{"id":614438,"date":"2022-06-30T08:51:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614438"},"modified":"2022-06-30T08:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:51:35","slug":"porto-midfielder-vitinha-paris-saint-germain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/30\/porto-midfielder-vitinha-paris-saint-germain\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto Midfielder Set to Sign for Paris Saint-Germain for \u00a334 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/27\/paris-saint-germain-managerial-saga\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> have agreed a deal to sign Portuguese midfielder Vitinha, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1542439609228992512?s=20&amp;t=7t1y_IiR8MXVocvSkjE02g\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Porto\u00a0star will move to Paris on a five-year deal. PSG activated a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/17\/manchester-united-vitinha-psg\/\" target=\"_self\">release clause<\/a> in his contract worth \u20ac40 million (\u00a334 million).<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanShrager\/status\/1537818317339213826?s=20&amp;t=i4szUl21ajMV-yPe_B_6Tg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">been linked<\/a> with a move to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a>, but the French giants acted quickly to secure the deal. The Portuguese international is in Paris completing a medical.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deal completed between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Porto for Vitinha, here we go confirmed. Main part of documents signed, medical tests scheduled and five year contract approved until 2027. \u2b50\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PSG<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Porto will receive \u20ac40m fee. Next targets: Renato Sanches and Milan Skriniar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EoboJOooXh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EoboJOooXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1542323230979104768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vitinha Set to Sign for PSG<\/h2>\n<h3>Porto Star Heading for Paris<\/h3>\n<p>Vitinha will join the likes of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in the French capital. PSG&#8217;s midfield has been <a href=\"https:\/\/psgtalk.com\/2022\/04\/report-psg-eyes-france-national-team-duo-to-fix-issues-in-their-midfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticised<\/a> this year and it is hoped that Vitinha will bolster their options for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/28\/ac-milan-are-missing-out-midfielder\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan Are Missing Out on Major Midfielder Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes as PSG have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/28\/ac-milan-are-missing-out-midfielder\/\" target=\"_self\">reportedly hijacked<\/a> a deal for fellow Portugal international, Renato Sanches. Sanches had been expected to sign for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/29\/ac-milan-takeover-concerns-rise\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan<\/a>\u00a0but has had his head turned by the French champions. An initial \u20ac10 million (\u00a38.5 million) <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/le-parisien-renato-sanches-wants-psg-move-as-e10m-bid-is-launched\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bid has reportedly been made<\/a>, although Lille were expecting \u20ac15 million (\u00a312.8 million) from Milan.\u00a0If they can pull it off, the Portuguese pair would add youth to an ageing PSG midfield.<\/p>\n<h3>Chasing the Champions League<\/h3>\n<p>PSG remain on the hunt for a first Champions League trophy after a Karim Benzema hat-trick sent them home in the quarter finals last season. After taking over in 2021, Mauricio Pochettino was quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/mauricio-pochettino-with-the-talent-we-have-at-psg-if-we-dont-win-the-champions-league-ill-feel-ive-failed-qznmpq62c\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Times<\/a> as saying: &#8220;With the talent we have at PSG, if we don&#8217;t win the Champions League, I&#8217;ll feel I&#8217;ve failed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/27\/paris-saint-germain-managerial-saga\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain Close to Resolving Latest Managerial Saga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it could be down to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/27\/paris-saint-germain-managerial-saga\/\" target=\"_self\"> imminent arrival of Christophe Galtier<\/a> to secure European glory for <em>Les Parisiens<\/em>. After securing the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/21\/kylian-mbappe-staying-paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_self\">long-term future<\/a> of French star Kylian Mbappe, adding creativity and youth to the midfield will tick off another transfer window task.<\/p>\n<p>Vitinha&#8217;s brand of technical play will work brilliantly in the French capital, supplying intelligent through balls for their attackers. Expect a bucket-load of assists this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain have agreed a deal to sign Portuguese midfielder Vitinha, according to Fabrizio Romano. The Porto\u00a0star will move to Paris on a five-year deal. PSG activated a release clause in his contract worth \u20ac40 million (\u00a334 million). The 22-year-old had been linked with a move to Manchester United, but the French giants acted quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":614461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,7,7188],"tags":[8749],"class_list":["post-614438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paris-saint-germain","category-ligue-1","category-rumours","tag-vitinha"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}