PSG joins race to sign Lucas

Brazilian website Oglobo claims the 19-year-old Sao Paulo midfielder has agreed to a five-year deal which is not yet signed but will take effect in January.

Lucas, who has also attracted the interest of Manchester United and Inter Milan, is competing at the Olympic Games with Brazil.

The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) has banned any talk of transfers during the Olympics, according to Brazilian media, which has reported that the player could sign after 15 August and a friendly against Sweden in Stockholm.

"I'm here in Europe to look at the football. The media said it was Manchester United and now they're saying it's PSG," Lucas's agent Wagner Ribeiro told Brazilian website Terra.

"Everyone is trying to create their own puzzle by bringing in another piece."

Sources close to the French club told AFP that PSG's Brazilian sporting director, Leonardo, held talks with Lucas's agent last week.