Who did Edinson Cavani call about his United move?

Cavani, who will wear the no.7 shirt as he has done previously with Palermo, Napoli and Uruguay, admits there was a lot of interest in his services but he was fascinated by the prospect of a move to England, and United in particular, after scoring goals regularly in Italy and France.

“I was really keen to come here,” he said. “I’m very motivated by the idea of joining this great club and so, well, here we are today.