Portuguese international midfielder Danilo Pereira has left Paris Saint-Germain, where he played for four seasons, to join Saudi club Al-Ittihad on a two-year contract, the French football league champions announced.
“Danilo Pereira joins Saudi club Al-Ittihad in a permanent transfer,” Saint-Germain said in a statement, while the Saudi club published two videos on its page on the “X” website, accompanied by “From Paris to Jeddah, Danilo Pereira, a defender for Al-Ittihad”, and “Danilo Pereira, a tiger.”
After playing in the youth teams of Benfica, Danilo, who celebrates his 32nd birthday in six days, spent the bulk of his professional career with rivals Porto, where he played between 2015 and 2021 and won the league twice before joining Saint-Germain in the fall of 2020 on his way to winning the French league three times and the French Cup twice.
Danilo played 157 matches for PSG, scoring 10 goals and providing three assists, before the midfielder, who won Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League with Portugal, decided to take on a new challenge at the club, which also announced on Monday the signing of Dutch winger Steven Bergwijn from Ajax.
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