MARCOS ROJO has confirmed he’s spoken to Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani about joining him at Boca Juniors.
Uruguay striker Cavani, 34, signed a one-year deal at Old Trafford last October after leaving Paris Saint-Germain.
And he has already become a huge favourite with the Red Devils after seven goals in 25 appearances for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
However, United have yet to take up their option to extend his stay by another year and there has been uncertainty over whether the hotshot wants to remain.
And that led to reports that Argentine side Boca Juniors could try and land him on a free.
Ex-Red Devils defender Rojo left Old Trafford to move to Boca Juniors last month.
And the 30-year-old told TNT Sports: “I spoke with him (Cavani). I played a little with him. We were together for four or five months.
“He is a great professional and if he reaches Argentine football, he would be a great star that would do Argentine football good.”
It comes after a pal of Rojo had allegedly said: “Marcos will do his bit to bring Cavani to Boca.”
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Cavani’s dad Luis dropped a bombshell last week when he said the striker is unhappy in England and will almost certainly quit in the summer.
Luis told TyC Sports: “My son does not feel comfortable in England and wants to be close to the family again.
“Edinson is going to end up playing in South America.
“I want Edinson to play in a team that fights for something important.
“Edinson had many conversations with [Boca vice-president Juan Roman] Riquelme and he would like to play for Boca.
“He was always seduced by the idea of playing in Boca. If he returns to South America he is leaning towards Boca.”
But Solskjaer thinks the striker could still stay and added he’s ‘very pleased’ with Cavani’s form.
Manchester United have appointed a new technical team in charge of transfers.
And the group are set to meet this week to discuss their summer plans which includes Cavani’s future.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
