Edinson Cavani saved Manchester United a fortune in the transfer market this summer by signing a one-year contract extension at Old Trafford on Monday. Keeping Cavani — who has scored eight goals in his last seven games and 15 in total — will take the pressure off United to buy a world-class striker. But Cavani has not come cheap, with United understood to have offered the 34-year-old a rise on his £200,000-a-week wages. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: ‘I said when Edinson signed that he would bring energy, power and leadership to this group. In late April, Solskjaer conceded that a return to more familiar settings in South America may have been on the cards for Cavani.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 13:20 UTC