Reports today suggest that Chelsea have won the race to sign Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani despite late interest from David Moyes’ Manchester United.
The Daily Express say that Napoli’s official radio station Radio Marte claimed that a £49.3 million deal had been agreed with the Blues for the Cavani’s services.
“We have received news in the office from a very reliable source that Napoli have sealed a deal with Chelsea for Cavani’s sale.
“(Manager) Rafa Benitez also gave the all-clear, but before making the move official Napoli want to secure the striker who will replace Il Matador.
“Aurelio De Laurentiis’ club will pick up around €58 million (£49.3 million), a slight discount on the buy-out clause, which is the same situation as Ezequiel Lavezzi to PSG last year.
“The player will earn €8.5 million (£7.2 million) per season plus image rights.”
Assuming this is true, Jose Mourinho will have beaten Real Madrid and Manchester City to the player but I’ll believe it when I see it and doubt anything could be this straightforward when doing business with someone like De Laurentiis.
The news broke around the same time that Cavani said he wanted face-to-face talks with the club president over comments he’d made about him which he probably wouldn’t be overly concerned with if he’d just secured his future with another club. But Napoli and De Laurentiis have and will continue to play games for the duration of this transfer saga. Their posturing is an obvious attempt to get a club to meet their sky-high valuation of the player and they’re probably behind the media leaks themselves.
Cavani is definitely a talented forward and would be a worthy addition to the Chelsea ranks but he’ll have his work cut out for him if he wants to prove he’s worth such an astronomical sum of money.
The 26-year-old is currently competing in the FIFA Confederations Cup for Uruguay, who will meet Brazil in the semi final tomorrow and it’s likely that his future won’t be announced officially whilst he’s on international duty.
Source: Daily Express
Just get him in and stop all the bulls*** This saga was getting on my nerves. Grown men acting like children over money just shows the world is in trouble.
Am with u mate @grown men loosing it bcos of money
i really agree with this write up. Nobody should be fooled into believing this story,the president of this club (Napoli) is proving to be a crooked businessman,this is one of his many ploys to get other clubs to rush to meet the release clause,don’t be surprised if you hear a different news tomorrow,this is a bad example of a club president,everyday he has a different story to tell!!!
If it is true I believe chelsea wil be a contender nxt season
Cavani does not worth that amount
jose,great news am with you all the way.up chelsea,up blues………………………..