Top scorer Cavani extends PSG love story to 2020
AFP
AFP, PARIS: Star Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani has signed a two-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain until 2020, the French champions revealed on Tuesday.
For Edi, its a passionate love story with the club, the fans and a city where he feels fantastic, said PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi of the 30-year-old, PSGs top scorer with 44 goals in as many matches this season.
He is, quite simply, the best goal-scorer in the world at the moment, added Al-Khelaifi.
In Europe, only Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has managed more goals than the Matador -- he has 47 in 46 matches for Barcelona.
Cavanis extension gives him the opportunity to surpass Ibrahimovic as the top scorer in PSGs history if he continues in anything like this seasons goalscoring vein.
He has scored 125 times in 192 games for PSG since joining for 64 million euros ($70 million) from Napoli in 2013, while Ibrahimovic holds the club record of 156 goals, although from just 180 games.
Having won the last four French titles, PSGs big aim for the last few years has been to reach the Champions League final but having been knocked out in the quarter-finals over the last four seasons -- twice by Barcelona -- they fell in the last 16 this time around, again against the Spanish champions.
Cavani scored in both legs but PSG blew a 4-0 lead from the home match to crash out 6-5 on aggregate. The Uruguayan has won three titles, two French Cups and four League Cups since moving to Paris.
