PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are set to trigger Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s one-year contract extension.
The 31-year-old forward has struggled for action since moving to Parc des Princes from Stoke City in 2018.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is set to stay at PSG for at least another 12 monthsCredit: AFP
He is behind Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Edinson Cavani in the pecking order and has only scored six times in the French top-flight in 31 appearances.
The Cameroon international is set to become a free agent in June and looked set to depart the Ligue 1 champions.
However, due to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he now looks set to stay at PSG for at least another 12 months.
Sport journalist Nicolo Schira says the club will invoke the one-year extension option in his current deal.
The outbreak of Covid-19 has led to serious implications on the football transfer market with nearly all clubs set to have less money to spend once the window re-opens.
And due to having less funds to bring in a replacement, PSG appear to have decided keeping the forward around for short-term is their best option.
Choupo-Moting’s days in France looked to be numbered with reports previously linking him with Serie A outfit Lazio.
After an impressive spell in Germany with Hamburg and Mainz, the attacker came to the Premier League in 2017 from Schalke.
But after firing just five goals, he was sold to PSG a year later following Stoke’s relegation to the Championship.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
