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Thomas Tuchel Says He Wants Edinson Cavani to Stay at PSG Amid Exit Rumours

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Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel has said he wants Edinson Cavani to stay at the club despite his fall down the pecking order at the Parc des Princes.

Cavani has struggled with injury this term, but he has also been restricted to four Ligue 1 appearances because of the phenomenal form of loan signing Mauro Icardi:

At 32, he is in the latter stages of his career, and Cavani's PSG contract expires in the summer. He has consequently been strongly linked with a January exit. Per Marca, Atletico Madrid are "determined" to sign the Uruguayan in the transfer window, but they are some way short of PSG's €30 million (£25.