Edinson Cavani will stay at Manchester United subsequent season after the on-form Uruguayan signed a one-year contract extension on Monday. The 34-year-old Uruguayan has scored 15 objectives in his first season in England, together with eight in his final seven video games, to assist United to second place within the Premier League and to the ultimate of the Europa League. “Over the season I’ve developed a terrific affection for the membership and every thing that it represents,” Cavani said in a United statement. “I have been touched with how much the supporters have wanted me to stay, and I will give everything to bring them happiness and joy with my performances on the field. I’ve not yet been able to play in front of the Old Trafford crowd and that is something that I cannot wait to do.”
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had repeatedly pressured his need for Cavani to stay at Old Trafford regardless of stories the striker was eager to return to South America.
“I mentioned when Edinson signed, that he would deliver power, energy and management to this group and I haven’t been proved fallacious, he has been every thing I believed he could be and extra,” said Solskjaer.
“As coaches, we knew about his goalscoring record. However, it is his personality that has brought so much to this squad, he has a winning mentality and has an unequivocal attitude to everything he does.”
United might finish a four-year trophy drought after they face Villarreal within the Europa League closing on May 26 and are set to match their greatest Premier League end since legendary former supervisor Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
Cavani’s type in latest months has performed a significant half in that success, after a gradual begin to his time in Manchester.
He was banned for 3 video games in December after an alternate on Instagram through which he addressed a good friend, Pablo Fernandez, utilizing the generally used Spanish time period “negrito” (small black individual).
Although a disciplinary panel found Cavani had not intended to cause offence with the remark, he was still sanctioned — triggering an outcry in Uruguay.
Cavani’s father, Luis Cavani, told Argentine media in March that the suspension was a “nonsense” and would play an element in whether or not his son determined to keep in England.
United are in motion twice within the subsequent three days at house to Leicester and Liverpool within the Premier League.
Defeat in both recreation or two attracts would finish the Red Devils’ small probabilities of catching Manchester City on the high of the desk for a primary league title in eight years.
City are 10 factors clear, however have performed a recreation greater than their native rivals.
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