Paris Saint-Germain took its time to negotiate, but the time had come to accelerate. Illia Zabarnyi, the Ukrainian defender of Bournemouth will join the capital. According to information from Foot Mercato, Paris and the English training agreed on the amount of the transfer and there is no scenario in which the 22 -year -old does not end with a red and blue jersey in a few days.
Clean recovery, sense of placement, solidity in duels: Zabarnyi ticks all the boxes of the modern defender. Luis Enrique, who logically gained in decision-making power within the club after the incredible 2024-2025 season, had made the young Taulier of the Cherries one of his priorities.
The amount is still mysterious
What remains to be seen, now, are the modalities of the transfer. The different insiders do not agree on this subject. We thus mention 67 million euros on the side of Fabrizio Romano, 70 million at Sacha Tavolieri and 66 million at Fabrice Hawkins of RMC, each time with Bonus. In any case, it will be a high amount for the ex-necute-old Dynamo kyiv, who will try to compete with the Pacho-Marquinhos hinge, the only two members of the Parisian eleven to have not had the honor of being appointed for the Golden Ball 2025.
Arrived in Bournemouth in 2023, Illia Zabarnyi played 86 games in the club in the south of England and in the Premier League. The supporters had elected him best player of the season in 2023-2024.
The sale of Zabarnyi should allow Bournemouth to recruit its priority in defense, the Lille Bafodé Diakité.
