Luis Enrique is not stopping. After winning the treble and having come close to winning the Club World Cup, he does not want to fall into the temptation of relaxing and that is why he continues to strengthen the squad for next year. The Asturian is going to add a new central defender from Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth. The chosen one is the 22-year-old Ukrainian central defender Illia Zabarnyi.
According to Nicolò Schira, negotiations between PSG and the English team are very advanced, so much so that both clubs have already reached an agreement for the Ukrainian centre-back for 68 million euros.
On the other hand, the player has not wasted any time and has already started contract negotiations with the European champions. The contract will be for five years, until 2030, so it only remains for PSG to make the signing official for him to be a Parisian player in all respects.
Iraola left ‘alone’
Dean Huijsen and Zabarnyi were the trusted men for Iraola at Bournemouth last season. If at any time the fans of the English team were excited to qualify for the Champions League, it was largely thanks to this pair of central defenders. Now Iraola has already lost Huijsen to Real Madrid and is very close to losing the Ukrainian.
Zabarnyi arrived in January 2023 to Andoni Iraola’s squad. The English club paid 22.7 million euros to Dynamo Kyiv, and since his arrival he has played 86 games with the Cherries.
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