PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN will be without Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier when the Champions League returns in August.
The pair are among a number of PSG players who are out of contract on June 30.
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But Cavani and Meunier have opted against short-term extensions and will leave the club when their current deals expire.
Cavani, 33, is the Parisians’ all-time top scorer with 200 goals, and has won seven Ligue 1 titles, five Coupes de la Ligue and four Coupes de France since a £55million move from Napoli in 2013.
However, the Uruguayan has featured sparingly for Thomas Tuchel’s side this season due to the arrival of Mauro Icardi and came close to leaving the French capital in January.
Right-back Meunier has made over 100 appearances for PSG, and unlike Cavani played both legs of PSG’s Champions League last 16 encounter with Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund, Tottenham and Man United are said to be interested in signing the Belgian on a free transfer.
The Champions League will be completed in Lisbon with single match quarter-finals and semi-finals to be played in August.
PSG are one of four teams to have booked their place in the last eight along with Atalanta, Atletico Madrid and RB Leipzig.
With Ligue 1 deciding to end early due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Champions League will represent PSG’s first competitive action since March.
As well as Cavani and Meunier, PSG will be without Tanguy Kouassi for the remainder of the competition after the teenager’s decision to sign for Bayern Munich on the expiry of his contract.
Defenders Thiago Silva and Layvin Kurzawa, on the other hand, look set to sign on until the end of PSG’s Champions League campaign.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
