(Video) Man United and Liverpool transfer target wins French Cup with excellent header

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Edinson Cavani was the star of the show as Paris Saint-Germain beat AJ Auxerre in the French Cup final.

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The Uruguayan hitman scored the only goal of the game as Laurent Blanc’s side defeated their Ligue 2 opponents 1-0.

Cavani beat Donovan Leon with a powerful header on 64 minutes to become the first-ever French team to win a domestic treble.

The victory also secured a quadruple, as the club of the capital also won the Trophee des Champions—the season’s curtain-raiser—against En Avant de Guigamp back in August 2014.

They followed that victory with a triumph in the French League Cup, and also retained their Ligue 1 title after seeing off Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique de Marseille and AS Monaco.

Cavani, as he has done regularly throughout the campaign, featured on the right of the front three in PSG’s 4-3-3 formation.

He was among the capital club’s most impressive performers, although Thiago Motta, Marco Verratti and Gregory van der Wiel—another United target, according to Metro-were also influential in the victory.

However, it was Cavani who settled a one-sided final—in which PSG enjoyed over 70 percent of the possession, according to WhoScored.

There has been great interest in the Uruguayan forward over the last few weeks, following Cavani’s decision to hand in a transfer request at PSG, according to the Metro.

While Juventus have pulled out of the race for the attacker according to Sports Media Set [also via the Metro], Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United are still pursuing the forward, according to the Metro.

Cavani found the net 18 times in 35 appearances in Ligue 1, while he also scored six goals in 10 Champions League outings for the French giants.