PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are lining up a sensational move for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
The France star is currently out with a back injury and has seen his first-team spot at the Bernabeu snatched by new signing Alvaro Morata.
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PSG have already seen top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic leave for Manchester United this summer with back-up Edinson Cavani also linked with a deadline day move away.
Reports in Italy suggest that Napoli are set to launch a big-money move to bring Cavani back to the club on deadline day to fill the gap left by Gonzalo Higuain’s £75million move to Juventus.
And Corriere Dello Sport claims that PSG boss Unai Emery is prepared to sell if he can tempt Benzema to the French capital as his replacement.
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Benzema, 28, came on as a substitute in Madrid’s 3-2 Super Cup win over Sevilla earlier this month but has yet to feature in La Liga.
He scored 28 goals in 36 games for the Spanish giants last season but endured a tough campaign with an ongoing blackmail trial seeing him left out of France’s Euro 2016 squad.
Zinedine Zidane has started Morata – who returned from Juventus for a £23million fee earlier in the summer - in all of Madrid’s games this term and the Spanish frontman netted in the 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday.
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And it is believed Benzema could be tempted by a change of scenery rather than fight for his starting place with the European champions.
Cavani, 29, scored 78 goals for Napoli before leaving for PSG for £55m in 2013.
His brother and agent, Fernando, admitted this week: “I do not know if things will change by the end of the transfer window.
“I cannot know whether Napoli will present a satisfactory offer to PSG.”
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