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Mercato – PSG: Pressure surge for an Al-Khelaïfi star!
Published on June 26, 2024 at 2:45 a.m.
Graduated from Journalism School in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
Freshly recruited by PSG from Krasnodar, Matvey Safonov comes to directly compete with Gianluigi Donnarumma. And the Russian goalkeeper, used to having a lot of playing time, very clearly announces his desire to go number 1 in the PSG hierarchy, thus putting a lot of pressure on his Italian teammate.
What if the goalkeeping hierarchy was completely turned upside down next season? PSG ? Matthew Safonov (25 years old) has just arrived at the Parc des Princes for €20M, and in an interview given to Nobelthe Russian goalkeeper displays in black and white his objective of taking the place of Gianluigi Donnarumma at PSG.
“I come to fight”
« To be PSG’s number 2 goalkeeper? I do not understand this. No one ever told me I was number two. I come to Paris to fight. I want to play football. Even if I had been told I was number two, I wouldn’t have listened to them. It’s up to me to give the best of myself “, noted Safonov.
“I can’t be a substitute
« I don’t see myself as a number two. I don’t want to be a replacement player. If they put me as number two, it won’t be easy for number one. I will fight with him constantly (…) In Krasnodar, I have always been number one. In the national team, I was a substitute in the first match, then I became the number one goalkeeper. I have always been number one until now. I can’t be a replacement », continues the new recruit of the PSGwhich therefore clearly threatens Donnarumma for his number one status.
