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Manchester United is close to reaching a two-year deal to sign Edinson Cavani, sources told ESPN.
Cavani, a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of last season, has been offered to every major club in Europe, but United are now actively working on a deal that could see the forward travel to England on Sunday for a medical exam.
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Sources have told ESPN that talks quickly accelerated Saturday with final discussions scheduled for Sunday morning.
The 33-year-old is eager to move to Old Trafford and could sign an initial one-year contract with the option of another 12 months.
Cavani has already held talks with several clubs this summer. Benfica’s first offer came in, although he couldn’t pay as much as he would have liked.
Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid and Juventus also considered making a play but, for various reasons, withdrew from the race because of his signing.
Juve were the closest to reaching an agreement, but a disagreement over the length of Cavani’s contract caused the agreement to be broken.
The Uruguayan international scored 200 goals in 301 games for PSG after his departure from Napoli in 2013.
Sources have told ESPN that United is not concerned about Cavani’s age and hope he can have a similar impact to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored 17 Premier League goals in 33 games after joining in 2016, and will provide coverage. additional once Odion Ighalo Loan ends in January.
United have yet to give up hope of hitting the Jadon Sancho main goal before Monday’s transfer deadline, but time is running out. The club is also working on alternatives including Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé and Sevilla’s Lucas Ocampos to ensure manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gets the right-back he wants before the window closes.
United are still in negotiations with Porto for left-back Alex Telles, but the Portuguese team has told him to increase his offer of around € 10 million. Porto wants almost double that, but United are reluctant to overpay for a player who will be a free agent next summer.
Sources have told ESPN that defenders Chris Smalling and Diogo Dalot could leave before the deadline. Roma are still hoping to sign Smalling to a permanent contract after he impressed on loan last season, while AC Milan is interested in a contract for Dalot.
Meanwhile, Lazio have confirmed that they have signed midfielder Andreas Pereira on loan. The Italian team will pay all of Pereira’s salaries for next season and will have the option to make the deal permanent next summer.
