Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Edinson Cavani, with the Uruguayan set to complete a medical over the weekend.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been in the market for additional firepower for much of the summer as he looks to mount a challenge to champions Liverpool.
Jadon Sancho was most heavily linked, but his £108m valuation looks set to be a stumbling block too high for Old Trafford bosses to climb.
Barcelona ’s Ousmane Dembele has also been touted as a potential short-term option, as United’s search got closer to wire. But it now looks like Solskjaer will ditch his strategy of buying young players, to bring in the vastly experienced striker.
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