On July 12, 2023, the young midfielder, Cher Ndour (19 years old), signed a five-season contract with Paris Saint-Germain, thus leaving the Portuguese club Benfica with whom he had completed good pre-training, notably in Youth League, until the end of his lease with the Lisbon team. An arrival mainly focused on the future, although the native of Brescia was kept in the Parisian professional group for this first part of the season. However, he was used very little by Luis Enrique, appearing only four times including his very first start on Sunday evening, against US Revel (0-9), in the round of 32 of the Cup. of France. A great meeting during which Cher Ndour also celebrated his first goal in Parisian colors, scoring a nice shot with a powerful shot into the top corner.
“It’s an important competition. It was important for us to come out strong from the start of the match and win. If you don’t play these matches at 100%, you can go to penalties. You never know who can win, they played well. I’m happy with my first match as a starter, but the most important thing is the team’s victory. I feel good, I always train hard to be ready for matches when the coach needs me. I am here and I am happy. I also scored a nice goal, so I can say it was a perfect evening.explained the Italian midfielder to the microphones of the club’s official website PSG.TV, after his team’s big victory on Sunday. Blocked behind the competition made up of Manuel Ugarte, Warren Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Kang-in Lee, Fabian Ruiz and Carlos Soler, Cher Ndour is looking for a way to grab minutes, while several clubs, notably in Italy, are watching him closely. close in the hope of reaching an agreement with Paris on the basis of a 6-month loan.
Andrea Pirlo absolutely wants it!
According to our information, the Sampdoria club, resident of Serie B, continues to fight for a loan until the end of the season. The Italian coach, Andrea Pirlo, considers the arrival on loan of Cher Ndour as an absolute priority during the winter transfer window, while the Genoese management sees in him an indisputable starter and a suitable leader to secure a ticket for the Playoffs of Serie B in the second part of the season. A chance that the young Italian midfielder could seize to gain minutes and experience in order to better return to PSG this summer. Luis Enrique also explained the management of the Cher Ndour case: “He is a very young player, international with Italian hopes. It has very high level physical and technical conditions. He would start everywhere in L1. But here, there is competition and it’s difficult to give him minutes. He’s a marvel and an example of what a young player should be. He never missed a day in terms of technical and physical level. Knowing that he is not on the C1 list, he still trains professionally. He’s a player with a big future.”.
However, according to our indiscretions, Sampdoria will have to be convincing since the competition promises to be tough this winter for a loan from Cher Ndour. Indeed, other top clubs in Serie B are eyeing the young Italian midfielder, notably Brescia – Ndour’s hometown -, Como, Modena and Palermo. Four teams from the Italian antechamber which are currently well placed for the rise to Serie A or at least, for qualification for the Serie B Playoffs, which will take place next June. On the Paris side, management would not object to their player leaving on loan this winter but would like to find a situation in which Cher Ndour can certainly flourish. As a reminder, Besiktas and Sporting Braga had already surveyed PSG during the month of December, at a time when the Portuguese club Moreirense, currently 6th in Liga Portugal, hopes to strengthen its midfield this winter and is also thinking of the player who passed through Atalanta schools. In any case, Cher Ndour leaves no one indifferent in Italy and Portugal.
