Ben Arfa joins French champions PSG
Paris (AFP) – France international midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa has signed a two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain from Ligue 1 rivals Nice, the French champions announced Friday. “Paris Saint-Germain is happy to announce the signing of Hatem Ben Arfa’s contract until June 30, 2018,” the club said on its Twitter account. The former Newcastle and Marseille winger becomes the club’s first recruit since new Spanish coach Unai Emery replaced Laurent Blanc this week. The 29-year-old, who missed out on Didier Deschamps’ Euro 2016 squad, is available on a free transfer after his contract with Nice expired this summer. “Paris Saint-Germain
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Paris (AFP) – France international midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa has signed a two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain from Ligue 1 rivals Nice, the French champions announced Friday.
“Paris Saint-Germain is happy to announce the signing of Hatem Ben Arfa’s contract until June 30, 2018,” the club said on its Twitter account.
The former Newcastle and Marseille winger becomes the club’s first recruit since new Spanish coach Unai Emery replaced Laurent Blanc this week.
The 29-year-old, who missed out on Didier Deschamps’ Euro 2016 squad, is available on a free transfer after his contract with Nice expired this summer.
“Paris Saint-Germain has always had a special place in my heart and wearing this jersey at the Parc des Princes is a childhood dream,” said Ben Arfa, who comes from Clamart on the outskirts of Paris.
“I’d like to thank Nice, who enabled me to refind pleasure in playing football and show to the French public what I’m capable of on the pitch.”
Ben Arfa moves to the French capital after a 17-goal haul last term which helped Nice into third in the table.
At Nice, under the south coast club’s then coach Claude Puel, he shed his sometimes badboy image forged by various run-ins with former coaches.
He had a largely disappointing spell in England with Newcastle and a loan spell with Hull City followed by six months out of the game in 2015 before his career-boosting move to Nice.
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