News about Edinson Cavani

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT VILLA PARK: It was while walking through Warsaw airport in September 2023 that Mail Sport was first alerted to what the football world thinks of Jhon Duran. The Colombia forward had been labelled one of the best young talents in the game when he signed for Villa in January 2023, yet such claims must always be taken with a pinch of salt. After all, clubs are hardly going to play it down when they spend £18million on a little-known footballer with limited senior experience. Yet a WhatsApp exchange with a prominent sporting director, who was working in Italy at the time but is now elsewhere, is worth recalling now.

An emotional Luis Suarez was honoured by his Uruguay team-mates as he made his 143rd, and final, international appearance on Friday.  In a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay at the Estadio Centenario, Suarez led the line and wore the captain's armband for Marcelo Bielsa's side as they were held to a goalless draw. Suarez is Uruguay's all-time record goalscorer, with his record of 69 in 143 appearances leaving him well-clear of former Man United forward Edinson Cavani in second place.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHRIS WHEELER: The last strains of Wonderwall were still echoing around Allianz Field when Eric Ramsay walked to the side of the pitch and waited for his children. Carefully, he lifted two-and-a-half-year-old Jac over the perimeter fence, and then held his son's hand with one hand while using the other to carry one-year-old daughter Lili back onto the grass. The Minnesota United coach led them to the goalmouth in front of the club's hardcore supporters who cheered wildly as he helped them to kick a ball over the line.

Former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani had a moment to forget in Boca Juniors' Copa Sudamericana clash with Nacional Potosi on Wednesday night. Cavani, 37, who spent two years at Old Trafford between 2020 and 2022, joined Boca last summer and has enjoyed a positive first year in Argentina, but he missed a sitter in his latest outing for the club. He looked set for a certain goal as he raced into the penalty box and latched onto a cross from his team-mate, but he somehow tapped the ball wide of the target from just three yards out, despite having the whole of the goal to aim at.

PETE JENSON: It was the most astonishing comeback in Champions League history. It cost Unai Emery his job, sent striker Edinson Cavani into therapy, and meant referee Deniz Aytekin never got to officiate another knockout match. Tonight it could serve as the perfect inspiration for Paris Saint-Germain. Now it's the French who need a comeback, trailing 3-2 from the first leg. Back in March 2017 they had won the first game 4-0 only for Barcelona to do what no team had ever done before and overturn a four-goal deficit with a 6-1 second-leg victory. Barça put their comeback down to three factors: the leadership of Luis Enrique, who was Barça coach then and is PSG's now; the raucous Camp Nou crowd; and a top secret game plan hatched on the flight back to Spain after the first-leg defeat. According to PSG there was also a fourth crucial factor - the referee.

With a spectacular bicycle kick, a former Manchester United cult hero relived the years. After completing his one-year with Valencia, the 37-year-old joined a club in Argentina last summer. He has been a regular starter for Boca Juniors this calendar year, scoring four goals in eight appearances in the domestic league.

After suffering a seizure during a game in Argentina on Sunday, a Chilean footballer collapsed on the field. In the 28th minute of Estudiantes' match against Boca Juniors in La Plata, Javier Altamirano, 24, sustained convulsions. The player's legs are seen clearly shaking as he is handled in a harrowing video clip. Some of his teammates were seen rushing to his assistance before being seen by doctors from both directions and taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

In Rio de Janeiro, massive ultras clashed with police, ahead of the Libertadores showdown with Boca Juniors. The final of South American club football's top tournament will be played at 8 p.m. GMT on Saturday night at the historic Maracana stadium. Tensions have been rising in the lead-up to the match, and violent clashes have erupted just hours before kick-off.

After Brazilian police were seen firing rubber bullets at Boca Junior fans on Copacabana beach, the Copa Libertadores final is now in danger of being played behind closed doors. The final of South American club football's premier competition is scheduled to be played at 8 p.m. BST on Saturday night at the legendary Maracana stadium for Fluminense and Boca Juniors. Despite Fluminense being Rio-based, a large number of Boca supporters have poured into the Brazilian city in the run-up to the clash, with 100,000 Xeneize supporters overrunning the Brazilian city.

Boca Juniors and Fluminense supporters reportedly clashed on a beach in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, which culminated in a brawl that featured hundreds of protesters. The two teams are set to face each other in the Copa Libertadores final in the city on Saturday, with juniors supporters travelling from Argentina to Brazil for the game. Another Boca resident was reportedly arrested for kicking a dog and attacking another man.

Edinson Cavani, Sergio Romero, and Marcos Rojo were among the game's pivotal characters as Argentina's Boca Juniors defeated Brazil's Palmeiras 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw to advance to the Copa Libertadores final. The Brazilians went on at the break a goal down after Cavani opened the scoring for the visitors in the 23rd minute by prodding a cross from Miguel Merentiel, who was on loan from Palmeiras. But their fortunes soon changed, with fellow Old Trafford apologist Rojo sent off for his second bookable offence on 66 minutes before equalizing in the 73rd with a deflected shot from the box's edge.

After completing a deal with Valencia last week, the 36-year-old decided to join the Argentine giants on an 18-month contract. Cavani, who enjoyed spells with Napoli, PSG, and Manchester United, was unveiled in front of a huge number of Boca followers who erupted to welcome their new number 10. The forward expressed his ferocious support by saying, 'This is a great emotion.' When I was 12 years old, I was somewhere you are now, and I felt the need to be here where I am now.

After leaving Old Trafford last summer, the 36-year-old penned a two-year deal with the La Liga team but he could only handle five league goals in a poor season. The Uruguayan legend has also decided to end his time at the Mestalla early, with the Spanish club announcing his resignation in a tweet on Saturday. It read, 'Thank You for everything [Edinson Cavani].' 'Mestalla and Valencia will always be your home.' 'Good luck with your new stage.'

Rasmus Hojlund is a man in high demand. Manchester United have been searching for Atalanta's striker for the majority of the summer and seemed to be destined to sign him, but PSG has a £43 million bid for a cat among the pigeons. United are still in pole position to sign the Dane. They are on the verge of settling on personal terms and are now much closer to Atalanta's £60 million estimate. So, what makes Hojlund such an exciting prospect? His imposing stature, blonde hair, and Scandinavian roots have unsurprisingly drawn comparisons with goalcoring king Erling Haaland. But where would he fit in at United and PSG, and what would be the best career move for the 20-year-old?

CHRIS WHEELER: As his old club team make a move for Athena's young gun, Rasmus Hojlund, Andy Cole has chastised Manchester United for signing too many ageing strikers. Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani, and Odion Ighalo were all in their 30s when they moved to Old Trafford in recent years, with 30-year-old Wout Weghorst the first to join United on loan in January. Cole, a United legend, scored 121 goals for the club and formed a life-threatening partnership with Dwight Yorke at a time when Sir Alex Ferguson had a chance to call on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham. He believes that the club have plugged their attack with too many older stop-gaps in recent years and failed to plan for the future.

IAN LADYMAN: Players take the lead from their managers and when United's looked at Solskjaer during his three years in charge what did they see?Did they see a man standing tall and making big decisions?Did they see a risk-taker, an innovator and a genuine leader?Or did they see a bloke trading in part off a reputation forged as a player (left) whilst his version of a United team drifted along weighed down by baggage such as Cristiano Ronaldo (inset), Paul Pogba (right) and Edinson Cavani that he was either too scared - or too blind - to try and shift?

Another year, another deal was terminated 'by mutual consent.' The word is one of the most popular in football's jargon, hinting at failed promises or dressing room fissures: a point of no return for both team and player. Olympiacos' brief statement that called time on their conversation with James Rodriguez was sparse, and for the player, eerily familiar. After a spectacular year in the Middle East, Rodriguez's old club, Al-Rayyan, mutually agreed with the Colombian playmaker's departure ahead of his appointment to the Super League Greece team. Before that, I had a stint at Everton that culminated in frustration and left with a smattering of bad blood.

Despite continued rumors about his future, Kylian Mbappe has maintained that he is'very happy' at Paris Saint-Germain. PSG's expansion in the Champions League led to the striker's demotion. "For me, it's a privilege to play here," Mbappe wrote. I'm from Paris, and being in PSG makes it unique. I came as a youth and have progressed and matured a lot, on and off the field since then.

Kylian Mbappe's injury time attack made him break records as Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading goal scorer, leading his team to a 4-2 victory over Nantes on Saturday night. Edison Cavani, with his 30th goal of the season and his 201st for the club, overtakes the 24-year-old to set the club's all-time record.

After scoring in the 4-2 victory over Nantes, Kylian Mbappe has been Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading goalscorer. The 24-year-old sat one behind Edinson Cavani before kick-off but wasted no time in achieving the remarkable feat, scoring his 201st goal for the Ligue 1 giants. Mbappe was supposed to wait another match to break records until he managed a cross from Timothee Pembele well before turning and finding the bottom corner in the second minute of injury time against Nantes.

According to reports, Kylian Mbappe has just 'four months left' to choose either prolonging his contract for an additional year. According to L'Equipe, the PSG star reportedly signed a three-year deal before the 2022-23 season, but it is still a two-year contract with the option of an extra season. This means that the forward will complete 12 months of his contract, and PSG will be deciding whether or not to prolong his deal or sell him outright to prevent losing him for free at the end of his contract.

PETE JENSON: It says on all the banners and placards held aloft at every Valencia home game, 'Lim go home'. Lim is home, which is the most huming remark. Peter Lim is in Singapore, not in Valencia, where the renowned club he grew totters from one crisis season to the next and is now in the middle of a relegation fight. Another big protest is scheduled on Saturday. At 9 p.m. local time, the team will play against Athletic Bilbao in their home game. Thousands of dissatisfied supporters will march outside and make their voices of opposition heard at 8 p.m. They do not intend to enter the Mestalla stadium until the 19th minute of the game, which is a symbolic number for the club, which was established in 1919. Despite falling into the bottom three on Friday night, Valencia's average home gate this season is a healthy 40,000. Protesters are hoping that there will be 40,000 outside Mestalla at 9 p.m., making a strong national and global television audience aware of their owner's thinking.

Uruguay's irate players have lost control following their humiliating World Cup loss on goals scored last month. Despite beating Ghana 2-0, Uruguay did not qualify for the last-16, sparking a riot of controversy over decisions made during the game. The players were adamant that they should have been given a penalty, which culminated in horrific scenes at full throttle, with Jose Gimenez appearing to elbow FIFA's boss in the back of the head before calling referees 'thieves' and "sons of b***hes'.

It may have been enough to cause Erik ten Hag pack his suitcases and fly the first plane back to Amsterdam. In a modern-day nadir, the Dutch coach stood in the stands at Selhurst Park and watched the Manchester United team. On the last day of last season, they lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace on the final day of the season, but they were lucky not to lose out on their Europa League spot. It was United's sixth straight home loss and securing United's lowest point return in a season since 1990.