In the shadow of the successful period Manchester United received a less encouraging line today (Thursday) when Edinson Cavani was suspended from three games, and also suffered a £ 100,000 fine for a comment, which was perceived as racist in an Instagram post. In the same post, which set England on fire, Kabani called his Uruguayan friend ‘Negro’ – a slang member of a South American country, but the kingdom did not accept the matter and showed no compassion for him.
Following the suspension, the striker will be absent from the games against Manchester City in the League Cup semi-finals, against Watford in the Cup and against Aston Villa in the league. The English Association also ruled that in addition to the heavy financial penalty the Uruguayan would carry out service work to atone for the incident.
🚨 Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has been banned for three games and fined £ 100,000 for an Instagram post last month.
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 31, 2020
Nevertheless the demons will try to get along without the matador when they host Villa tomorrow in an intriguing top-flight battle. A day after Alex Ferguson United’s birthday may pay tribute to the legendary manager and return to first place in the Premier League (along with Liverpool), which would be a serious statement of intent for the title fight. As you may recall, the Red Devils long ago put down the Great Depression when they put together four wins out of the five games.
Just two days ago Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side beat Wolves 0-1 thanks to a late Marcus Rashford goal when the tight schedule did no favors as with the rest of the Premier League teams and the Devils will try to continue the momentum. On the professional side, the manager is expected to make a slight rotation in the squad to relieve the load of his players, with Donny van de Bike, Fred, Anthony Martial and Scott McTominy likely to start at 11.
Meanwhile, Victor Lindloff is still unfit due to a back injury as Eric Bay continues to take his place in central defense. Whoever is expected to get credit despite the game load is Bruno Fernandez, who this year looks like one of the best years in the league. As you may recall, the Portuguese scored 10 league goals this year to which he added 7 assists in 15 games.
On the other hand, Villa also comes in good shape with three wins and two draws in the last five games. In addition, Dean Smith’s team has another day off after finishing 1-1 with Chelsea on Monday. Trezeguet will continue to be absent from the visiting ranks due to injury and Ross Barkley’s condition is still unclear due to a hip injury.
However it was announced today that United’s game against Burnley scheduled for another week will eventually take place on January 18-12 due to corona constraints. The demons also surprised quite a few people when they exercised the option in Lingard’s contract, which will belong to the Red Devils until 2022 though, when the relationship is expected to go on loan in January.
