The Football Association has criticised Manchester United for not providing any cultural and media "training" to Edinson Cavani following his arrival at Old Trafford, after the forward was charged for an Instagram post. However, it has stressed the way the FA applies its rules means they will charge regardless of context and intent. Regarding Cavani's media training, United have said the forward arrived at the club (in October) and needed to quarantine straight away due to Covid-19 protocols which disrupted normal orientation activities that would usually have included media training, and unfortunately, the incident occurred before this had been re-arranged. The club added it is unrealistic to expect media training with players can include every possible interpretation of every word or phrase in each language. The statement was shared on social media by several high-profile Uruguay internationals including Luis Suarez, Lucas Torreira and Diego Godin.

Source: Sky sports January 07, 2021 16:34 UTC