Lucas Digne relishes PSG return: « It’s simply incredible »

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·10 August 2026

Lucas Digne relishes PSG return: « It’s simply incredible »

Officially back at Paris Saint-Germain, Lucas Digne gave his first impressions to PSG TV. The 33-year-old French left-back returns to a club that has been deeply transformed since his first spell. Between emotion, familiar faces and high ambitions, the new Parisian is fully enjoying his homecoming.

Digne: “This story had to keep being written”

Lucas, you are officially back at Paris Saint-Germain! What is your first feeling? “I want to thank president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, Luis Campos and coach Luis Enrique. It is a great show of trust and I am very happy to return to Paris Saint-Germain. I am also impressed. The club has changed, it has reached another level. It is truly incredible to come back here! The Campus? Everything is designed to perform at the highest level.” What does your first spell at the club bring to mind? “It was my introduction to the very highest level and to excellence. It shaped me as a player and as a man, I learned a huge amount alongside players like Zlatan Ibrahimović and Thiago Silva and won many trophies. It was a very beautiful story, and it had to keep being written. I can’t wait to discover the group that has won two Champions Leagues!”

Lucas Digne is not simply returning to a former club. He is going back to the place where he discovered the demands of the very highest level, between 2013 and 2015, before continuing his development abroad. Eleven years later, the defender returns to a Paris Saint-Germain established at the top of Europe. His international experience and his knowledge of the club should allow him to settle in quickly, while also providing a reliable option down the left flank.

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Digne: “You quickly feel at home”

“I can’t wait to see Marquinhos again. We signed here at the same time, and now he is captain and has had an incredible journey, it’s fabulous for him!” Lucas Digne You will be reunited with familiar faces, whether it is Marquinhos, your France teammates or Luis Enrique, your former coach. Does that make settling in easier? “Yes of course, it makes a lot of things easier when you know people. I can’t wait to see Marquinhos again. We signed here at the same time, and now he is captain and has had an incredible journey, it’s fabulous for him! I know Luis Enrique from Barcelona, we had a very good experience together. I can’t wait to see my France teammates again, but also other people I knew during my first spell, like the kit staff. It is very pleasant and you quickly feel at home.”

These many familiar reference points represent a major advantage for a signing expected to be up and running quickly. Digne knows Luis Enrique from their time together at FC Barcelona and is reunited with several French internationals, but his bond with Marquinhos has a special dimension. Having arrived together in Paris in 2013, the two men meet again with very different paths and statuses. That familiarity should speed up his adaptation both in the dressing room and to Paris’s playing principles.

Digne: “This club is built to win”

You are coming back with more experience and a new status. What are your ambitions? “I am coming back as a man. I am also different as a player. I have more maturity and experience, and I want to bring that experience to the group and win a huge number of trophies. This club is built to win, it is part of its DNA. This group is extremely ambitious, it shows it year after year, and that is why everyone wants to come and play in Paris.” You will also be back at the Parc des Princes and with the Paris Saint-Germain supporters. Do you have a message for them? “The Parc is something magical! Once you have played there, you want to go back. When I was able to return here with Aston Villa in the Champions League, it was a magical moment. It is a stadium that gives you goosebumps. I sincerely thank the supporters for the backing I received before signing and I can’t wait to see them again at the Parc des Princes to celebrate many victories this year.”

The Frenchman returns with a radically different role from the one he had during his first spell. He is no longer a young prospect tasked with challenging Maxwell, but an established player capable of guiding the group and immediately meeting Luis Enrique’s demands. His enthusiasm for the Parc des Princes also reinforces the sense of a return he truly wanted. For Digne, the circle is complete, but the goal now is to write a second story even more memorable than the first.

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