousin who arrived? With each ball in the back, he is caught. In every duel, he is caught. He takes the tide, he needs buoys”launched the columnist of RMC.
PSG’s new goalkeeper and successor to Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal, Lucas Chevalier, has also come under criticism.
“Zabarnyi and Chevalier, they are at fault on all the goals. It’s a huge handicap! They don’t have the excuse of fatigue from last season. They are catastrophic, they are killing the team! »regretted Acherchour.
