PSG Close In On Marquinhos

[Folami David]

Paris St Germain signed Brazilian defender Marquinhos from AS Roma on Friday in another big- money transfer days after striker Edinson Cavani joined from Napoli.
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"PSG is delighted to announce that Marquinhos has signed a five-year contract with the club after transferring from AS Roma," the Qatari-owned French champions said in a statement.
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Serie A side Roma said separately that the fee was €31.4 million, with 10 percent of the difference between that amount and €4.5 million due to Sao Paulo club Corinthians.
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The 19-year-old Marcos Aoas Correa, 'Marquinhos', joined Roma from Corinthians, where he made his professional debut, last year.
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"I am delighted to be joining Paris Saint-Germain, a club where so many Brazilians have played and helped write the club's history," Marquinhos told the PSG website (www.psg.fr).
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"I will do everything I can to continue that tradition and write my own name into the club's illustrious history books."
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Uruguayan international Cavani, top scorer in Serie A last season, signed a five-year deal on Tuesday that media reported to be a French record €64 million. PSG have spent more than €200 million on transfers over the past two years.
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While Marquinhos left, Roma completed the signing of Dutch international midfielder Kevin Strootman from PSV Eindhoven on a five-year contract for a €16.5-million fee and a further €3.5 million in potential bonus payments.
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The 23-year-old joined PSV two years ago from FC Utrecht and has become a regular in the Dutch national team.
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PSV technical manager Marcel Barends said on Tuesday that the offer had been one of the biggest fees in the Dutch club's history and "impossible to turn down".

[Shola Sholaz]

PSG are not joking with next season at all...They are ready to destroy every opponent they would get. I believe them!