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Jonathan Johnson, PSG correspondent 6y

Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Verratti, Adrien Rabiot in PSG squad for Singapore ICC


SINGAPORE -- Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Verratti, Adrien Rabiot and Timothy Weah are the star names in Paris Saint-Germain's International Champions Cup squad that has departed the French capital for Asia.

The Italian pair, the France international and the promising American talent are joined by the likes of Kevin Trapp, Layvin Kurzawa, Giovani Lo Celso, Lassana Diarra, Christopher Nkunku and Julian Draxler in the travelling party.

Angel Di Maria has been granted a few extra days of holiday and will link up with Thomas Tuchel's men in Singapore, while Neymar, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Edinson Cavani will also report for preseason training before the Trophee des Champions in Shenzhen, China, early next month.

World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe, Presnel Kimpembe and Alphonse Areola will not feature at any point during PSG's Asian Tour as they are on holiday.

Three missing names from the French champions' Singapore squad are Goncalo Guedes, Grzegorz Krychowiak and Jese Rodriguez.

According to the capital club's official squad list, the Portuguese and the Spaniard "will train at Camp des Loges" as rumours of moves away for both swirl.

Krychowiak was "granted permission to stay in Paris" but has since joined Lokomotiv Moscow on a season-long loan.

PSG opened their 2018 ICC campaign with a 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in Klagenfurt, Austria, last Saturday.

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