Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani has been voted France Football’s best foreign player in Ligue 1 for 2017, ahead of teammates Neymar and Marco Verratti, as well as Monaco’s Radamel Falcao.

Cavani, 30, scored 36 goals and assisted six more from 37 appearances across the second half of the 2016-17 season and the opening part of the 2017-18 campaign.

Paris Saint-Germain’s Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani 

Speaking recently in Doha, Qatar, while on PSG’s winter tour, Cavani spoke of his desire to see PSG enjoy collective success before he earns any individual recognition.

“It is all very nice but, honestly, for me, collective objectives are the most important thing,” the Uruguay international told journalists at a news conference. “One thing will come after the other and ultimately, if the team is working well, it enables each of us to accomplish things individually.”

Cavani’s future has been a subject of speculation since the arrivals of Kylian Mbappe and Neymar last summer and although they have put their penalty row aside, rumours persist that Les Parisiens’ No. 9 is living on borrowed time at Parc des Princes.

“Football is a sport where you never know what is going to happen between one match and the next,” Cavani said of the rumours. “I am good with PSG and I believe in the club and I hope that everything will continue to go the way that it is until now.

“I hope to spend many more years in Paris.”