Mercato: record transfer for Caicedo to Chelsea, two undesirables from PSG go to Roma ... The hot issues of the day

Moisés Caicedo at Chelsea, "here we go"! An announced time close to Liverpool, the 21-year-old Ecuadorian international midfielder finally said no to the Reds and yes to the Blues. The latter will pay £115m (€133m) to hire the Brighton player, as reported by Fabrizio Romano, which will set a new record on the other side of the Channel. Caicedo had cost Brighton €5 million in February 2021. A hell of a tumble…

Two less undesirables at PSG. Leo Paredes and Renato Sanches will join AS Roma. Expected at Galasaray for long weeks, the Argentine world champion has said yes to a two-year contract, plus an optional season, as revealed by TyC Sports. Foot Mercato specifies that the club of José Mourinho will pay 5 M€ to Paris-SG, that is to say… more or less 10 times less than the price paid to snatch him from the Zénith Saint-Petersburg in January 2019. A return for Paredes, who has worn the AS Roma jersey 54 times in recent years. Loaned to Juventus in 2022-23, he also wore the colors of Empoli within a Calcio he knows well.

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Still according to FM, Sanches will join the Louve club as part of a loan with an option to buy. Agreement almost in place. Recruited last summer in Lille and often injured, the Portuguese international will try to revive under the orders of his compatriot Mourinho. Roma are not taking too much risk: the €12m purchase option will be exercised if the person concerned plays around thirty matches. He played 27 during the past season with Paris Saint-Germain, which continues its degreasing operation. Leo Messi (Inter Miami), Sergio Ramos (without club), Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (Leipzig) and Junior Dina Ebimbe (Frankfurt) have already left. Abdou Diallo will go to Qatar. Keylor Navas, Juan Bernat, Layvin Kurzawa, Thimothée Pembélé, Colin Dagba, Gini Wijnaldum, Julian Draxler and Hugo Ekitike could be affected by a departure too, not to mention Neymar Jr and Marco Verratti. Marquinhos too?

As expected, Senegalese international striker Habib Diallo leaves Strasbourg for Saudi Arabia and the Al-Sabad club. A transfer estimated at 18 M €. The former Messin had been retained despite a firm offer of €12m from Italy last year. And this with an exit voucher for this summer. Racing management kept their word. Diallo leaves Alsace with a record of 41 goals in 103 matches in all competitions.

According to information from France Bleu Hérault, Montpellier's Maxime Estève is getting closer to Bruges, who are ready to bet €7 million on this young (21-year-old) defender who has 47 L1 matches under his belt.

It was expected, it's official: Cengiz Under leaves OM for Fenerbahçe. A transfer of 15 M€, 20% of which will fall into the pocket of the leaders of AS Roma, the previous club of the 26-year-old Turkish international. Arrived in Provence in 2021, Under will have scored 18 goals in 93 matches during his two seasons in Marseille. He has signed up for the next four years in Istanbul.

“We hope to see it happen very soon. A priori, it’s all set.” Despite some understandable verbal precautions in terms of transfer, Rennes sports director Florian Maurice confirmed the upcoming arrival of Nemanja Matic in front of the Canal cameras this Sunday, on the sidelines of the card against FC Metz (5-1). Former Chelsea and Manchester United player, the 35-year-old Serbian international midfielder will leave AS Roma for Rennes. In fact, Matic has even already arrived in Brittany this Sunday evening (see below). A priori, two-year contract. Medical visit to follow.

Note that the Norwegian side Birger Meling will leave Roazhon Park and join Copenhagen, as confirmed by Bruno Génésio.