{"id":107263,"date":"2021-05-11T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/?p=107263"},"modified":"2021-05-11T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:16:15","slug":"edinson-cavani-extends-contract-with-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/sports\/edinson-cavani-extends-contract-with-manchester-united","title":{"rendered":"Edinson Cavani extends contract with Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-edinson-cavani-has-scored-15-goals-this-season-and-has-been-instrumental-in-manchester-united-s-european-and-premier-league-campaigns\">Edinson Cavani has scored 15 goals this season and has been instrumental in Manchester United&#8217;s European and Premier League campaigns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digpu.com\/?s=Manchester+United\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Manchester United<\/strong><\/a> on Monday announced that Edinson Cavani has agreed to a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until June 2022.<br><br>Cavani has scored 15 goals this season and has been instrumental in Manchester United&#8217;s European and <a href=\"https:\/\/indiapressrelease.com\/?s=Premier+League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/a> campaigns. &#8220;Over the season, I have developed a great affection for the club and everything that it represents. I feel a deep bond with my teammates and the staff who work behind the scenes here. They give me extra motivation every day and I know that, together, we can achieve special things,&#8221; Cavani said in an official release issued by Manchester United.<br><br>&#8220;From the very first moment that I arrived, I felt the confidence of the manager. As a player, this belief gives you the perfect opportunity to play your best football and I want to thank him for that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2796 The motivation behind his new deal<br>\u2796 A special bond with his team-mates<br>\u2796 That ABBA-inspired chant<br><br>In conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECavaniOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">@ECavaniOfficial<\/a>: sit back, relax and enjoy! \ud83c\udf7f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#MUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cavani2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#Cavani2022<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1391819072510255106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the support of Manchester United fans, Cavani said: &#8220;I have been touched with how much the supporters have wanted me to stay, and I will give everything to bring them happiness and joy with my performances on the field. I&#8217;ve not yet been able to play in front of the Old Trafford crowd and that is something that I cannot wait to do.&#8221;<br><br>Speaking on Cavani&#8217;s contract extension, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: &#8220;I said when Edinson signed, that he would bring energy, power, and leadership to this group and I haven&#8217;t been proved wrong, he has been everything I thought he would be and more. As coaches, we knew about his goalscoring record. However, it is his personality that has brought so much to this squad, he has a winning mentality and has an unequivocal attitude to everything he does.&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;Edinson is one of the last to leave the training ground and sets the tone for the upcoming youngsters with his approach to his profession every single day. I have always wanted him to stay and experience the way our fans will respond to him as a player, and this means he will hopefully get that opportunity,&#8221; he added.<br><br>Manchester United is currently at the second spot in Premier League standings with 70 points from 34 games and the side is 10 points behind top-placed Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinson Cavani has scored 15 goals this season and has been instrumental in Manchester United&#8217;s European and Premier League campaigns Manchester United on Monday announced that Edinson Cavani has agreed to a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until June 2022.Cavani has scored 15 goals this season and has been instrumental in Manchester &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216069,"featured_media":107264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11784],"tags":[21807,17892],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}