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Laurent Blanc to PSG

Laurent Blanc at PSG

Following Ancelotti and Leonardo’s departure, PSG’s wealthy owners were left gaping at a calamity waiting to happen. But what do Arab businessmen do? They splash the cash.

Splash they did and bamm! Cavani in the pocket. Napoli striker Cavani has been the center of a dragging transfer saga during which he was linked to practically every big club. But thanks to some shrewd wisdom from the Napoli owner and financial muscle of PSG, the Uruguayan hitman was able to complete his transfer to Paris for a record 56.3 million pounds fee.

Rafael Benitez will be smiling, somewhere in Naples. Such a signing pobviously brings about some morality issues in the squad. And when you have Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the competitor, it escalates to a whole new level. PSG president announced that Ibra didn’t want to play alongside Cavani and was on his way to another club. How much of that is true is out of our scope, but it surely establishes the fact of player egos.

Thiago Silva too might be reluctant to stay in Paris, with Barcelona waiting to jump in whenever the opportunity presents itself.

The signing of Cavani alone won’t solve the problems for the new manger, Frenchman, Laurent Blanc. Blanc hasn’t had much of a career in terms of managing and is relatively very young in the arena. Nevertheless, he being French outweighs many other shortcomings as he has a decent squad to compete both in domestic and European leagues.

The latest signing, Lucas Digne and a possible coup for Roma’s Marquinhos show Blanc’s intent of building a team for the future. For more insight into what could PSG possibly look like in the next season, click this link.