PSG sells Draxler and continues to make money in Asia

PSG keep releasing ballast and fielding players who don’t fit the training plans. Luis Enrique. If last Wednesday was Marco Verratti transferred to Al Arabi, once again Qatar, the original country of the owners of the Parisian club, is the destination of another of the discarded.

Al Ahli today announced the signing of Julian Draxler until 2025 in return, according to various media, for a 20 million euros transfer fee. The 29-year-old German midfielder arrived at PSG in January 2017 from Wolfsburg for 36 million euros and last season he was loaned to Benfica.

Of the 20 million euros received by draxler, The figure that means the sale of players in Qatari football for PSG this summer has risen to 80 after 45 per Verratti and the 15 that Al Arabi himself paid for the Franco-Senegalese media Abdou Diallo.

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Saudi Arabia is the other market where PSG have placed two more players, Neymar and Georginio Wijnaldum, transferred for 90 million euros to Al Hilal in the case of the Brazilian and 8 to Al Ettifaq the Dutchman. In total 98 million, added to the 80 from Qatar, adds up to 178 million euros that went to PSG’s coffers from Asian football.

In total, PSG earned 214 million euros in transfers this summer while investment in transfers reached 349 million euros.

Draxler has exceeded 100 million in transfers

Coming back to Draxler, he is the third German player, then Kai Havertz (155) and Leroy Sané (101), who exceeded 100 million euros in transfers throughout his career. In his case the figure rose to 101.5.

Draxler was transferred in 2025 from Schalke to Wolfsburg for 43 million. In 2017 he went to PSG for 36, in 2022 he was loaned to Benfica for 2.5 and now sold to Al Ahli for 20.