The Paris Saint-Germain Post
Market24 Jul 2028
Franculino is a Paris Saint-Germain player
The fee is $79.6M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Stade de Reims drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
No deal for Osame Sahraoui at that price
Paris Saint-Germain offered $60.4M; LOSC Lille said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Paris Saint-Germain rebuffed over Ismaël Bennacer
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stade de Reims have kept their man, and Paris Saint-Germain go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Franculino arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Franculino has, at Paris Saint-Germain, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Paris Saint-Germain
Raphinha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market24 Jul 2028
One of our own: Antoine Guérin joins the Paris Saint-Germain first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antoine Guérin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Jul 2028
Paris Saint-Germain promote Émile Brun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Émile Brun has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Jul 2028
Robert Blanc steps up from the Paris Saint-Germain academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Blanc has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Too much change too quickly at Paris Saint-Germain
13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Achraf Hakimi plays
- Squad The formation has left Franculino behind
- The dugout Naoufel El Hannach knocks on the manager’s door