- Sunday evening in Lorient, after qualifying for a discount (0-1) from PSG for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, Leonardo said for the first time that he opened the door to a departure from Cavani.
- A few minutes earlier, Thomas Tuchel, the Parisian coach, showed some irritation on this subject by repeating that it was better to keep Cavani to fulfill the objectives.
Almost all PSG players took the opportunity to leave the area reserved for journalists during its show. For more than ten minutes, Sunday evening, after the qualification (0-1) of PSG in Lorient in the 16th finals of the Coupe de France, Leonardo, the Parisian sports director, attracted the microphones and the cameras and responded with a lot of mischief (and charming smiles) to the media crowded around him.
There was obviously talk of the departure or not of Edinson Cavani, absent in the Morbihan because injured, and for the first time, he opened the door to a departure for the Uruguayan. “Today, Cavani [who is out of contract in June] has asked to leave. We are studying the situation. We had a proposal from Atlético de Madrid (10 million euros?), But we didn't accept it. Cavani, we have to listen to him. I don't know how it will end. We have had no contact in recent days with Atlético de Madrid. We never thought of a start, but today, we are listening to the player because we respect him. "
Before Leonardo, Tuchel annoyed on Cavani
A few minutes earlier, in the press room, coach Thomas Tuchel had raised the same subject, but with a little more annoyance. "I have said it many times before, I will not repeat the same thing over and over. If we want to achieve our goal [to win the maximum number of titles possible], it's better with Edi, yes… ”
A colleague insisted and asked the German if it would be a blow to lose Cavani before the end of the transfer window. "I'm not talking about this. Why are we still talking about Edinson? Go talk about it with Leonardo… ”It fell a few minutes after the latter recognized Cavani's wishes elsewhere and seemed very attentive to the best goalscorer in the history of PSG (198 goals).
Cavani "not a diplomatic injury"
In great form, Leonardo then recognized that in the event of the Uruguayan striker's departure, there would not necessarily be recruitment. "I think we have a full group. We have important alternatives, for example we have Draxler who can play everywhere, we have players who can play 9. There are a lot of alternatives. But it's difficult to replace a player like Cavani, we have to think clearly. We never asked for a sum of money. Everyone is talking about it but we never established a value because the most important thing is everyone's envy. The player wants to leave. Leonardo, who also said he had no contact with Arsenal for Kurzawa, denied a diplomatic injury at the moment regarding Cavani.
"He has a pubic problem, it's not a big problem, but it's not a diplomatic injury. It is not related to whether he plays or not. We are talking about a story of six and a half years [between PSG and Cavani], not a week. There is a lot of respect between us. Before launching that "if it is good, it will perhaps even replay before the end of the transfer window". But that, we are less and less sure about the evening speech of the Brazilian.
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