Scott Murray 

Football transfer rumours: Manchester United to sign PSG’s Edinson Cavani?

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Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani, who recently played at the Copa América with Uruguay, is said to be one of a number of targets for Manchester United. Photograph: Jeffroy Guy/SIPA/Rex Photograph: Jeffroy Guy/SIPA/Rex

Manchester United are in the market for a striker now Robin van Persie is leaving Old Trafford for Fenerbahce in high dudgeon. He’s “furious”, having been “betrayed” by Louis van Gaal. Penny for the thoughts of Arsène Wenger. Anyway, United ideally want Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, Paris Saint-Germain’s Edinson Cavani or Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane. But failing that, West Ham United’s Diafra Sakho will suffice.

United are also planning to offload Javier Hernández, who will go much more quietly than rantin’ Robin. He could serenely head off to West Ham as part of a deal for Sakho, or join Sevilla instead.

Newcastle United were the last English club to break the world transfer record, causing headlines around the globe as they splashed £15m on the Blackburn Rovers striker Alan Shearer in 1996. The best part of two decades on, and that sort of money only gets you a passing mention in a poor rumour round-up. Newcastle will spend that sum on the PSV Eindhoven midfielder and Brazil botherer Georginio Wijnaldum, and again on either the Anderlecht striker Aleksandar Mitrovic or QPR’s Charlie Austin. Times change, and the Mill feels so very old.

The Raheem Sterling to Manchester City saga, which had its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham in October 1952, opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London the following month, and moved to St Martin’s Theatre in 1974, could finally be coming to a close. City are going to offer Liverpool a take-it-or-leave-it £40m deal plus £5m in add-ons.

Acceptance of this deal will allow Liverpool to go and buy Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus, apparently. And there was us, thinking they’d already spent the money.

Manchester City have also been pursuing Fabian Delph but this particular rumour hasn’t totally ruined what could have been a lovely summer. Aston Villa will bolster their depleted midfield with Andros Townsend, unless Sunderland get in the way.

Stoke City have not given up on the Internazionale winger Xherdan Shaqiri, in case anyone had forgotten about that. Also their goalkeeper Asmir Begovic will sign for Chelsea, with the midfielder Marco van Ginkel moving the other way. José Mourinho’s been very quiet so far this summer, which suggests he’s either up to something, or that he’s completely happy with his squad. The rest of the Premier League stand at a fork in the road, with both routes leading to a world of pain.

 

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