Manager confirms he is 'going to sign' former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani

Valencia manager Gennaro Gattuso is confident that the La Liga club will sign former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani this summer.

The Uruguayan attacker, who is a free agent after leaving United at the end of last season, has been linked with a move to Spain for several weeks, with Real Sociedad also interested in the 35-year-old after losing Alexander Isak to Newcastle United.

Speaking ahead of Valencia’s fixture against Atletico Madrid on Monday, Gattuso said: "I am optimistic by nature, we are working, speaking, I think that we have chances.

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"Peter Lim is working a lot and I think that we are going to sign Cavani because Lim has a lot of belief in those chances at the moment."

The Italian also admitted that the Spanish club had 'no plan B' if Valencia did not end up signing Cavani this summer.

"When you speak of Cavani, he is not a normal player, he has played at great clubs and at the top level for a long time. He is 35, but he has an incredible mentality, I am speaking about the technical part, not the money, that is not my problem and they are two different things.

"The problem is that a lot of people talk during an operation and it cannot be closed in two minutes."

Valencia are in desperate need of another attacker after they sold Goncalo Guedes to Wolves - with Gattuso's side scoring just one goal so far this season.

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