Manchester United boss Ronnick has publicly stated that Cavani will not leave the squad in the winter window in January. Previously, he was rumored to move to Barca, Juventus or Corinthians, but Ronnick stressed that Uruguay play a major role and the Red Devils will not let him leave early.
The 34-year-old Cavani, who has only made three starts this season and whose contract expires in June, is now free to engage with overseas clubs or even sign early. But he will need to wait until the summer transfer window to make a free transfer, as Manchester United team-mate Anthony Martial has already asked to leave and the club cannot allow two to leave at once.
"We've had a couple of conversations in the last two weeks and I've been talking directly to the players. "I told him from day one that he was a very important player for me because he was probably the only centre-forward in the squad who could play both with his back to goal and directly at goal," Lonnick said.
Lonnick added: "And his professionalism, his level of effort is amazing, and I told him very much that I would like him to stay and finish this season. He knows that position, and he knows how highly I think of him and how much respect I have for him, and that's why I let him start with Cristiano [Ronaldo]."
Earlier, when Martial applied to leave the team, Lonnick said that the transfer would only be allowed to be completed when it was in the interest of the Manchester United club. In the case of polo kings, teams that want to loan him must bear its full £250,000 weekly salary. It is reported that it is not just the French demon king in the Manchester United squad who wants to leave. "Yes, it depends on the circumstances and I think you can understand that I'm not going to talk about individual players openly. But some players did tell me they wanted to leave. In Edinson's case, he knew I wouldn't allow him to move. For me, he's a big player for the rest of the season and United have 3 games to play, so we need Edinson. It would be nice if there was another Edinson, so I can say definitively that Edinson must stay."
"As for the other players who want to transfer, our squad may be a bit too big, but because there are still 3 games left, plus the impact of the new crown virus, I keep saying that we need a bigger squad than normal. For example, Martial, he made it clear that he was going to go, to a certain extent I can understand his idea, he wants to play the main force in other teams. However, again, the key is not that he wants to go, but also to see the clubs that are interested in him and whether the other party can meet our requirements. We can only wait and see how it turns out. He hasn't been injured recently, it's just that I chose other players for the time being, and it has nothing to do with injuries."
Van de Beek, another fringe player who has been on the cold bench for a long time at Manchester United, is also unlikely to transfer in January. And the reason he can't transfer is very strange, because of a wrong operation, he now has no agent to negotiate a transfer.
Van de Beek announced a parting siding with agent Gido Albers in October last year, with the Netherlands international unhappy that the latter failed to help him complete the task of leaving Manchester United on loan. Van der Beek moved to another agent, Ali Dursson, who was the agent of Barca midfielder Frankie De Jong and Manchester United centre-back Lindlev. However, Albers rejected Van der Beek's request to terminate the contract and now holds his agency.
Sources told the Daily Mirror: "Van der Beek had a difficult transfer in January, Durson failed to obtain authorization, Downey (van der Beek) now has a contract with Albers' brokerage house, and the contract between the two sides will only expire this summer, and they signed for two years in 2020." So, without major changes, the players will have to stay in Manchester."
According to the British media, the 25-year-old Van der Beek had hoped that the new agent would help him move to Barca, but now he can only continue to wait, at present, Albers forced his agency, but will not do anything for him, only after the expiration of the contract between the two sides in the summer, Manchester United's £39 million Mr. Can change the court and seek a transfer.