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OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has confirmed Manchester United will open talks with Edinson Cavani regarding a new contract ‘in the near future’.
The Uruguayan striker, 34, joined United on a free transfer after his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expired.

United are set to open contract talks with Cavani ‘ in the near future, according to SolskjaerCredit: PA:Press Association

Cavani signed a one-year deal with the option for a further 12 months.
But after quickly becoming first choice centre-forward at Old Trafford, Solskjaer has confirmed he wants to tie Cavani down to a new deal.
The Man Utd boss revealed: “I can only say Edinson has done well.
“I’ve been impressed by him, he’s really gelled in the group.

“We’ll sit down and speak with him in the near future to see his plans and our plans.
“It’s a good discussion to have. We always speak to the players.
“And, with his contract situation at the moment, we’re very pleased with what he’s done.”
Despite impressing at United since his move last summer – scoring seven times in 24 games – Cavani has already been linked with a move away.

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The ex-PSG striker has been tipped to join Marcos Rojo in Argentina at Boca Juniors.
But Mason Greenwood will be one hoping Cavani extends his stay in England.
Earlier this week, the whizkid revealed he was furthering his football education with Cavani in the team having first learned about the beautiful game from Brazil legend Ronaldo.
Greenwood told BT Sport: “Obviously [Cavani] doesn’t speak the same language.
“But you can just tell, the way he plays the way he trains, you already know he is setting the example.
“You can either watch him, or don’t pay attention. So I always pay attention, watch him, the way he finishes the way he does the runs and stuff.
“He does tell me, the runs to make in the box, he’s probably scored 300 goals doing the same movement in the box over and over again.
“It’s good to have him around the club and to watch and learn from him.”

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IF Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were musicians, they’d be entering their ‘Greatest Hits’ era with a new wave of talent knocking them off the top of the charts.
This week of Champions League alone has proven that, with the two giants of the global game for the past two decades overshadowed by a pair of rising superstars.

This week’s Champions League action has suggested the new wave of talent is fainlly overtaking Messi and RonaldoCredit: AP:Associated Press

Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are quickly becoming the best players on the planet.
And football fans can’t wait to watch them trade blows like predecessors Messi, 33, and Ronaldo, 36, for the next decade or more.
But Spanish publication AS reckon there are more than just two players to watch in the coming decade.
In fact, they’ve listed their top TEN ‘Galacticos’ to keep tabs on… check out who they picked below.

KYLIAN MBAPPE

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as PSG thumped Messi’s Barcelona 4-1 in the Champions League this weekCredit: AP:Associated Press
Age: 22
Club: PSG
Nationality: French
AGED just 22, Mbappe is already Paris Saint-Germain’s third-top-scorer of all-time, a World Cup winner and the second-most-expensive player of all-time.

That’s some CV for such a young player, but the Frenchman certainly deserves all the hype.
Real Madrid are expected to make a mega-money move for Mbappe this summer, with the likes of Liverpool also interested.
If not for the coronavirus pandemic, Mbappe would certainly have become the first £200million-plus player.
ERLING HAALAND

Erling Haaland looks set to be Mbappe’s main rival for the ‘best in the world’ monikerCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Age: 20
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Nationality: Norwegian
ARGUABLY the biggest threat to Mbappe in his future quest for ‘GOAT’ status is Dortmund striker Haaland.
The Norwegian ace has scored 18 Champions League goals in just 13 matches and claimed he was spurred on to score against Sevilla in the tournament this week after watching Mbappe’s Barcelona hat-trick.
Haaland scored twice in a 3-2 win away.
Only 20 years old, Haaland is believed to have a clause in his contract allowing him to join Real Madrid for just £63m in 2022.
But Barcelona are threatening to make a big-money move this summer in order to beat their rivals to the punch.
Just imagine Mbappe and Haaland on the same team, though… game over.
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How Haaland and Mbappe compare to Ronaldo and Messi in the Champions League since the start of last season

JADON SANCHO

Sancho has a bright future ahead of him despite a tricky start to 2020-21Credit: EPA
Age: 20
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Nationality: England
LAST season, Sancho – an Under-17 World Cup winner with England – was involved in 34 goals in just 32 Bundesliga games, with 17 goals and 17 assists.
While 2020-21 has been trickier for the winger, in part due to his failed move to Manchester United last summer, Sancho has still been involved in 23 goals in all competitions this season.
At the age of 20, Sancho will surely only get better and is tipped to be a huge part of a new ‘Golden Generation’ for England.
JOAO FELIX

Felix is finding his feet in LaLiga and looks set to takeover as Portugal’s go-to forward in life after RonaldoCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Age: 21
Club: Atletico Madrid
Nationality: Portuguese
IN the summer of 2019, Atletico Madrid finally lost Antoine Griezmann after Barcelona came knocking.
Diego Simeone – recently named Coach of the Last Decade – paid a staggering £112m to bring Felix to the Wanda Metropolitano following a red-hot spell at Benfica.
Felix found life in LaLiga tough to begin with but is now looking like to the heir to Ronaldos’ throne in the Portugal team and Griezmann’s at Atleti.
ANSU FATI

Ansu Fati is quickly becoming the main man at Barcelona with Messi set to leaveCredit: AFP or licensors
Age: 18
Club: Barcelona
Nationality: Spanish
ESPECIALLY with Messi set to quit Barca and seemingly move to Manchester City or PSG, now more than ever Fati is the future of the Nou Camp giants.
Before his horror knee injury, Fati was outshining Messi for his club and starring for the Spain national team.
Fati is expected to become one of the best players in the world for the next 15 years… after all, he’s still only 18.
MARCUS RASHFORD

Marcus Rashford is well on his way to becoming a fully-fledged superstarCredit: AFP
Age: 23
Club: Man Utd
Nationality: English
HOW different could things have been had Anthony Martial not injured himself in the warm-up to Man Utd’s Europa League last-32 clash with Midtjylland in February 2016.
Rashford scored twice after being roped in to lead United’s injury-hit front-line in a 5-1 win and he’s never looked back.
The forward is now considered as the future of both Man Utd and England.
Still years away from hitting his prime, there’s plenty to look forward to.
Rashford also leads off the pitch, earning an MBE in 2020 for his fight against food poverty.
ALPHONSO DAVIES

Alphonso Davies is one of the most-exciting prospects in world football alreadyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Age: 20
Club: Bayern Munich
Nationality: Canadian
LIGHTNING-quick, strong in the tackle and with an eye for goal, the Bayern Munich left-back could play anywhere on the pitch.
Already quite possibly the best player ever to come out of Canada, Davies appears to have a long future ahead of him.
The former Vancouver Whitecaps whiz has already won two Bundesliga titles and the Champions League – as well as helping his side win the Club World Cup earlier this month.
LAUTARO MARTINEZ

Lautaro Martinez is an elite all-round striker and will surely only get betterCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Age: 23
Club: Inter Milan
Nationality: Argentine
THE Inter ace had looked set for a mega-money move to Barcelona last summer but for Covid to hit the Spanish giants hard in the pocket.
Fortunately for Martinez, that’s helped him further his lethal partnership with Romelu Lukaku at the San Siro.
Martinez is already an undisputed starter up front for Argentina, too – with his strong all-around game a huge asset to any team.
PHIL FODEN

Phil Foden is repaying Pep Guardiola’s faith in a big way for rampant Man City this seasonCredit: EPA
Age: 20
Club: Man City
Nationality: English
FODEN is finally getting the minutes he deserves under Pep Guardiola – and boy has he justified them.
The versatile midfielder, still only 20, has helped Man City to a record 17-game winning streak, scoring 11 goals and adding a further six assists this season alone.
Along with the likes of Jack Grealish, Declan Rice, Mason Mount, Sancho and Rashford, Foden is considered arguably the main man in England’s latest generation of potential superstars.
FERRAN TORRES

Ferran Torres is making waves with Man City and Spain this season so early in his careerCredit: Reuters
Age: 20
Club: Man City
Nationality: Spanish
ANOTHER 20-year-old City star, Foden’s club-mate Torres has enjoyed a superb season.
The Spaniard has scored 12 times in 31 games in all competitions.
A bargain £20.8m buy from Valencia, the signing of Torres has already proven a more-than shrewd on.
Still early in his career, Guardiola and Co will be keen to see if he can keep up his meteoric rise to stardom.

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OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER wants no excuses and no moaning from his highly-paid Manchester United stars about the relentless run of fixtures.
United have reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, are still in the FA Cup and, having been knocked out of the Champions League, have two extra games to play in the Europa League if they go all the way.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told his Man Utd stars they earn enough to cope with the packed scheduleCredit: Getty Images – Getty

They have played 40 matches already this season and it’s just the middle of February.
But if any of his highly-paid stars even think about grumbling they will have the boss to answer to.
David De Gea tops the list, raking in £375,000 per week – totalling £19.5million a year.
In fact, 14 first-team players all earn £100,000 or more per week, with Paul Pogba (£290k), Anthony Martial (£250k), Edinson Cavani (£210k) and Marcus Rashford (£200k) all earning £200,00 or more weekly.

And Solskjaer said: “Of course it’s relentless and we demand we turn up every game and earn the right to win.
“You’ve got to run more than the opposition, you’ve got to want to win more than the opposition, you’ve got to suffer more than the opposition, you’ve got to put your body on the line.
“Every game in the Premier League is high demand and that’s why the players are paid the money they are to perform every time they’re asked to.
“We ask for relentlessness and attitude every single game.”

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David De Gea is Man Utd’s top-earner, raking in a staggering £375,000 per weekCredit: Getty Images – Getty

They certainly got that on Thursday night in Turin as they put on a superb performance in beating Real Sociedad 4-0 in the first-leg of their last-32 Europa League clash.
After a stutter in the league that has seen a title tilt turn into a battle to stay in the top four, it was a game Solskjaer believes has given his team their X-factor back.
Solskjaer said: “We can’t hide the fact we’ve dropped off our form a bit.
“We dropped points against Everton, Sheffield United, West Brom, points that we feel we deserved more and we should have got more.
“The game against Real Sociedad was about finding ourselves and getting the X-factor back in, the brightness and the focus, so Newcastle will be a very important game for us definitely.”  
Even with Newcastle’s current travails, Solskjaer admits he will be facing very different problems than La Real posed him.
The Spanish side were totally open as they took the game to them whereas Newcastle will most likely sit deep with everyone behind the ball, something Solskjaer’s team can find hard to break down.
He said: “It’s about learning from every game. So the last game for example when West Brom dropped deep that wasn’t good enough from us.
“Against Real Sociedad when we knew about the spaces we found them.
“Newcastle will give us different spaces than we got in that game so of course we have to play the game correctly.
“But it’s also about quality when you create chances, when you take that last pass or last cross and it’s about getting better and improving all the time.”

Man Utd thumped Real Sociedad 4-0 in the first-leg of their Europa League last-32 clash on ThursdayCredit: AFP OR LICENSORS

While United have dropped nine points in their last five league games it is still only one defeat in 18 in the league.
That’s a very good run in itself but obviously overshadowed by Manchester City’s incredible form that has them ten points clear at the top of the table.
But with 14 games to go, second-placed Solskjaer, unlike the manager of defending champions Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp, refuses to throw in the towel.
He said: “I don’t think anyone would say they’re not going to go for it.
“We’re going to go for a win every single game we play, of course we are.
“But, whatever other teams do, City, Liverpool, Leicester, Chelsea, Tottenham, whoever, West Brom, we can’t control.
“We just have to control ourselves, we are in the position we are, we’re second and of course your ambition then is to not end any lower than that.
“We’re going to have to get a good run together too if we’re going to put pressure on City and that should start on Sunday of course.”

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