Edinson Cavani spoke exclusively with ESPN Brazil from Manchester about his presence in the English league and his arrival on the Red Devils team.
The Salta man was grateful for the words of encouragement and recognition that his teammates and Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have had towards him. “I said that I’m here to give the best of myself with the same responsibility I had to do when I was on the other teams I had to be. I am clear that I come to be competitive, To give what I can give, not to teach anything, to give my best, to prepare, to be available every weekend and contribute mine, and to accompany the team to fight for trophies and cups, ”the striker commented.
Asked if he had to adapt his game to reach the demanding English Premier League, he said that while each league has its own characteristics “the intensity depends on what you want to put, what you want to give to your way of playing “. “I have always lived football in the same way, in Italy, France, in my national team and on the Danube. I’m preparing to give my best with my way of playing football “, He indicated.
In addition, Cavani said that “one cannot think that one league is inferior to another” and stressed that the last runner-up in the Champions League is French, in reference to his former team, PSG. “There are things where, for me, football is football, it doesn’t matter where you play it or against whom, it matters what you do to win. For me, football is pure competition, from everywhere with different characteristics, “added the Salta native. time: “is what one saves for the rest of one’s life.”
Cavani also responded about his arrival at Manchester United after leaving Paris Saint-Germain free, and the number of teams in which he sounded like a possible reinforcement. He said many things were being talked about at the time and that his brother and representative, Walter Guglielmone, “often opened the phone to people from one club or another to talk, never closed any door, not because he always there would be interest in going but listening. ” He commented that “this gave a chance to a lot of people starting to think and talk that Cavani would go this way or that” and that there were a lot of back and forth in that aspect until he opted for the Manchester red team. . “It was something we had been talking about. They had already been interested, not this time but a little while back and also further back, about five years before they had been strongly interested. There was a reason to make such a decision. , to say ‘let’s live this experience, let’s go to this great club’ and the decision was made to come here, ”he noted.
In a land as far away as the United Kingdom, Cavani also maintains some customs that he has walked around Europe, such as wearing his beret, enjoying a morning in the green spaces and even Uruguayan music. “The roots are never lost. We are all different, but my country is the biggest I have, my land is the most beautiful I have. Here I was born, here I was educated, here I knew life, the world. They are very strong things, priceless. One does this not because one wants to show but because one wants to always feel at home, to be with one’s mate, to wear things typical of one’s country like a beret. What I am is thanks to my culture and my land. Proudly, what little I can see of my country already makes me happy when I put it on, when I take a mat or when I think it’s my place in the world, ”the“ Matador ”commented.