Edinson Cavani’s Transfer to Arsenal Not Realistic

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Edinson Cavani is about as close to coming to Arsenal as Lionel Messi was in 2013. We all remember those silly rumors, well these are similarly silly.

Long story short, Wenger is not looking to replace Giroud

Cavani is primarily a striker and he always has been, but unfortunately for him, he plays behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is about as epic a striker as the world has ever seen. As such, Cavani has been forced to winger duties for Paris Saint-Germain. This has led to his recent want-away perspective at the Paris giants.

There’s no doubting Cavani’s talent. He’s absolutely raked the opposition, particularly while at Napoli, scoring 78 goals in 104 appearances. This type of skill is enough to merit several suitors, though I’m not convinced Arsene Wenger was ever as serious as we were led to believe.

Long story short, Cavani (like Falcao, if done long term), would be a replacement for Giroud. Wenger is not looking to replace Giroud (nor should he be), he’s merely looking to provide a fill-in during his prolonged absence. No fill-in is worth 50 million pounds.

But like that pesky fly at a cook-out, rumors never go away, and they morph into all sorts of shapes and sizes as they persist (not sure flies do that, so let’s end that analogy). Wenger supposedly offered Giroud and 20 million pounds prior to offering a straight-up 50 million pounds with Giroud tattered and broken.

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