by The soap opera starring Gabriel Moscardó is over. PSG has closed the signing of the 18-year-old Corinthians midfielder, who was found to have an injury to his left ankle during the medical check-up prior to his signing.
Moscardo, 18, will undergo surgery in Doha in the coming days by doctors fully trusted by PSG and will be out for two to three months. Until the middle of the year he will continue playing for ‘Timao’, but now on loan. He will defend the São Paulo team again when he is medically discharged, and will make the jump to the entire team. Luis Enrique in July to start the preseason of the 2024/25 academic year.
As agreed since December, PSG will pay 20 million euros as a transfer fee plus two million more in variables, for one of the great revelations of the last season in Brazilian football that also aroused the interest of Barça. Deco, when he had not even entered the Barcelona sports structure, he already tried to tie in a pivot who, in the medium term, has the quality to be a reference player.
Qatari club Sports Investments has found a gap to register Moscardo in this hiring window without exceeding the Financial Fair Play limit as confirmed by sources from the entity itself.
The president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, even questioned the incorporation of the young player, due to the injury that had not been detected by the ‘Timao’ doctors. After more than three weeks of contacts between the two clubs, the transfer has materialized.
When the temperature rose and everything was one step away from blowing up the new president of Corinthians, Augusto MeloHe even threatened PSG, saying that he would force Moscardo to immediately return to Sao Paulo to undergo surgery and then sell it to the highest bidder because there would be no shortage of offers.
Moscardó is the second Brazilian joy that PSG incorporates in this month of Januarysince he has also closed the left-footed center back, Lucas Beraldo, for whom he has paid 20 million euros to Sao Paulo.
