He is indeed the new star of PSG. According to our information, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who must officially commit to PSG this Friday unless there are any setbacks, will wear number 7 in the capital club. A symbolic number because it has not been worn since the departure of Kylian Mbappé, the top scorer in the club’s history, in the summer of 2024. Because it bears the signature of Cristiano Ronaldo in his years at Real Madrid while the Portuguese is one of the idols of the 23-year-old Georgian, Italian champion with Naples in 2023. This number 7, Mbappé had recovered at the start of his second Parisian season, after wearing number 29 upon his arrival in the summer of 2017.
At Napoli, “Kvara” chose 77 because his favorite number was not available when he arrived in 2022. He was on the back of Eljif Elmas, the Macedonian attacking midfielder who left last summer for RB Leipzig, since picked up by David Neres when he signed from Benfica to Napoli at the start of the season. But with the selection of Georgia, the new Parisian nugget wears the tunic adorned with the number 7.
The player thus recovers his favorite number – he already displayed it among young people in U17 and U 21 –, and PSG can achieve a nice marketing coup, counting on very good jersey sales, with an offensive element that the Park des Princes should love and a figure which contributes to the success of this marketing.
