According to various sources, Edinson Cavani will join Atletico Madrid at the end of this season. The Uruguayan striker is going to leave PSG after the end of his contract, which is on the 30th of June 2020.
An Agreement With Atletico
The Italian journalists, Gianluca Di Marzio, reported about this earlier today, causing chaos on the social networks.
Allegedly, the two sides reached an “agreement,” which will keep the experienced striker three years at Wanda Metropolitan stadium. Also, there are some rumors that PSG might even allow the 32-year old to leave already this winter, with a symbolic compensation.
The reason for that is his current injury, which is going to keep Cavani away from the pitch for at least two more weeks.
Also, his role in the team this season is significantly less important than over the previous few years, and Tomas Tuchel already indicated that he isn’t going to use Cavani as before. That is why Parisians brought Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan, the striker with a similar style of play as the Uruguayan superstar.
Back then, there was on the option of swapping the players, but Inter eventually chose to land Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United.
On the other side, Atletico needs one more typical striker besides Alvaro Morata. Diego Costa’s status in the club is not clear, and so far, it appears that Diego Simeone isn’t very satisfied with his performances. So, adding Cavani would be an excellent move and insurance if anything goes wrong in the future.
Goal Machine
Cavani is one of the best goalscorers in the last 20 years. Known for fantastic intuition and routine finishing, everywhere he appeared El Matador would impose himself as the no.1 striker. Even during the time in PSG when he shared the pitch with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Uruguayan didn’t want to allow Zlatan to think that he is the biggest star in the team.
The same would happen afterward with Neymar, with the Brazilian being booed by the fans several times after he confronted Cavani. Their personal dispute would create a big gap in the locker room, but eventually, everything ended well.
While playing for PSG, Cavani won 18 trophies and became the clubs best scorer ever. He would jump over Zlatan and, at the moment, has 136 goals.
El Matador started his career back in Danubio, and in 2007 came to Palermo. After three and a half years, 109 games player and 34 goals he lea left Sicily to join Napoli where he explodes. In 104 matches, Cavani posted 78 goals winning the Coppa Italia.
Since 2014, he’s been a part of the French powerhouse, becoming one of the most significant players in the club’s history.
Apart from the excellent efficiency in his previous clubs, Cavani was also superb in the national team. Right now, he has 50 goals in 119 appearances. Uruguay won the Copa America tournament in 2011 and reached the semifinals of the World Cup held in South Africa one year earlier, falling short to the Netherlands in the semifinals.
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