PSV must focus on the arrival of former Ajax player

It is clear that PSV needs to look for defensive reinforcements for the 2026/2027 season given the departures of Armando Obispo and Anass Salah-Eddine. Earlier, the medium FootballTransfers already suggested the name of Mitchell Bakker, but Bakker appears to be headed to Celtic.

Now that same outlet comes with a new transfer tip for PSV regarding a new wing-back. None other than former Ajax player Nicolas Tagliafico is tipped to PSV by data journalist Willem Leijgraf.

The Argentine plays for Olympique Lyon and may leave despite a contract running until mid-2027. Deportivo de La Coruña would also have interest in the wing-back who played for Ajax from 2018 to 2022.

''If you look at the data from SciSports, then Nicolás Tagliafico's situation also seems interesting for PSV. The Eindhoven club are still looking for a left-back and the World Cup finalist appears, according to the Career-Advice Tool of the data analysis agency, to be an excellent addition to PSV's squad with a Club Fit of 77. Tagliafico seems to fit well with his playing style into the selection of the Eindhoven formation'', Leijgraf writes on the FootballTransfers website.

In addition, the transfer journalist also writes about the competition from Mauro Junior. ''Tagliafico will then have to compete with Mauro Júnior, who, according to the FootballTransfers algorithm and based on his Skill of 66.3, is rated a little higher. Tagliafico is not much worse with a Skill of 65.6, and his arrival would be an improvement compared to Anass Salah-Eddine, who has a Skill of 58.5. Moreover, the possible signing of Tagliafico would also provide the opportunity to position Mauro Júnior elsewhere'', so it sounds.

According to Leijgraf, experience is also enough reason to bring the Argentine in. ''With Nicolás Tagliafico, PSV is bringing in a chunk of experience. In his time at Ajax between 2018 and 2022, he played a total of 115 Eredivisie matches, and over the course of his entire career he also added 34 appearances in the Champions League and 23 in the Europa League. In addition, Tagliafico’s tally stands at 82 caps for Argentina, with which he won the 2022 World Cup and the Copa America,'' the journalist said.