****For PSG:****Jackpot! The European champions will be laughing all the way to the bank after finding someone willing to pay them such a ridiculous sum of money for a reserve player who didn’t start a single Champions League game last season. Ramos, remember, was meant to be the answer to PSG’s striking problem, but he spent the vast majority of his time at Parc des Prince sitting on the bench, as Luis Enrique found a better solution by converting Ousmane Dembele into a ‘false nine’ - which hardly reflects well on the Portuguese. And nor does the fact that he’s still playing second fiddle to a 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo at international level. So, the game’s top teams were hardly lining up to sign Ramos this summer - and certainly not for an absurd €75m. With one sensational deal, though, PSG have raised more than half of the money they’ll need to sign Yan Diomande, a player who will actually improve their attack.Grade: A+
For Milan: Mind-blowing, simply mind-blowing. Let’s get something out of the way immediately: Ramos is a good striker. He showed great potential at Benfica and proved he can make an impact off the bench at PSG by netting 45 times across three seasons. However, his price tag makes no sense, and particularly for a Milan side that is hardly flush with cash. Consequently, supporters, pundits and journalists in Italy are presently scrambling around trying to find out what exactly has gone on here. While this transfer could well mean that Rafael Leao will soon leave San Siro, the fact that Jorge Mendes is involved has inevitably provoked plenty of conspiracy theories, while it’s also been pointed out that Milan owner Gerry Cardinale has a good relationship with PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Nobody knows for sure, though, why Milan felt compelled to pay a club-record fee for Ramos. Again, to be clear, we do think he’ll score goals in Serie A, particularly as he should provide everything Ruben Amorim wants from his No.9. But this is the most expensive signing in Italy since Inter signed Romelu Lukaku, and Ramos doesn’t actually offer anything like the same guarantee in terms of goals.Grade: D+
****For Ramos:****A long overdue opportunity for the perennial understudy to be a leading man. We thought when Ramos hit a hat-trick for Fernando Santos’ Portugal at the 2022 World Cup that a star had been born. However, rather than build his Portugal attack around a centre-forward of real promise, Santos’ replacement, Roberto Martinez, opted to stick with Ronaldo, thus holding Ramos back for years. However, it also has to be said that he’s not done a particularly great job of putting Ronaldo and Martinez under any real pressure. It’s been a similar story in Paris, where the common consensus is that while PSG had an enviable collection of phenomenal forwards, Ramos wasn’t one of them. He was merely a good guy to bring off the bench, a decent impact sub. Crucially, he now has the chance to change that narrative. Ramos is going to be the spearhead of a new Milan, who remain one of the biggest clubs in world football. The pressure on him to justify his price tag is going to be enormous, because while this is a big fee anyway, it’s absolutely gargantuan for a Serie A side. Over to you, Goncalo, it’s time to prove your worth...Grade: A
Mark Doyle