French defender Lucas Hernández is on the verge of becoming an unexpected casualty amid changes at board level at Bayern Munich after Paris Saint-Germain is set to finalize a move to bring him to the city of lights.
Reports from football insider Fabrizio Romano hint at the versatile 27-year-old defender officially completing a move to the French champions today, with the Marseille-born international already in Paris ahead of joining the third club of his professional career, with Bayern reportedly set to receive €45 million plus add-ons.
Lucas Hernández will sign as new PSG player on Thursday. Contract valid until June 2026, he’s already in Paris with FC Bayern authorization as documents are ready. 🔴🔵 #PSG
Lucas was considered untouchable by former Bayern directors. It completely changed with new management. pic.twitter.com/8UGzsR3GG6
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 29, 2023
Hernández, who is in line for a three-year deal at the Parc des Princes, was Bayern’s record signing in the summer of 2019 when the Bavarian giants splashed €80m on the Atlético Madrid academy graduate, but with one year left on his current terms at the Allianz Arena and a host of injuries since his arrival in the Bundesliga, the new Bayern board have seen fit to allow the player to leave this summer.
Bayern has already secured a free move former Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphaël Guerreiro, who will offer cover for Canadian star Alphonso Davies, while the are club also on the verge of signing SSC Napoli’s South Korean international center-back Kim Min-Jae, thus effectively replacing Hernández across both positions he features in.
Hernández missed a total of 65 matches across his four-year stint in the German top flight, including almost the entirety of the 2022-23 campaign on account of first suffering a torn muscle bundle and then following it up with a cruciate ligament rupture.
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