Neymar asks PSG to sell Cavani after free-kick row

‘Neymar is a superb player but I think PSG has destroyed the whole market right now by paying these amounts’. Cavani won the argument with Neymar only to have the penalty spectacularly saved by Anthony Lopes.

According to French sports paper L’Equipe, PSG captain Thiago Silva had to intervene to prevent a physical confrontation between Cavani and Neymar in the dressing room at full-time.

“It’s my ball and you’re not getting it”, Dani Alves seemed to say as he pushed team-mate Edinson Cavani away from a free kick at the edge of the Lyon box before sliding it around his body to allow worldwide team-mate Neymar to try his luck.

Neymar’s 222 million euro arrival looked to have shifted the balance of power at the Parc des Princes.

Is it possible that Neymar and Cavani aren’t entirely buddy-buddy and sharing all their off-field moments together?

Many believe part of Neymar’s motivation in moving to the French capital was to become the main man having lived in the shadow of Lionel Messi in Barcelona.

Similar clauses were also drawn up in the contracts of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani, when the two were teammates and seemed to get along quite well.

Neymar received a firm no when he asked the Uruguayan to take a penalty against Lyon and was left to sulk about it. Cavani has seven goals in six games, but Neymar is hot on his heels with four in five.

In comparison, Neymar has converted just 74% of his penalties, scoring 49 and missing 17 while Cavani has managed 80%, with 46 scored and 11 missed.

Former Bayern Munich striker Giovane Elber has weighed in on the debate surrounding Neymar’s world-record move to Paris-Saint Germain, claiming that the transfer “destroyed the whole market”.

“Coach Unai Emery must step in”.

This past weekend wasn’t the first time a penalty has come between the two South American forwards, however, with Cavani also refusing to hand over spot kick duties during a 6-2 victory over Toulouse, last month.

The UK news website quoted him as saying: “I have told them to sort it out between themselves”.