Edinson Cavani, Thiago Silva to leave, says PSG sporting director

Edinson Cavani, Thiago Silva to leave, says PSG sporting director.

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Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva will leave the club after the conclusion of the Champions League campaign, the Ligue 1 side’s sporting director has said.

Paris St Germain’s record goalscorer Edinson Cavani and captain Thiago Silva will leave the club after the conclusion of the Champions League campaign, the Ligue 1 side’s sporting director has said.

Both players’ contracts are thanks to expire in June and Leonardo told Le Journal du Dimanche that they might not be handed extensions.

Cavani, who joined PSG from Napoli in 2013, is that the club’s all-time top scorer with 200 goals altogether competitions and has remodeled 300 appearances.

“It was a difficult decision to form , they're players who made their mark on the club’s history,” Leonardo said.

“We had to form a choice supported logic.”

Both players are going to be involved within the Champions League campaign, which is predicted to be concluded in August.

PSG qualified for the quarter-finals after eliminating Borussia Dortmund within the last 16.

After quite three months off during the COVID-19 crisis, the team will resume training on June 22, with Neymar expected to get on the bottom after coming back from Brazil on Saturday.

Leonardo said he expected the Brazil forward to be at the club next season.

“Nothing tells us otherwise,” said Leonardo when asked if Neymar and France striker Kylian Mbappe would still be there next season.

“They still have two years on their contracts and we’re more brooding about the longer term with them. we would like to travel forward.”

PSG were crowned champions on April 30 when the league brought the season to an end as a part of the country’s efforts to contain the novel coronavirus.