Paris Saint-Germain officially announce the signing of Leandro Daniel Paredes. The Argentinian midfielder, who arrived from Zenit St Petersburg, has signed a four-and-a-half year deal with the club until 30 June 2023 after completing his medical examination at Aspetar Hospital in Doha.
Leandro will wear the number 8 jersey for the Rouge et Bleu.
The 25-year-old from San Justo in the Buenos Aires region came through the academy at Boca Juniors, one of the Argentine capital's leading clubs. Whilst at Boca he won the Apertura Championship (2011) and an Argentine Cup (2012) before moving to Italy, spending two seasons at AS Roma (2014-2015 and 2016-2017) playing 54 matches.
The Argentinian international (9 caps, 1 goal) moved to Zenit St Petersburg in the summer of 2017, contributing 10 goals and 15 assists in 61 matches in all competitions for the current leader of the Russian Championship.
He was responsible for receiving the ball from the centre-backs, supporting possession and orchestrating attacking moves, all of which he did with supreme class and confidence.
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After signing for PSG, Paredes talked to PSG official website about his feelings:
"I'm very proud to be joining Paris Saint-Germain, said Leandro Paredes on signing his contract. After my previous experiences in Italy and Russia, I now have this fantastic opportunity, not only to discover a new league, but above all one to wear one the most prestigious club jerseys in the world. I’d like to thank the chairman and the coach for the confidence they have shown in me by signing me. We all know the extraordinary sporting dimension of Paris Saint-Germain, its players and staff. I share the same high ambitions and I will do everything I can to give my club what it expects of me as a midfielder. I also look forward to the passionate atmosphere of the Parc des Princes, as I grew up with football fever in Argentina.”
"We are very happy to welcome Leandro Paredes into the Paris Saint-Germain family today," said Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, Chairman and CEO of Paris Saint-Germain. “Leandro brings with him the traditional strengths of Argentinian football- a fighting spirit and excellent technical skills. He will bring a lot to our midfield and I am sure he will fit quickly into our coach's well-organised and ambitious team. Leandro's arrival will keep the momentum, both on the pitch and among our supporters, ahead of the major events coming up. Exciting times lie ahead.”
Vidaprsyz
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psg really need some creative midfielder and hold position in the midfield....hope he is the one
prakashcr7
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PSG is literally not doing great by snatching Chelsea deal, they should take Revange against Barcelona not against poor Chelsea.
Abbawaziri
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A wonderful technical who Chelsea had to buy but unfortunately I don’t know what the club wants by placing a policy of not offering a player above 30 a year contract, they said signed higuain who is above 30 and now they wanna sign Rakitic who’s 30 for what reason🤷🏼♂️.
Lotbklmu
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why is PSG always leading the transfer market while united claims to be the richest club in Europe.... come on united let the money reflect in our signings and stop the rumors...
Nebeimpsz
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he's coming to seat on the bench or become more irrelevant, the team is star studded midfielders are not really given recognition and the leagues a farmers league
tropicalda
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Paredes is a talented player & the kind of 'specialist' Sarri wants at the base of midfield, but it would have been madness for Chelsea to pay what PSG agreed to for a new Jorginho back-up
shray_srivastava
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Welcome to the Golden Prison, if you're good & decent enough with the ball, PSG will never let you off, they never sell their players, get ready to rot in the Farmers league.