Edinson Cavani ‘set to join Manchester United after agreeing two-year contract worth £210,000-a-week’

Manchester United are on the cusp of making their second signing of this delayed summer transfer window in the shape of veteran striker Edinson Cavani.

The 33-year-old is a free agent after leaving French giants Paris Saint-Germain once his contract expired on June 30.

And on Saturday, various outlets reported that the Uruguayan is set to be a Red Devil after agreeing a two-year contract with United worth £210,000-a-week after tax.

Cavani is now set to undergo a medical with the deal completed before Monday’s transfer window deadline.

On Saturday night, Cavani’s agent Walter Guglielmone confirmed that an agreement was in place.

‘It’s true. There is an agreement,’ he told Inside Futbol.

Cavani played for PSG for seven seasons after joining from Napoli and is the French outfit’s record goalscorer, having netted 200 times for them.

The glut of trophies he won during that time includes six Ligue 1 titles.

He has also scored 50 goals in 116 appearances for Uruguay.

United – who will face PSG in this season’s Champions League group stage following Thursday’s group stage draw – have brought in only one new signing so far since the end of last term, with midfielder Donny van De Beek arriving from Ajax in a £40million move last month.

Borussia Dortmund’s England winger Jadon Sancho has been a target for the Red Devils and they have also been linked with Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele.