MANCHESTER UNITED are on the brink of landing Edinson Cavani on a free transfer.
And club insiders are convinced the Uruguay striker can have a similar impact on the club as cult hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Cavani, 33, was released by Paris Saint-Germain in June and is due in Manchester on Sunday ahead of agreeing a two-year contract worth about £200,000-a-week.
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As long as he passes the medical there should be no problems finalising a deal because both parties are determined to make it happen.
Some fans are already voicing fears that the move will see the club plunge into a financial fiasco like the one that cost £66million in wages for flop Alexis Sanchez.
But sources insist the top brass view it more like the move that saw Ibrahimovic become a terrace idol.
Cavani’s wages will be half the salary Sanchez was on — and he is said to be desperate to prove himself in England.
And United believe he will be a boost to the development of their young strikers.
He joined PSG from Napoli seven years ago and his 200 goals made him the club’s leading scorer.
Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Inter Miami had all expressed an interest in him, but could not meet his wage demands.
And while United will pay top dollar in salary, it is a far cry from the £108m Borussia Dortmund demanded for first-choice target Jadon Sancho.
Last night Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc insisted Sancho was going nowhere.
The England winger was missing from the squad for Saturday’s 4-0 win over Freiburg.
But Zorc told Sky: “Jadon is our player and he’s got a long-term contract with us.
“He was ill — there’s no transfers reason, that’s why Jadon is not playing.”
