Gianluigi Buffon to sign in Paris this Friday – Foot – Transfers

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Posted on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 23:22 | Updated on 05/07/2018 at 23:32

Info The Team – The Italian star will spend her medical visit this Friday morning and sign her two-year contract. Before being officially presented on Monday

The management Paris Saint-Germain did not particularly want to gamboll this moment. This event should we even say. After Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Beckham in the past, Neymar Jr last summer, a new global star of football will engage with the club of the capital: Gianluigi Buffon – admittedly 40 years old – will sign his two-year contract (a year to which is added another option) Friday after having previously pbaded the traditional medical examination. Since last weekend, we knew that the signature of the international goalkeeper, the 176 selections, would intervene this weekend, Friday or Saturday, as announced in our edition last Monday.
        

But the communication of this reinforcement of choice was shifted to Monday, given the programming of the quarterfinals of the World Cup and in particular that of France Friday afternoon. Certainly and regardless of the result of the Blues, this match would eclipse the arrival of Buffon. And that, the Parisian leaders, very concerned about their communication and the image of the club, did not want it above all.
        

Especially since the former doorman and captain of the Nazionale is not anyone. Beyond his huge career, his record as thick as a phone book, he enjoys a global aura and an excellent reputation. His actions or his actions, especially via his social networks, are often praised and taken as an example.
        

Buffon, first big blow of the summer
                                    

Last but not least, at PSG, Gianluigi Buffon will only know his third professional club since his debut in Parma in 1995 and after 17 years at Juventus from 2001 to 2018. His arrival in Paris is therefore one of the most the first big shots, if not the biggest, of this mercato summer, in France of course, but also in Europe and even if Buffon arrives free in the capital.
        

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                    The number of Champions League matches that Gianluigi Buffon will miss early in the season because suspended. This is the consequence of the red card received during the elimination of Juventus against Real Madrid in the semifinals of C1 last season.
                

With him in his workforce, Thomas Tuchel will benefit from a very experienced, along with Dani Alves, to guide the team to the peaks, mainly European.
        

PSG will also have five pro goalies under contract (Buffon, Areola, Trapp, Descamps and Cibois) in the coming days. It's two too many. Remy Descamps, loaned six months in Tours last season, should leave. And what about Kevin Trapp or Alphonse Areola? Initially, Parisian decision makers preferred to see the German spin rather than the French trained at the club. Today, the deal seems less decided and this even if Areola has not yet officially asked to leave. Trapp has recently suggested that he would like to stay at PSG. To attract Buffon is a very nice catch but will not be without consequence.
        

Arnaud Hermant