Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel has sympathised with out-of-favour Edinson Cavani and said his striker "doesn't deserve" to be spending so much time on the bench this season.
Cavani, 32, started this campaign with two goals in two Ligue 1 starts, but the prolific form of Kylian Mbappe and loan signing Mauro Icardi (from Inter Milan) has kept him mostly in the dugout since his injury.
Tuchel told reporters he's spoken to Cavani and is sad for the player, but the flourishing options in attack mean he's been forced to rely on others up front:
"We played a lot of games with three strikers including one No.