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Edinson Cavani got jersey number seven on Manchester United. Can top like Cristiano Ronaldo or even flop like Alexis Sanchez?
Cavani is a Manchester United purchase on the summer transfer window deadline, in addition to Porto defender Alex Telles. The difference is, Cavani was brought in free of charge after his contract ended with Paris Saint-Germain.
To recruit him, MU must pay Cavani’s salary of around 8 million pounds per season plus an agent fee of 10 million pounds. A fairly large number for a player who is 33 years old.
Moreover, Cavani has not played since last March, because Paris Saint-Germain prioritizes Mauro Icardi as a partner for Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.
However, MU still has great confidence in him Cavani. Evidently the sacred jersey number, 7, was given to the player from Uruguay in the hope of following in the footsteps of the previous top players.
Yes, number 7 is used by many of MU’s top players, from Denis Law, George Best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham, to Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo is of course the number 7 MU who has attracted the most attention because he was able to provide three Premier League titles, one Champions League title and one FA Cup.
In addition, Ronaldo also scored 118 goals in 292 appearances in all competitions. There is great hope for Cavani to repeat Ronaldo’s achievement.
Moreover, Cavani is also known as a sharp striker in Italy with Palermo and Napoli as well as the number 7. From 2006 to 2012, beating Italy, Cavani made 141 goals in 255 appearances. Impressive statistics, right?
But, Edinson Cavani It is also worth remembering that recently number 7 in MU has become a curse. A number of top players wore this number like Michael Owen, Angel Di Maria, Memphis Depay, and finally Alexis Sanchez, all of them flop!
Even Sanchez who previously wore the same jersey number at Arsenal and was able to appear sharp, failed miserably at MU. Sanchez only scored five goals during his 18 months there.
Especially in the Premier League, since Ronaldo leaving, the number 7 player at MU only made a total of 14 goals including Antonio Valencia with one goal.
(mrp / krs)
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