The transfer window is finished since Friday. But the soap opera Edinson Cavani continues. Relegated to the sidelines at Paris Saint-Germain, the Uruguayan was looking for a new challenge this winter 2020, six months before the end of his contract. Atlético de Madrid, who were looking to recruit a number 9, were ready to seize this opportunity. In Spain, there was talk of several offers, all rejected by the residents of the Parc des Princes. In the end, the two clubs could not get along and Edinson Cavani remained at the dock. After the failure of this file, languages begin to untie. Atlético de Madrid president Enrique Cerezo blamed the player’s entourage on Saturday.
“I find it shameful the situation of some players with their agents and their family members. We are not there to be robbed! “ Words that confirm the information published by the Iberian press which evoked in particular tensions between the Madrid leaders and the brother and agent of Edinson Cavani during the final negotiations. After this media outing of President Cerezo, the Cavani clan decided to reply and respond. And it was through the voice of Berta Gomez, the mother of the footballer born in 87, that he decided to do it. The latter clarified things in an interview with AS. And the least we can say is that she does not mince words.
Cavani’s mother tackles the Atlético
“It is not impossible that Edinson will be able to join Atlético de Madrid this summer, as long as the president corrects what he said. We do not understand why the president said such barbarity. It was irrelevant. It hurt a lot, because it is absolutely untrue that Walter (brother and Edinson’s agent) asked for a signing bonus. This man, what he should have done, is to tell his fans why Cavani really did not go to Atlético, and it is, firstly, because PSG did not want to leave him go out, and secondly, Atlético never came up with what PSG asked for when it later started negotiating “says Berta Gomez.
She then added: “My son did everything he could to go to Atlético. He put pressure on PSG to let him go and then told his brother that he was willing to cut his wages to facilitate a transfer to Atlético. He wanted to play with El Cholo Simeone and he demonstrated it every time (…) Edinson did not want money to be a problem, because if it was for money, he would have gone to Manchester United, Chelsea or Inter Miami, who made an important offer for him. Let no one forget that my son has an impeccable career. He is a professional, a person of integrity, and the pressure he exerted on PSG, in relation to not playing to go to Atlético, is a blemish in his career “.
Finally, Edinson Cavani’s mother concluded about a possible transfer to the Colchoneros in the future. “No, but the president must ask for forgiveness. We are not mean and everything can be fixed if you retract from what you said (Atlético, note). My son is going to have offers, it is indisputable, because he is a proven striker, as he has shown over all these years, but he still thinks he can go to Atlético because he would like to play under El Cholo’s orders. “ The ball is in the Atlético de Madrid court. To be continued in the next episode…
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