Paris Saint-Germain Have Brutally Axed NINE Flops From Pre-Season Squad And Transfer Listed Them

The Ligue One champions, fresh from sacking Mauricio Pochettino and replacing him with Christophe Galtier, travel to Japan for three games.

PSG will play against Kawasaki, Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka as part of their preparations for the new season.

Though the squad has not yet been announced, it's believed that Gini Wijnaldum, Mauro Icardi, Ander Herrera, Layvin Kurzawa, Julian Draxler, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Rafinha, Sergio Rico and Idrissa Gueye will not be part of the travelling party and will remain in France.

All nine players have therefore been made available for transfer by new boss Gaiter, as well as football advisor Luis Campos and sporting director Antero Henrique - who replaced the dismissed Leonardo.

In addition, the trio of Thilo Kehrer, Leandro Paredes and Danilo Pereira are also apparently on the list of "undesirables" but they may be more difficult to move on.

The Netherlands international looked nailed on to join Barcelona but ended up moving to the French capital, signing a three-year deal and earning wages of more than £8.6million per year.

But the stint in Paris has been a disaster for Wijnaldum. He made 22 starts in 38 Ligue One games and didn't play a full 90 minutes in over two months at the end of the campaign.

His lack of form led to Louis van Gaal removing him from his Netherlands squad and Wijnaldum will be looking for a fresh start ahead of the World Cup this year.