The Al Arabi team is seeking to include a distinguished name in its squad (Francis Gonzalez/Getty)
The Qatari team, Al-Arabi, is close to clinching the deal for the star midfielder of the Brazilian national team and the team Paris Saint-Germain The French, Rafinha Alcantara, a few days before the closing of the market Transfers current summer.
According to the French “Foot Mercato” website, on Tuesday, the management of the Al-Arabi team is confident of contracting the 29-year-old player, who is not included in the accounts of the Paris club coach, Christophe Galtier, nor even the Portuguese sports advisor, Luis Campos.
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Rafinha played last season with the Spanish club Real Sociedad on loan, before returning to the “Park of the Princes” this summer. He also represented the Spanish teams Barcelona and Celta Vigo in addition to the Italian team Inter Milan, before joining the Parisian club in the summer of 2020.
The French capital club is seeking to get rid of some players this summer, and make way for new deals, following the departure of the Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum, the German Thilo Kehrer and the loan of the Frenchman, Dina Ibembe.