Edinson Cavani explained why he chose Valencia instead of Boca Juniors

This Sunday Valencia won 3-0 at Celtic of Vigo and enjoyed the debut of Edinson Cavaniwho was the starter in the duel corresponding to date 6 of La Spain League. The Uruguayan who arrived as a free agent after passing through Manchester United I hadn’t added any minutes up to here since I wasn’t physically prepared to face this kind of match.

On Friday, the day before its premiere, he gave an interview to the Marca site in which he explained why he rejected the offer from Boca Juniors, a club that has wanted to sign him for a long time: “I was attracted to Boca’s project, without a doubt, but because of the World Cup right now I prioritized a future in Europe, and specifically in Spain. We are very grateful to Roman Riquelmey You never know what will happen in the future.”

It is clear that the 35-year-old striker wants to reach the tournament that will be played in Qatar from November 20 with a European touch. Above all, because he knows that the chances of being a starter are remote, since Darwin Núñez, signed by Liverpool in the last transfer market, seems to be the absolute owner of the Uruguayan forward.

Also, the former PSG He recognized that playing in this tournament was an outstanding debt: “We had the objective of coming to Spain, we wanted to live the experience of playing in this League”. And about his new club, he added: “You know what it means and what Valencia is. It is a club with great fans, which when you name it sounds like a big club and all those things that make you vibrate and that have made me play football. We made the decision we wanted and that’s why we’re content and happy.”

With this 3-0 win against Celta de Vigo, Valencia reached 9 points in his irregular start in which he has accumulated three wins and three losses. Now, with the presence of Cavanithe team commanded by Gennaro Gattuso hopes to be able to recover lost ground.

The Uruguayan striker negotiated with Boca Juniors last month, before the closing of passes in the Argentine transfer market, but there was no agreement. It should be remembered that the experienced scorer has already admitted on several occasions that his greatest wish is to wear the shirt of the Xeneize at some point in his career, although now his focus is on Qatar.

Uruguay will debut on November 24 against South Korea by the first date of Group H. Then, it will have to be measured against Portugal y Ghana.

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