Edinson Cavani did not show up today for Valencia training and it is expected that in the next few hours he will sign the termination of his contract with the Spanish club to be released and travel to Argentina to join Boca Juniors, which awaits him with the 10 shirt available.
In that context, the Matador, 36, has paved his departure from Valencia after the meeting held yesterday by his representative Walter Guglielmone with club leaders in which a sum close to one and a half million dollars was agreed for the year of contract that remained to be fulfilled.
That agreement left both parties satisfied, since Valencia did not want to have the striker for next season and the Uruguayan wanted to fulfill his desire to play in Boca, which will also allow him to be close to his country and attend to some family matters.
As reported by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca, after Cavani did not go during this day to practice the only thing that remains to finalize his departure is "the signing of the termination of the contract" and it is estimated that he will do so as soon as possible.
Once released from his commitment to Valencia, Cavani will travel to Uruguay and it is estimated that only on Monday he will be in Buenos Aires to undergo the medical examination of rigor and sign his contract with Boca, which will be a year and a half, until December 31, 2024.
The Matador, born in Salto on February 14, 1987, will be the glittering reinforcement of Boca in the market of passes and the intention is to register him for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, for that reason a foreign quota was released with the separation of Paraguayan midfielder Óscar Romero, who also left the number 10 vacant.
Cavani at the Bernabéu. EFE/Juanjo Martin
The rush to close the entry of Cavani is because, by Conmebol regulations, Boca will have time until Saturday, July 29 at 18 in Paraguay (19 in Argentina) to present up to a maximum of three provisional players who will have to be regularized on Monday 31 of the current.
Jorge Almirón's team will play 72 hours after the registration closes against Nacional in Montevideo for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, to close the key on August 9 at the Bombonera.
Cavani began his career in his country's Danube and then played in Palermo and Napoli, in Italy; Paris Saint Germain, in France; Manchester United, in England, and finally Valencia.
With the shirt of the Uruguay national team he played four World Cups: South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. In addition, he became champion of the 2011 Copa América played in Argentina.
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