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Manchester United saved the best for last. When the lights went out on the last day of the transfer window, the English club confirmed the signing of the Uruguayan forward Edinson cavani, former Paris Saint-Germain, for one season with the option to extend until a second, in June 2022.
On their Twitter profile, Manchester United celebrated the news with the message “O Matador has arrived.”
Cavani joins the Brazilian left back Alex Telles, ex-Porto, and the young Ivorian forward Amad Diallo, who will remain in Atalanta until January, as reinforcements announced this Monday. A response to team performance in Tottenham’s historic 6-1 defeat on Sunday.
– Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world, so it is a real honor to be here. I worked hard during my free time and I look forward to competing and representing this amazing club, the forward said on the club’s official website.
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The 33-year-old Uruguayan has not been on the pitch since March 10, when PSG played their last game before the coronavirus outbreak. The player had been without a club since the end of June, when his contract came to an end, and he decided not to renew, leaving the final of the Champions League.
Cavani’s numbers
| Club | Games | Goals | Average |
| Danube | 30 | 12 | 0.4 |
| Palermo | 117 | 37 | 0.32 |
| Naples | 138 | 104 | 0.75 |
| PSG | 301 | 200 | 0.66 |
| Uruguay | 116 | fifty | 0.43 |
| TOTAL | 702 | 403 | 0.57 |
Since then, the Uruguayan has been coveted by various teams around the world, including Grêmio, you tried not to have high hopes encouraging the values involved. Atlético-MG also tried to sign.
Montage of Cavani with the Manchester United jersey on the official website of the English club – Photo: Playback / Official website
The forward’s high salary and his desire to remain in Europe, playing in the Champions League, have always left South America as the remotest possibility for Cavani’s future.
In Europe, his name was linked to many teams, starting with Jorge Jesús’ Benfica, who would have come close to an agreement, but ended up giving up on the values and brought the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez. Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid emerged as possible destinations, but the rumors have cooled: Atleti ended up signing compatriot Luis Suárez.
Being without a club since the end of June, Cavani lost the call from Uruguay for the first games of the South American qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup. Coach Óscar Tabárez, who had shown concern about the forward’s situation, preferred not to summon him among the 23 athletes who will face Chile and Ecuador in the rounds. October 8 and 13.
