Soap opera Xavi Simons, continued. The young (20) Dutch international will return to Paris after a brilliant year at PSV Eindhoven. A return that could only be short-lived, with various sources suggesting that he could be loaned out (Leipzig?) for the 2023-24 season. We will probably know more on Monday: the main interested party evokes, on social networks, an announcement for this Monday at 2 p.m. Simons finished last season with 22 goals and 12 assists in 48 games for PSV Eindhoven. He appeared 11 times under the tunic of Paris-SG (0 goal, 1 assist).
There was no more suspense, but it’s now official: Sergio Busquets joins Inter Miami. As with his former comrade at Barça Leo Messi, the 35-year-old Spanish midfielder has signed up for two years with the Florida club. “This is a special and exciting opportunity that I am very happy to seize, jubilates the interested party. I look forward to this next step in my career with Inter Miami. I was impressed with the Club when I arrived with Barcelona last year and now I’m happy and ready to represent the Club myself. I look forward to helping bring the success that this ambitious club aspires to.” A World Cup and a Euro with Spain, three crowns in the Champions League and nine Spanish league titles under the tunic of Barça: it is a legend who arrives at “South Beach”.
New start for Dimitri Payet? At 36, the leader from Reunion is entering the last year of his contract with OM. A year which promises to be under better auspices than the last, he who clearly did not enter into the plans of the former Marseille coach, Igor Tudor. To see if Marcelino will be more fond of his qualities. L’Équipe indicates that “Marcelino has planned to closely observe his player during the training camp in Germany to get a more precise idea”. Dimitri Payet under the microscope of the Spanish technician. One thing is certain: without having the certainty of “holding one of the leading roles”, the former player of Saint-Etienne, Lille, West Ham and Nantes is “determined” to stay at Olympique de Marseille, where he has already played 326 matches and scored 78 goals. It remains to be seen what the new master of the place will think of it…
And also… Andre Onana at Manchester United, it’s done (Romano)Inter grabs hold of Cuadrado (Di Marzio)After Messi, Inter Miami formalizes Busquets Théo Zidane extends with Real (The Athletic)Angelo Gabriel officially at Chelsea…before joining StrasbourgFirst offer from Al-Nassr for Diaby, Doku to replace him at Leverkusen? (various)PSG: Kolo Muani, is it over? (FB)Jean Lucas leaves AS Monaco for Brazil (official)José Fonte on his way to Braga (O Jogo)West Ham tempted by Maguire (Mail)
