Now that Mauro Icardi will be staying with Paris Saint-Germain permanently, the capital club’s sporting director, Leonardo, will try to address the midfield.
The Brazilian hopes to add some height to the position as all the midfielders on the squad are below 6’0″, which is why Les Parisiens are targeting Lazio’s Sergej Milinković-Savić.
However, Canal Plus journalist Pierre Ménès answered a few questions on Pierrot Face Cam section (via ParisFans) over the possibility of PSG landing the 25-year-old and expressed some doubt over the SMS rumor.
“So already, where did we read that PSG wanted a midfielder? It is a kind of extrapolation and collective fantasy. It’s possible,” Ménès said. ” I do not find that the PSG midfielder has been so deficient this year compared to previous seasons. Milinkovic-Savic is an excellent player, a very good technician, he has a lot of showdowns, but beware, this is not a number 6.” Continue reading