Varun Pai
Manchester United offered Edinson Cavani to Juventus when pursuing Cristiano Ronaldo deal
According to CalcioMercato (h/t The Sun), Juventus rejected a move for Edinson Cavani this summer after Manchester United offered the 34-year-old to the Italian giants as a ‘part of the deal’ to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Red Devils, who already signed Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund and Raphael Varane from Real Madrid for a combined fee of above £100million, orchestrated a move for club legend Cristiano Ronaldo as well.
The 36-year-old left Juventus to sign for the Old Trafford outfit and is now a Red Devil again after 12 long years. However, they were planning on freeing up some space on their wage bill to accommodate Ronaldo’s humongous £450,000-wages-per-week.
Thus, the club were considering offloading Edinson Cavani to Juventus. However, a deal failed to materialize for the same. Given the fact that the Italian giants are not in the best financial situation, they did not want to take up Cavani’s £250,000-wages-per-week.
The Serie A side instead went and signed Moise Kean on a loan deal from Premier League side Everton. United, on the other hand, should be pleased to sign the Portuguese star for a measly initial fee of £12.8million.
However, this could pose a certain issue to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Red Devils currently possess nearly 7 forwards in their ranks, namely Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani, Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, and Jesse Lingard.
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The club did not offload any forward this summer even though both Martial and Lingard were linked with a move to PSG and West Ham United respectively. Thus, the Norwegian boss will have to effectively and efficiently manage the game-time amongst his forwards.
That might not be as major an issue though as the Red Devils will be competing in four competitions, and there could be enough game-time for all the forwards in the squad.
