PSG deny offering Cavani €1m to let Neymar take penalties

Paris Saint-Germain denied offering Edinson Cavani a €100m (£88m) bonus in order to allow new teammate Neymar to take over penalty duties.

Reports on Monday morning suggested the Ligue 1 club’s owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi had made the offer after Cavani – the club’s regular penalty taker last season – had a public row with the world record signing before a spot kick against Lyon last weekend.

“PSG formally denies reports which say Cavani would abandon penalties in exchange for the automatic payment of a bonus,” the club said in a statement.

The story had initially surfaced in El Pais, part of a Spanish press pack that is sympathetic to Barcelona, who were left embarrassed by losing one of their prized assets to a European rival.

The newspaper suggests the falling out between Neymar and Cavani has caused a huge rift in the PSG dressing room, with the majority of the squad siding with the Uruguayan striker who has been at the club for four years.

UCJ, UNILORIN.