Manchester United summer signing Edinson Cavani has been backed to unleash Mason Greenwood’s full potential to help the club out of their failed attempt to sign Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund was the main United transfer priority in the summer window with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer desperate to add more firepower to his attack
But the Red Devils refused to meet Dortmund’s asking price of £ 108million as they moved on to other goals on deadline day
United signed two wingers on the final day of the transfer window, with Facundo Pellistri and Amad Traoré announced, the latter joining in January
Sancho’s potential arrival reportedly pushed Greenwood up the pecking order at Old Trafford, despite having been a revelation since joining first team at United
The 19-year-old scored 17 goals in all competitions last season, including 10 in the Premier League after having started just 12 appearances
He has been considered one of the most exciting prospects in the world with United hoping to continue to fulfill his potential at the club
And former United defender Mikael Silvestre believes Cavani could be the man to help Greenwood become a serious attack threat
« What he will see is the pace of work for one thing and one player always on the move
« This allows the midfielder to feed him. In the last third, he makes very good moves and Mason can learn from that
« Right now he’s focusing on having the ball at his feet and taking a few steps – which he does really well – but the other side of the game for a center-forward is make oneself disappear then reappear at a good place; take advantage of a defender
United are still expected to try to sign Sancho next summer, but Silvestre believes Greenwood and Juan Mata have more than enough capacity to replace him at the moment
« There hasn’t been any recruiting there, so maybe next summer there will be someone to compete with Juan and Mason Greenwood
« But it’s not like they don’t have anyone there yet These guys are more than capable of doing the job for United »
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