Done Deal: PSG Complete £27m Deal to Sign Roma Youngster Marquinhos

Parc des Princes side snap up young Brazilian.

PSG have officially confirmed the club’s signing of Brazilian defender Marquinhos.

The Daily Mail claim that the big spending Ligue 1 side forked out £27m to sign the talented Roma teenager as Laurent Blanc looks to match the spending of newly promoted AS Monaco.

The 19 year old is yet to win a senior Brazilian national team cap but did impress during his one season at Roma, during which he made 26 Serie A appearances last term following his summer move to Europe from Corinthians.

PSG have already spent upwards of £55m to bring in Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani and £12m to sign French international full-back Lucas Digne.

Marquinhos has discussed his delight at joining PSG stating;

‘I am delighted to be joining Paris Saint-Germain, a club where so many Brazilians have played and helped write the club’s history,’

‘I will do everything I can to continue that tradition and write my own name into the club’s illustrious history books.’