Edinson Cavani is no longer a player of Valencia of Spain and is getting closer and closer to playing in Boca. The Spanish club issued a statement on Saturday confirming the termination of the contract of the 36-year-old striker born in Salto, Uruguay, and the footballer would travel to his native country during the weekend. While Juan Román Riquelme and company are waiting for him to present it between Monday and Tuesday.
The statement indicates that the club and the player "have reached an agreement for the contractual separation". In addition, Valencia "publicly thanks Edinson Cavani for his professionalism and wishes him good luck in the rest of his sporting career."
After the meeting held on Thursday by his representative Walter Guglielmone with club leaders, 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 wants 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.
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.
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.
Jorge Almirón's team will play on August 2 against Nacional in Montevideo for the knockout stages of the Libertadores, to close the key on August 9 at the Bombonera.
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