The only annoying piece about the transfer is the supposed 10m in agent fees. But a £175k per week wage for a player of his ilk I have no issues with, provided he can develop fitness. I do not buy that we are skimping 10-20m off Sancho and will pay Cavani's agent 10m, so I think a final bid of 120m will come through for Sancho - but I do wonder if Dortmund will say "nah too late, we'll look like right twats if we accept after saying its over. You can look like twats instead".
Edinson Cavani - SIGNED for United
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Hopefully we beat Spurs today, because the overall meltdown of our current situation will be even bigger than it is right now.
Cavani is definitely not going to be an impact signing, good results and performances are the only way we keep it together as a fanbase.
Cavani is definitely not going to be an impact signing, good results and performances are the only way we keep it together as a fanbase.
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We've done a top notch job of looking like twats this transfer window.
Can’t wait to see the meltdown when he’s holding the number 7 shirt on his announcement video
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by not breaking the transfer record? Or by signing experienced back up player?
Leaving everything till the very last minute is your preferred way of us doing business?
The Caf Cavani civil war rages on.
Says a lot when a signing - which should always be a net positive - divides the fanbase even more.
Discussing the merits of it are futile if it's inevitable.
Let's hope he has a resurgence here, at the very least.
Says a lot when a signing - which should always be a net positive - divides the fanbase even more.
Discussing the merits of it are futile if it's inevitable.
Let's hope he has a resurgence here, at the very least.
I wouldn't be surprised if that happens. The reaction will be unbearable.
As well as the same people not stating who they would rather sign as a back up striker if not Cavani. I expect this is cause they know they’ll get shot down over whoever they say.People coming in this thread crying about signing cavani because we havnt signed sancho seems a running theme. Sancho or no one
Same thing going back over a decade with Carrick, feck Maguire was another that divided, Dan James too.... all our signings divide pretty much.
Hahahahaha
I hope he does well, but when we got Champions League football we were promised better than a 33 year old Cavani. VDB looks like he will be a good signing at least, but I think we can all agree that Cavani doesn’t and won’t bridge the gap between us and the top teams, whilst he also goes against our supposed transfer strategy. I want to get excited about signing Cavani, but it just seems like he’s the failure of this summers window personified for me. I don’t think he will realistically push the current players for a starting spot.
Exactly. I agree as well. Now we have one less problem to think about. On to the next problem.
I'm almost afraid to watch the game today.
Yup. It seems the signing is more or less going to happen. I personally can understand the logic behind it and its merits. I also understand the risks associated with it. We can only hope it works out for the best for us.
don't bring out the piano. DON'T BRING OUT THE PIANO!!!
We’ve clearly needed a striker, and I imagine the ones we want are both unavailable or too expensive this summer.
We’ve probably decided over recent weeks we need something now and this is literally the perfect stop gap. We are going from Ighalo being our back up to Martial, to Cavani. Its a huge jump let’s be honest.
It’s going to be for one season unless he does well, so at the very worst this signing may end up being a forgettable signing, but it’s almost impossible for it to be a ‘bad’ signing unless we completely destroy our wage structure.
We’ve probably decided over recent weeks we need something now and this is literally the perfect stop gap. We are going from Ighalo being our back up to Martial, to Cavani. Its a huge jump let’s be honest.
It’s going to be for one season unless he does well, so at the very worst this signing may end up being a forgettable signing, but it’s almost impossible for it to be a ‘bad’ signing unless we completely destroy our wage structure.
Since the internet and social media and football manager became a thing, anything short of a massive signing that goes on to huge success gets stick. Berbatov was another, if I recall correctly.
Whoscored.com. Stats from the league.
Its mainly people who don't understand football.
An ideal striker would be Haaland. Cavani is a better stop gap out there.
Most people opposed to this are the Martial fan boys who are delusional enough to think Martial should be our number 9 infinito. He is a good player Martial but not as a 9. We need Haaland next summer and push Martial on the wings.
Greenwood, Rashford and Martial will benefit alot from playing with top veteran Cavani. Greenwood will learn new tricks.
Answering a question with a question, I like your style
Do people going on about our supposed new transfer policy of only buying up and coming young players expect us to have a full squad of young, quality, chomping at the bit players? We need to have a balance and if one older player is too much to put us over the edge then we really are in trouble.
We have plenty of good young players which is great but we need experience too.
We have plenty of good young players which is great but we need experience too.
It's these sort of comments that make me take a harder stance on transfers like Cavani. What a load of shite.
He's not meant to be a permanent solution. He's a short term deal (1 year + 1) to bridge the gap until either Greenwood matures or we get someone else like Haaland or Sancho. And he's not on Sanchez wages as well. Which is why I think with Ighalo leaving, it is fine to have him. Assuming he stays fit, of course. But that seems to be the gamble we took.
How about a guitar, then? 
The raw numbers look pretty bad on his goal scoring last season but if you look at goals and assists per 90 last season in the French League and CL it doesn’t read too badly.
19/20 goal or assist every 122 minutes.
18/19 goal or assist every 80 minutes.
If he‘s over his injury problems he might still have a lot to offer.
His conversion rate has also been really good at PSG.
19/20 goal or assist every 122 minutes.
18/19 goal or assist every 80 minutes.
If he‘s over his injury problems he might still have a lot to offer.
His conversion rate has also been really good at PSG.
a drum kit. "Here's our big summer signing!" - ba-dum-tss.
What a load of absolute guff.
A lot us neysayers aren't saying Cavani was a bad player. He was class in his day. We are saying those days are behind him. Hasn't been a regular for PSG for 18 months, had quite a few injury concerns etc.
I stand to be corrected but I think it will go similar way to Falcao. He might get the odd goal here and there but just don't think it's the right fit for us.
We’ll never get Haaland now he’s world class all the big boys will want to sign him. We haven’t got the same draw as we used to have.
Cavani is apparently a ballet dancer so the theme of the video announcement is already sorted, me thinks.
this. And it's not that hard to understand, is it? It's mind-boggling that some people would put it down to "Martial fanboys".
I thought we got rid of Lukaku because Ole prefers the fast type of forwards, instead of big target men? Fast forward a bit and we end up panic buying this 33 year old, injury prone guy on transfer deadline day.
Perfect!!
Class player
Sorry, couldn’t help myself
Sorry, couldn’t help myself
That is another good idea!!Cavani is apparently a ballet dancer so the theme of the video announcement is already sorted, me thinks.
I thought we got rid of Lukaku because Ole prefers the fast type of forwards, instead of big target men? Fast forward a bit and we end up panic buying this 33 year old, injury prone guy on transfer deadline day.
Slow strikers really look out of place and dross here for me.
"Our new Uruguayan performer steps into the Theatre of Dreams for his last dance!"That is another good idea!!
I’m not worried about the wages, or even the agent fee, I’m worried about how he’s going to push the forwards we have and perform. Like I said, when you get champions league football as a fan you have expectations regarding the kind of players you see coming to the club, a 33 year coming to sit on the bench just doesn’t seem to get us anywhere for me. It’s all well and good saying it’s not a permanent solution, but the other clubs in the league have found permanent solutions.
If we couldn’t get Sancho, which seems to be the case, we should have moved on to more realistic targets that better fit the profile that we expect if we want to continue to improve as a football team.
Why do people say he has a massive ego? Whats he done to warrant that label? Because he was on a big wage? Was at PSG? Doesn't he dislike Neymar, that's one reason to endear to him.
Tiss a masterstroke of a signing from Ole and his team, what Martial, Rashford, Greenwood et al can't learn from Cavani re. playing anywhere across the front-line just ain't worth knowing.
And he's a top bloke to boot.
By January the guy will be a cult hero at Old Trafford, mark my words.
And he's a top bloke to boot.
By January the guy will be a cult hero at Old Trafford, mark my words.
Am trying to be optmistic. He does offer us something different - particularly later in matches when defences are camped out if we need a goal. With only Martial in the middle we may as well not bother crossing.
Plus he's apparently a really solid pro, has always trained well so could be a bit like Ibra in terms of dressing room impact.
And he's absolutely miles better than post-lockdown Ighalo - who as a reminder is one injury away from starting!
Plus he's apparently a really solid pro, has always trained well so could be a bit like Ibra in terms of dressing room impact.
And he's absolutely miles better than post-lockdown Ighalo - who as a reminder is one injury away from starting!
I thought we got rid of Lukaku because Ole prefers the fast type of forwards, instead of big target men? Fast forward a bit and we end up panic buying this 33 year old, injury prone guy on transfer deadline day.
So so true.
There's no way on earth this is a player Ole wanted. For that reason exactly. This is a 'oh panic we better get somebody over the line' kind of deal.
No way Ole has told the club to extend Igahlo's loan till January if he intended to buy Cavani anyway. No chance at all.
This reeks of Woodward.
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