PSV must step up to sign former Ajax player

It is clear that PSV must look for defensive reinforcements for the 2026/2027 season given the departure of Armando Obispo and Anass Salah-Eddine. Earlier, the media outlet FootballTransfers had already tipped the name of Mitchell Bakker, but Bakker appears to be set to leave for Celtic.

Now that same outlet is coming with a new transfer tip for PSV regarding a new wing-back defender. No one less than former Ajax player Nicolas Tagliafico is being tipped to PSV by data journalist Willem Leijgraf.

The Argentinian plays for Olympique Lyon and is allowed to leave despite a contract running until mid-2027. Deportivo de La Coruña is also said to be interested in the wing-back who played for Ajax from 2018 to 2022.

''If we look at the data from SciSports, the situation of Nicolás Tagliafico also seems interesting for PSV. The Eindhoven club is still looking for a left-back and the World Cup finalist proves, according to the Career-Advice Tool of the data analytics firm, to be an excellent addition to PSV’s squad with a Club Fit of 77. In doing so, Tagliafico seems to fit well with his style of play in the squad of the Eindhoven formation'', writes Leijgraf on the website of FootballTransfers.

In addition, the transfer journalist also writes about Mauro Junior’s competition. “Tagliafico will then have to compete with Mauro Júnior, who, according to FootballTransfers’ algorithm based on his Skill of 66.3, is rated a little higher. Tagliafico is not much less 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 potential signing of Tagliafico would also offer the possibility of deploying Mauro Júnior elsewhere,” it sounds.

According to Leijgraf, experience is also enough of a reason to bring the Argentine in. ''With Nicolás Tagliafico, PSV have brought in a chunk of experience. Playing for Ajax, he took part in a total of 115 Eredivisie matches between 2018 and 2022, and throughout his entire career he also added another 34 matches in the Champions League and 23 appearances 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.