Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani reveals he almost QUIT football this summer
Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani reveals he almost QUIT football
Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has revealed how he considered quitting football during the summer after he and his girlfriend contracted Covid-19.
The 33-year-old suffered the health scare after leaving French champions Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expired at the end of June.
‘Your family’s health comes first,’ Cavani told Argentine radio program Dos de Punta.
‘Of course I considered the idea of quitting football. It is true that I managed that option and that possibility to stop playing and stay in the countryside, dedicate myself to my life in the countryside.
‘We have suffered through the coronavirus with my family and with my girlfriend. The truth is that it was bad because of the fear that it awakens. Thank God we recovered well and evolved well and here we are.’
Cavani was offered to a string of top European clubs before he put pen to paper on a two-year deal at Manchester United.
He added: ‘It is normal that anxiety begins to enter your mind. The leagues had started to compete and of course, I wanted to have a team.
‘There are things that are not given because they should not be given. I am of the idea that in life things come when they have to come and sometimes, no matter how much you want something, if it doesn’t have to happen, it doesn’t happen.
‘There was a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. Days began to pass and I saw my family, friends and everyone wanting to know where I was going to play. We are here, happy with the decision and now I want to put on the shirt.’
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