Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ‘Ready’ to make PSG debut this weekend

Paris Saint-Germain’s new star signing Kviča Kvaratskeria is “ready” to make his debut for the French club in this weekend’s league clash, manager Luis Enrique said on Friday. “Physically he is in very good shape. We have seen it in training. He is already fully adapted to PSG and everything is going well. Georgian, 23 years old The winger signed for PSG from Napoli a week ago, writing a contract until 2029 for a reported fee of 70 million euros ($72 million), not including potential bonuses.

He arrived too late to feature in his new club’s 2-1 win at Lens last Saturday and was ineligible for Wednesday’s 4-2 win at Manchester City in the Champions League. .

Kvaratskhelia, who last played for Venice in Serie A and Napoli on December 29, is also ineligible for the upcoming afternoon trip to VFB Stuttgart in the Champions League.

However, he could come into the side against Rimes if Luis Enrique decided to rest the players who took part in the thrilling victory against City.

“As always, when we buy a player, we do it because we believe he will improve the team. But when he plays, by how he does in training it’s different. .

“We know ‘kvara’ well. We wanted to take him last summer but it wasn’t possible. He can fit in with our way of playing.”

Righing champions PSG are nine points clear of nearest rivals Marseille at the top of Ligue 1 after 18 games.

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