Top scorer Cavani extends PSG ‘love story’ to 2020
PARIS: Star Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani has signed a two-year contract extension with Paris Saint- Germain until 2020, the French champions revealed on Tuesday.
“For Edi, it’s a passionate love story with the club, the fans and a city where he feels fantastic,” said PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi of the 30-year- old, PSG’s top scorer with 44 goals in as many matches this season.
“He is, quite simply, the best goal- scorer in the world at the moment,” added Al-Khelaifi.
In Europe, only Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has managed more goals than the ‘Matador’ -- he has 47 in 46 matches for Barcelona.
“It was always clear, as I’ve always said, that my absolute desire was to continue my story with Paris, their fans and everyone working hard to make them one of the best clubs in the world,” said Cavani, who has been liberated this season following the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Cavani’s extension gives him the opportunity to surpass Ibrahimovic as the top scorer in PSG’s history if he continues in anything like this season’s goalscoring vein.
He has scored 125 times in 192 games for PSG since joining for 64 million euros (US$ 70 million) from Napoli in 2013, while Ibrahimovic holds the club record of 156 goals, although from just 180 games.
“I have great belief in my club’s ability to achieve all of their objectives,” added Cavani.
“All together we will have have some huge ambitions to share in the coming years.”
Having won the last four French titles, PSG’s big aim for the last few years has been to reach the Champions League final but having been knocked out in the quarter- finals over the last four seasons -- twice by Barcelona -they fell in the last 16 this time around, again against the Spanish champions. — AFP