PSG duo fail to turn up

Attacking duo Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani were the notable absentees as Paris Saint-Germain resumed training after the New Year break on Friday morning, an AFP journalist reported.

The two had already missed a training camp in Morocco, culminating in a 1-0 friendly win over Inter Milan on Tuesday, further fuelling speculation that one or both could be leaving the club during the January transfer window.

According to the Le Parisien newspaper's Twitter account, the two players arrived back at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on a flight at 11:00 (1000 GMT), the precise time the training session in the Paris suburbs was due to begin.

After the pair had failed to show up for the Inter Milan friendly, coach Laurent Blanc said he would be awaiting "some explanation" from both Cavani and Lavezzi.