After Marco Verratti, it is another historic executive of Paris Saint-Germain who would be sensitive to the sirens of Saudi Arabia.
Definitely, this summer transfer window is rich in twists and turns for Paris Saint-Germain. While the Kylian Mbappé soap opera is still in progress, and other hot issues are to be dealt with such as that of the arrival of Ousmane Dembélé, it is now the club’s captain, Marquinhos, who is concerned by rumors of departure.
Like his teammate Marco Verratti, courted by Al-Hilal, the Brazilian defender is in the sights of a Saudi club. And he too is not totally closed to the idea of trying the adventure. According to transfer window specialist Rudy Galetti, Marquinhos would have given his agents his consent to start discussions with Al-Nassr.
🚨✅ #Marquinhos gave his approval to start talks with the 🇸🇦 club – #AlNassr – that days ago approached his entourage, as revealed.
💰 An official bid was sent to the 🇧🇷 player and to #PSG.
⚠️ The former #ASRoma defender is not the only CB in talks with Al Nassr. 🐓⚽ https://t.co/jHdTmyb6X1 pic.twitter.com/f2idWwYl0y
—Rudy Galetti (@RudyGaletti) July 28, 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo’s club thus continues its recruitment campaign, after offering Seko Fofana and Marcelo Brozovic, and also seems very close to concluding the arrival of Sadio Mané. Al-Nassr is now looking for defenders, and Marquinhos is on his list. Proposals have been made to PSG as well as to the player.
Marquinhos extended with PSG last May, and his contract runs until 2028, but those kinds of details aren’t holding Saudi clubs back. Can PSG sell its captain? While a major cleaning is being carried out this summer, nothing can be ruled out. Like Verratti, Marquinhos has been at PSG for a decade, he has experienced everything at the club… including repeated European failures, which have sometimes been blamed on him. A page could turn…
