A new PSG player heads to Qatar

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By: Manu Tournoux

A new PSG player heads to Qatar

Unwanted at Paris Saint-Germain, Julian Draxler arrived in Qatar this Saturday to join the Qatari club Al-Ahli SC.

THE Paris Saint Germain said goodbye to Marco Verratti Friday evening before the match against OGC Nice. The Italian international leaves the capital club having left his mark on it with the status of second most capped player (416 matches) and the most successful player in the club’s history (27 trophies), and s I’m going to join Al Arabi in Qatar. Arrived in 2017, Julian Draxler will not have had as much impact on the Ile-de-France club as his former teammate, but he will also leave in the final hours of the transfer window, and he will also play in Qatar.

After an inconclusive loan and a summer spent in the PSG “loft”, the German international (58 caps). This Saturday, the 2014 world champion flew to Qatar, where he will undergo his medical examination with the clubAl-Ahli SC. In the press release published on its social networks, the Qatari club described Draxler as a “star of German football and Paris Saint-Germain” despite an image in Paris as a talented player who never really exploded at the highest level.

According to information from Parisianthe capital club will receive compensation slightly less than 10 million euros while Draxler only had one year of contract remaining.

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