Finally, Edinson Cavani is enjoying himself in England. The Uruguayan officially extended a year with the Red Devils on Monday. While winter seemed harsh, spring softened his Mancunian experience. His father notably said last March “my son is not happy in England and wants to come back closer to his family. He wants to play in South America ”. The track of a departure for Boca Juniors then returned with insistence. "He had many conversations with Riquelme (Juan Roman, vice-president of the Argentine club) and would like to play for Boca", even said his father. Edinson Cavani had been very touched by his three-match suspension imposed on him by the English federation last November after using the word "negrito" on Instagram.
Spring sweetness returned, second place in the championship and therefore qualification for the next Champions League assured, and the Europa League final reached, the "Matador" seems to finally find his balance across the Channel. He has scored eight of his fifteen goals this season since April 11 and one achievement on the pitch at Tottenham. Like many former Parisians, its form is sparkling. This contrasts radically with the dynamics of PSG currently. In the final of the Europa League, against Villarreal on May 26, in Gdansk (Poland), he will meet his former coach in the French capital, Unay Emery. While three days later, his ex-captain, Thiago Silva, and Emery's successor, Thomas Tuchel, will try to lift the Champions League, which they touched on last August with Paris.
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- Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 10, 2021
Almost twice the playing time
“During the season, I have developed a great affection for the club and all that it represents. I feel a deep connection with my teammates and the staff who work behind the scenes here. They give me extra motivation every day and I know that together we can achieve exceptional things, ”said Cavani of his extension to the Red Devils. Words that evoke, consciously or not, his tumultuous departure from PSG. “As soon as I arrived, I felt the manager's confidence. As a player, this confidence gives you the perfect opportunity to play your best football and I want to thank him for that, ”he continues. Although he is not an indisputable holder in the mind of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,he has played almost twice as much this season than in the previous one under the Ile-de-France colors. The planing of the 2019-2020 fiscal year because of the Covid-19 does not in itself explain this difference in playing time.
It is good to have left Paris last summer.
Held in check by Rennes this Sunday, the Parisians are relegated to three points from Lille two days from the end and see their hopes of winning a fourth consecutive title darken.
They only have the Coupe de France left to try not to achieve the club's first white season since 2012, aside from the anecdotal Champions Trophy.
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