Man Utd ‘concerned’ as UK quarantine rules could cause Cavani to go missing

Man Utd is concerned that UK quarantine rules could cause new signing Edinson Cavani to miss his next game against Newcastle United, according to a report.

The Red Devils signed Uruguayan striker Cavani in a free transfer on the deadline after his release by Paris Saint-Germain in early summer.

The 33-year-old, who signed a 12-month contract with the option to extend it for another year, has scored 341 goals in 556 games since moving to Europe in 2007 for Palermo, Napoli and PSG, where he won six championship titles. league. .

MAILBOX: Should Man United pray for relegation to topple the Glazers?

Cavani is the most prolific striker in PSG history with 200 goals and one of his first matches could be against his former employers after Man Utd drew in the same Champions League group as the French giants.

Cavani, who has scored 50 goals for Uruguay in 116 appearances, has not played since March and there could be a delay in his debut with the Red Devils.

The times says there is a “concern” in Man Utd that Cavani will have to skip his next Premier League match “because he is under quarantine.”

Since leaving PSG, Cavani has been living in France, in addition to a ‘short holiday in Ibiza’ and ‘under government regulations, anyone arriving in the UK from France must be quarantined for 14 days’.

That will mean that Cavani cannot by law leave his new home until the day after the Red Devils face Newcastle in the Premier League on October 17.

The times state: “There is an exemption for elite athletes, but that rule only generally applies if the player enters the UK from a secure bubble where they are regularly tested.”

However, they add that Cavani “is unlikely to be exempt” as he has been “mixing with the general population of Paris.”