Edinson Cavani rejects Boca Juniors in favour of Barcelona

Edinson Cavani rejects Boca Juniors in favour of Barcelona

Edinson Cavani is stated to have rejected a move to Boca Juniors as he keeps to favour a switch to Barcelona.

The Uruguay global has been praised in elements for his contribution at Manchester United seeing that signing in 2020, but persistent harm issues have affected his availability and he's now concept to be close to an go out in January.

Sergio Aguero's latest retirement has left Barça brief in the striker branch and the Blaugrana are thought to be thinking about an 18-month contract for the previous Napoli celebrity.

According to TYC Sports, cutting-edge Primera Division champions Boca - who are 13 points at the back of this 12 months's league leaders River Plate - have been rejected in element to due Cavani's desire to retain playing in Europe's elite competitions.

Should he go away Manchester for Barça, he could be joining a Catalan side horrendously off the pace within the La Liga identify race. Xavi's side are presently 8th in Spain's pinnacle flight, 18 points at the back of cutting-edge leaders Real Madrid, and face a huge combat to qualify for the Champions League.

They exited Europe's elite membership opposition on the group degree this season, with defeats to Bayern Munich and Benfica seeing them finish 1/3, alternatively losing into the Europa League. In that competition, Barça will face Napoli within the knockout spherical playoffs for a niche in the final 16.

In other Barça switch news, the membership are final in on Ferran Torres with Manchester City prepared to sanction the Spain worldwide's departure in January. The 21-yr-vintage wants to turn out to be part of Xavi's new era at Camp Nou and has made it clear to Pep Guardiola that he would love to depart the Etihad Stadium.

Barcelona have also been related with actions for Alexis Sanchez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in recent weeks.

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