United striker Edgar Cavani admitted that Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the club last summer changed his future at the team. If Cristiano Ronaldo is not a whistle-blower returning, there is no time left, and the Uruguayan striker will apply for a transfer.
The 35-year-old's contract with Manchester United expires at the end of the season and he has decided to leave Old Trafford as a free agent. Many clubs in Europe have asked about his introduction, and Argentina's Boca Youth is also interested in inviting him to join.
This season, Edinson Edgar Cavani has played only half as many Premier League games as he did last year, in part because of injuries and partly because Ronaldo took centre-forward position. Edmund Cavani has made 7 substitutions in 6 premier league starts, scoring 2 goals and assisting 1; he has played only 76 minutes in 4 starts in the Champions League, and has a record of one start in the FA Cup. Compared with the performance of scoring 17 goals in the first season after joining Manchester United, it can be said that there is a world of difference.
In an interview with ESPN brazil, Cavani revealed that after learning that Ronaldo had returned to Manchester United, he called and agent Walter Fernando Guglielmont and told him that if the deal had been completed earlier, he would have hoped to leave the Red Devils last summer.
After the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, Cavani not only lost his Manchester United No. 7 shirt and changed to no. 21, but also lost his main position. Among United's strikers, Cavani's Premier League time is second-to-last, just more than Martial, who was rented out in January, behind Ronaldo, Sancho, Rashford, Mason Greenwood and Erlanga.
However, according to the British media, Cavani does not resent Ronaldo, he only regrets the backlash of the Manchester United club, who promised him that he would not bring in a new striker this season, so the Uruguayan striker chose to give up leaving the team and renewing his contract for one year. However, C Ronaldo suddenly returned, allowing the plot to be completely rewritten. Cavani agreed that Manchester United had a reason to sign Ronaldo, but the deal was a fatal blow to him.
Cavani said: "Honestly, I always tell the truth, this is the way it should be. The moment it happened, I thought signing Ronaldo was a good thing for United. I also know a certain amount of football today, and the first thing I did after the transfer was done was to call my brother and I said, 'Fernando, if Ronaldo had come back a week earlier, I'd have you asked me to help me find another home.' But it's not because I don't want to play with Cristiano Ronaldo, it's not like that, because I had the opportunity to meet him, he's a great professional player and his number of goals is perfect for athletes. But I know very well that I've been in football for many years, and I know what it's like in this era, that's why I told my brother that."
Explaining why he wanted to leave Manchester United, Cavani said: "It's more about staying realistic, not that I can't fight for my place at Manchester United, but because there are a lot of things in football today that are different from years ago, and today's coaches are doing things differently than they used to be. In the end, I had to tell myself: Let's race hard and do our best."
After United's 3-0 win over Brentford in the Premier League, Edgar Cavani circled the pitch to say goodbye to the Old Trafford fans, who cried and begged him not to go. But Cavani's agent brother has confirmed plans to leave the team this summer, revealing that despite Boca's youthful boxing, Cavani still wants to stay in Europe and play football, with La Liga likely to be his next stop.
"At the moment, the rumors of joining Boca are not true." Guglielmon told El País that "everything is still a work in progress and his priority is to remain in Europe."