Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick has revealed that Edinson Cavani has expressed his desire to remain at the club amidst transfer rumours of him leaving in the January transfer window.
Cavani reportedly had a heart to heart talk with Rangnick this week to outline his commitment to the club and assure his manager he would not be seeking a transfer away from the club in January.
The 34-year-old’s contract expires in the summer and there have been a lot of speculation surrounding his future with some linking him away from the club as early as January.
However, Rangnick has revealed that talks between him and Cavani went well and the forward will be staying put amid transfer rumours.
“I told him that if it was up to me, I would want him to stay and I had a conversation with him yesterday,” Rangnick told the media on Sunday.
“He came into my office and we spoke for almost half an hour and he told me he will definitely stay and would want to stay until the end of the season.
“Not only because I told him that he should stay or has to stay, he did it on his own behalf and he told me that I can rely on him to stay until the end of the season and give his very best and be a role model for the young players.”
Rangnick went on to highlight how influential Cavani was to the squad even in the periods when he doesn’t play.
“Even if he’s not playing, he will be trying to be the best possible role model for the other players and for me this is good news because Edi if one of those players with his vast amount of experience, with his mentality, his work ethic, I think he could really be a perfect role model for the other players.”
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Cavani has featured just three times under Rangnick with the Uruguayan playing the full 90 minutes in the last two. He has scored a goal within that time.
The forward has featured in 50 games in all competitions since joining Man United in October 2020. He had signed a one-year contract and landed an extra year extension under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Cavani’s current contract expires in the summer and it seems likely he would be moving on after then. However, he is not the only player reportedly unhappy at the club with the likes of Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Donny van de Beek and Amad Diallo all looking to leave for minutes elsewhere.
When Rangnick was asked if he had spoken to every player about their future just like he did with Cavani, he replied that circumstances haven’t permitted.
“I haven’t had the time to do it with everyone because of the Covid situation, we had the closure of Carrington and we still have an issue with Covid in the building,” he said.
“Players when they get changed for training, they do it in different locker rooms. But I have spoken to quite a few of them. I think most of the players know what they have to do and we also speak to the players.
“We did it today before the training session – what they have to do in each position and what their jobs are, offensively and defensively.
“I think the players know what they have to do but like I said with only 10 players being able to play and three to be substituted there will still be a huge amount of players right [now] who don’t get the game time they would like to get.”
Man United face Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round tie on Monday night.
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