Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Real Madrid is seriously considering including Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, the Valencia player, at the end of the season, in the event that the “bats” fall to the second division, where he is in an unenviable position so far in “La Liga”, as he occupies “19th place” and penultimate with a score. Only 20 points, which he collected in 22 matches, where he won 5 times, drew the same, lost 12 matches, scored 26 goals, and conceded 27 goals.
Cavani joined Valencia on August 29, under a two-year contract until “summer 2024”, after his contract with Manchester United expired, and he performed well in the matches in which he participated with the “bats”, but admitted that his continuation with the Spanish team is uncertain. , due to the possibility of relegation to the second division.
And Spanish press sources stated that Valencia’s relegation may be in the interest of Real Madrid, which is seeking to include the Uruguayan international striker, because it is a “temporary option” to support his attack, as “Al-Merenji” is in dire need of a second striker to support Karim Benzema or play in his place when needed, given that The French star, who won the Golden Ball for the best player in the world, often suffers from injuries that kept him more than once away from the team, which cost the Italian squad Carlo Ancelotti a lot in the competition for the league title, and led, among other reasons, to a widening of the points difference between Real Madrid and arch-rivals Barcelona to 8 points so far.
And the same sources say that Real Madrid refused during the past months to include a new striker to be a “second option”, and preferred to complete the season with the players on the list, such as Mariano Diaz or Eden Hazard, who has not played at all, since his return from the last World Cup in Qatar, or resort to resorting to Players from the “Lucastia” team, reserve for Real Madrid, and choosing a striker from among them. Just like what happened recently when Ancelotti included the young attacking team, Alvaro Rodriguez, “18 years old,” who holds both Uruguayan and Spanish nationalities, and proved his worth to play for the first team.
Cavani has a lot of experience and skill, and he proved this with all the clubs he played for, the most recent of which was Manchester United, in which he played at the time as a substitute for the main strikers in the team, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, and Jadon Sancho.
Cavani succeeded in the “substitute” role, scored 17 goals in his first season with United, and reached the Europa League final with the team.
As for his second season, it was more difficult, due to his exposure to a lot of injury, and he preferred to leave “United” at the end of his contract, and moved in a free deal to the “bats” of Valencia, as he preferred to complete his professional career in Europe, before the start of the “World Cup 2022”.
Cavani’s long history speaks of him, as he was one of the best scorers in Europe, when he was a player in Naples, and then Paris Saint-Germain, where he won many titles and championships with the latter. Cavani can provide a lot of experience to the “Royal” attack, and his move to the “Santiago Bernabeu” will be of “special taste”, because he ends his career in one of the best clubs in the world before retiring.
Edinson Cavani, born on February 14, 1987, “36 years old,” began his European professional career in Palermo 2005, and continued with him until 2011, and included a loan period for one season 2010-2011, to Napoli, who moved to him permanently to 2013, and then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in The same year to 2020, and from there to Manchester United «2020-2022», then he settled in Valencia, Spain.
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