Press review: Ballon d'Or in sight, Chevalier and Zabarnyi set to join PSG | OneFootball

This Friday, August 8, the French press (on the sports aspect) focused on Paris Saint-Germain's upcoming arrivals of Lucas Chevalier (23-year-old goalkeeper from Lille and the French National Team) and Ilya Zabarnyi (22-year-old central defender from Bournemouth and Ukraine). There's also the race for the Ballon d’Or 2025 with the list of nominees announced yesterday, including 9 PSG players (a record for a club).

Le Parisien –

L’Equipe –

After long discussions, the Paris transfer market should become more concrete in the coming days. Chevalier is expected as early as this Friday, Zabarnyi over the weekend. Enough to "kickstart" the movement in Paris, while still awaiting a few more reinforcements. As well as departures. We especially hope for official announcements, as the uncertainty is tiresome. And the 2025-2026 season already starts next week.

As for the Ballon d’Or, there is always great competition and endless debates with various arguments and certainly a bit of bad faith to highlight a player from the club we love. We leave these endless discussions aside, preferring to focus on the team. But PSG could very well have a winner, and it would be pleasing, especially a year after the departure of a Kylian Mbappé who was "slowed down" by PSG.

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