Mercato | Mercato – PSG: The departure of a star from Pochettino caused by… Edinson Cavani?

Posted on December 18, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. by BC

While Edinson Cavani seems to be heading for FC Barcelona, ​​Mauro Icardi could be directly affected by this operation.

With the departure of Edinson Cavani , which took place before the Final 8 of the Champions League in 2020, Mauro Icardi was to establish himself as the undisputed new center-forward for PSG , a role the Argentine failed to take on. Recruited definitively by Leonardo in the summer of 2020, Mauro Icardi suffers from the presence of Kylian Mbappé , Neymar or even Lionel Messi in the workforce and fails to regain the success displayed on the side of Inter Milan . Worse still, the 28-year-old striker seems to sink over the months and has to be content with game ends, as evidenced by his 6 starts in Ligue 1 since the start of the season, prompting PSG to place on the list of players likely to leave in January. A situation that has not escaped the Juventus , which could position itself in the coming weeks, an offensive which is not necessarily foreign Edinson Cavani .

Juve ready to rush on Icardi to forget Cavani?

This season, Juventus displays glaring offensive deficiencies, with only 23 goals scored in Serie A, and a 7th place in the ranking. A record that forces the Bianconeri to be active from the winter transfer window, but while 'Edinson Cavani was for a time targeted, the Uruguayan should not take the path to Piedmont. The FC Barcelona would indeed be in pole position to welcome the former goalscorer of Paris Saint-Germain, eager to join Catalonia as announced by TyC Sports. For his part, the Spanish journalist Gerard Romero announced that Joan Laporta would have offered Edinson Cavani a one-and-a-half-year contract, i.e. until June 2023, allowing the player to receive a gross salary of € 3.5m until the end of the season, before seeing his compensation increase to € 4M + € 1.5M bonus in the second year. A proposal that would seem to suit Edinson Cavani , and which should not be revised upwards by Juventus , refusing to participate in the auction of 'after the information disclosed by CalcioMercato.com. The transalpine media then announced that Juventus could fall back on Mauro Icardi , a track still being studied by management. In recent days, it was indeed indicated that the Turin club intended to take action during the winter transfer window in order to get their hands on the PSG striker in the form of a loan with option purchase. According to RMC, Mauro Icardi would not be in a hurry to leave the French capital but could resolve to pack up if PSG opened the door when he left. A possibility far from unthinkable given the performance of the Argentine …

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