Sergio Ramos offered escape from PSG nightmare after miserable first season

Los Angeles Galaxy are reportedly interested in offering Sergio Ramos a Paris Saint-Germain escape route as the Spanish international continues to struggle in France.

Ramos joined PSG over the summer after more than a decade with Real Madrid, but injuries have restricted him to just a five appearances for Mauricio Pochettino's side.

The 35-year-old had to wait until November to make his debut for the Ligue 1 side after struggling with a calf problem at the start of the season, with former France defender Alain Roche describing Ramos as a "failed bet".

Calf problems also kept him out of PSG's last league game against Saint-Etienne, but reports in France suggest LA Galaxy are prepared to look past the injury record and offer him a way out of his French nightmare.

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MLS clubs are allowed a maximum of three 'Designated Players (DPs),' who can earn money outside the league's salary cap.

The departure of Mexico international Jonathan dos Santos at the end of 2021 has freed up one of the Galaxy's slots, with the other two currently occupied by French youngster Kevin Cabral and former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez.

According to Foot Mercato (via Get French Football News), Ramos is a contender for the vacant third slot with the club having reportedly contacted his entourage, and he could even move across the Atlantic before his PSG contract runs down in 2023.

Hernandez scored the winner in LA Galaxy's opening game of the 2022 MLS season, netting in the final minute of their game against New York City FC to seal a 1-0 win.

Greg Vanney's side already have one Spaniard in their ranks - Victor Vazquez, who was in Barcelona's academy at the same time Ramos was beginning his career with Sevilla - while their ex-Ligue 1 representatives include former Monaco forward Samuel Grandsir.

They narrowly missed out on the end-of-season playoffs in 2021, after failing to get the win they needed in the final week of the campaign, and have now gone eight years without winning MLS Cup.

"Yes, we have specific targets and players that we are assessing, we're communicating with on a consistent basis," manager Vanney said in January.

"As it relates to DPs it's more than one, it's a couple deals, a couple conversations that are going on until we close out the one that fits for us."

If Ramos does end up moving to Los Angeles, he will hope to feature a lot more prominently than he has done in Paris.

He has made four appearances in Ligue 1, scoring once in a victory over Reims in January, and also played 45 minutes in the Coupe de France.

The centre-back, who was a Champions League winner on multiple occasions for former club Real Madrid, was an unused substitute for PSG in their defeat to Manchester City in this year's competition but hasn't played in Europe since Real Madrid's semi-final defeat to Chelsea in last season's competition.