Manchester United have confirmed their plans for Edinson Cavani after announcing that they have agreed a deal with Juventus to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is set to agree on a two-year deal with the Red Devils and will undergo a medical in Lisbon after flying to Portugal from Turin on Friday following his declaration that he wanted to leave the Serie A side.
The forward, who has occupied a more central role in recent years, is set to be a monstrous edition to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's front line, with the United paying Juventus an initial fee of €15million (£12.8m) and a potential €8million (£6.8m) in add-ons.
That means Cavani's place in the starting XI is under threat but club have no plans to sell the striker.
The 34-year-old has spent most of his Red Devils career playing in matches behind closed doors and was set to leave this summer, but the attraction of playing in front of over 75,000 fans is believed to be a large part of the Cavani's decision to extend his contract and stay for another season as United ensured they had an out-and-out striker head into 2021-22.
Solskjaer had to the use aforementioned appeal to persuade the Uruguayan to remain in Manchester and he was granted an extended holiday during the negotiations in order to spend time with his family, meaning he has only recently returned to training.
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Cavani is credited with breaking the "No.7 curse" at Old Trafford, with no player being able to live up to supporters' expectations since Ronaldo donned the shirt.
Having left for Real Madrid in 2009, it took over 11 years for the former Paris Saint-Germain hitman to come along and make the number his own, scoring 10 goals in his final 11 games last term.
However, fans have been left frustrated due to a potential issue with him representing Uruguay in September, after the Premier League announced they would refuse to release players to countries on the UK government's red list for Covid-19 travel restrictions.
The 'reluctant but unanimous' decision means Cavani will not be able to play in his nation's three World Cup qualifiers next month, something disputed by the president of their FA.
Ignacio Alonso told Sport 890 : "Yesterday we spoke with [manager Oscar] Tabarez and tomorrow we're going to draw up the list with all the players.
"The tickets are already issued. I spoke with Cavani and I believe that the solution will come."
Recently, Solskjaer discussed Cavani's current status ahead of a return to action.
"Edinson’s always looked after himself. Of course, he’s lacking in team training, in football training but he’s been looking after himself and you can see that," he said.
"He had different reasons as to why he was late, personal reasons, but his body can tolerate a lot. It wasn’t that he needed those extra days physically.
"He’s chomping at the bit, he’s ready to go and let’s see how much we can get out of him early on."
