Big news from the European transfer market today as Paris Saint-Germain finally unveiled vaunted Swiss International Zlatan Ibrahimovic as their latest signing. The French Ligue 1 side has been splashing money around the last year or so after being purchased by a member of the Qatari royal family. Last winter they famously tried to pry David Beckham away from the Galaxy, but Beckham preferred his smug life in California.
The deal for Ibra is pretty hefty. They paid AC Milan 25 million dollars in transfer fees, and they'll be paying the big Swede 17 million dollars per year, 2 million more than he was making with AC Milan in Serie A. He'll join former AC Milan teammate Thiago Silva and former Napoli man Ezequiel Lavezzi, who had both signed deals with PSG earlier this summer.
Last year PSG spent 123 million dollars on players, and brought in former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, but failed to win the Ligue 1 title. Odds are that will change this year. These moves raise both the profile of PSG, but the French 1st division as well.
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