In the summer of 2013, Edinson Cavani arrived at Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli for a check for 64 million euros. The Uruguayan striker then found himself playing on the right side of the Ile-de-France attack, so that Zlatan Ibrahimovic could keep the place in the center.
Relations between “El Matador” and the Swedish giant were not exactly friendly. However, they were not harmful either. “I never thought about taking his place. I focused on what I had to do as a winger. But many myths have been created around this story. As soon as I arrived, people wanted to oppose us,” confided the native of Salto in the special issue of the last So Foot.
Cavani-Zlatan, an ultimately cordial understanding
The understanding between Cavani and Ibrahimovic was even cordial.
“We have different personalities, but this antagonism has never existed, assures the one who ended his international career last May. I had my role in the team, and Zlatan was a teammate that I respected, with his own way of being. »
On March 11, 2020, the second top scorer in the history of PSG played his last match in the colors of the capital club, without knowing it. It was during the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League, against Borussia Dortmund. Three months later, Leonardo announced that the Uruguayan striker was leaving the Rouge et Bleu.
