Still looking for a defensive midfielder during the transfer window, PSG is exploring a new avenue in Portugal after that leading to João Neves. According to the Portuguese press, the club is monitoring Danish international Morten Hjulmand.
A new name for the PSG transfer window. In search of a defensive midfielder this summer, PSG made João Neves (Benfica) his priority according to several sources, but the young 19-year-old Portuguese international has a clause of €120 million and if Benfica is ready to sell him for a little less (around €100 million), the file remains expensive and complicated since other clubs are on it, particularly in the Premier League.
According to the Portuguese sports daily A Bola, PSG is monitoring another player in the defensive midfielder position and he is also playing in Portugal. This is the Danish Morten Wheelmanwho distinguished himself last week in Germany by scoring a superb goal with his country against England, with a powerful long-range strike.
PSG monitors Hjulmand, who has an €80m clause
Morten Hjulmand signed for Sporting CP last summer for 18 million euros (plus 3 bonuses) to replace a certain Manuel Ugarte, transferred a few weeks earlier to PSG for €60 million. In the end, the Uruguayan did not win in Paris and could already leave the club this summer while Morten Hjulmand has become an indisputable starter at Sporting CP, with whom he was crowned Portuguese champion.
But as in the Neves case, PSG is not the only club interested in the 24-year-old Danish defensive midfielder, 1m85 tall. Manchester United, Tottenham and Barça are also said to be on the trail of the former Lecce player, who is under contract until 2028 with the Lisbon club, with a release clause set at 80 million euros. An amount that will probably have to be paid to recruit him, especially if he continues to shine at Euro 2024.
For his first season at Sporting CP, Hjulmand played 49 matches for 4 goals and 4 assists. Last May, his trainer Ruben Amorim was very complimentary of him and even declared that he valued him ” more complete “ than his two predecessors Palhinha and Ugarte. Flattering.
