Paris (AFP)

It was missing all that to plummet an already hot summer: PSG stars Kylian Mbappé and Edinson Cavani will be unavailable for at least a month, announced Monday the Paris club, while the case Neymar is still not resolved to a week the end of the transfer window.

Admittedly, the 4-0 win against Toulouse on Sunday allowed Paris coach Thomas Tuchel to regain some serenity in Ligue 1, a week after the first disturbing setback of his team in Rennes (2-1). A major success, however, paid a high price with the outings on injury of the French world champion and the Uruguayan center.

Mbappé, victim of a left thigh injury, will be absent "four weeks", said his club. The absence of his partner Cavani, injured in the hip, is for its part estimated at "three weeks" at least.

As a result, the 20-year-old French prodigy is forfeited for the two French Open matches on 7 and 10 September against Albania and Andorra in the Euro-2020 qualifiers, while Didier Deschamps must announce his list Thursday.

Above all, he should also miss with Cavani the debut of PSG in the Champions League, major goal of the Paris club, whose first day is scheduled for 17 and 18 September.

- Without his stars to start the C1? -

A blow for the Parisian N.7, who knows his first major physical glitch since his explosion at the highest level in 2017, just when he was destined to take sole leadership of his team in case of departure of the superstar Neymar .

In the short term, Thomas Tuchel's line of attack will be completely decimated Friday in Metz, while "Ney" still can not be aligned until his future is not settled.

The Brazilian is physically "ready to play", but his reintegration into the team depends on a clarification of positions "between the club and him," Tuchel said Saturday. Before adding: "Today it is not clear, maybe tomorrow it will be clear".

If he stays in Paris, "Ney" will in any case be suspended for the first three days in the Champions League because of his insults on social networks against the referee of PSG - Manchester United after the 8th final return of Champions League lost 3-1, on March 6th.

Entangled in an interminable soap opera since the beginning of the summer, the PSG will live a last eventful week until September 2, the closing date of the summer transfer window.

- Neymar, the endless week -

If the interest of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is real, as is the fierce will of departure of the player, the sporting direction of PSG, led by the uncompromising Leonardo, has for the time rejected all approaches, all leaving the door open.

Officially, the various montages proposed are not statisfaisants to afford the most expensive player in history, arrived in Paris in 2017 against 222 million euros.

With the injury of their last two major offensive assets, which continue to weigh down the long list of absentees since the beginning of the season (Ander Herrera, Thilo Kehrer, Julian Draxler, ...), Paris leaders can they to let go of Brazilian crack?

Two weeks after the insults of a part of the Parc des Princes, disappointed by the behavior of his ex-idol against Nimes (3-0), anger has fallen and the assumption that Neymar stays a little longer in the capital French has grown. Until the next twist of theater ...

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