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Cavani: “It was a time where it was normal to get a little anxious to play as the leagues had already started. But there were many things that had to happen. I am a believer in things happening for a reason.” [ @otra_cabeza]
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“Lots uncertainty was created and that generates lots of anxiety. The days would pass and my family would want to know where I was going to play. I tried to manage it as best as possible and we are now here, happy with the decision we made. I want to wear that jersey now.”
“Diego (Forlán) spoke about me a great deal at United. He said lots of marvelous things about me. When he was here, I was just getting ready to play professionally. I was at Danubio’s youth system. Diego was here then and showed that he could perform in a league like this”
“I followed him then, now it is my turn to play here. I think it is great to dream. More than dream, desire them. Desire drives you, with dreams you end up seeing them as fantasy. With desire they become more possible.”
“Having ‘played’ for so many teams was nothing new. In the past, when the transferred window rolled around, I was mentioned with so many teams. It’s nothing new. Especially now with social media. It’s a way to play games or even express emotions.”
“I said it before, one knows which conversations one had. Then there are things that get leaked out. You know that it is not just something we know. When there are other people involved, that gets out of your control. Nothing new. Just a part of football.”
“My desire was to play football and compete in Europe. But in order to be respectful, one sins. Because you pick up the phone and (in my brother’s case), and to not be rude you respectfully say something, but then things are said.”
“I try to not speak a lot. But when I do, I try to be as clear as I can to avoid confusion. But it is true, there were many fans that wanted me to play for their club, some would send me messages. Every day I would get tons of notifications. My family did, too.
“All that shows a great deal of affection that they all have towards me. I am grateful to all of them to be like that in a time where I wasn’t even a part of their team and still figuring out my future.”
“I speak Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French. I learned English in school as a kid and I should have dedicated more time to it. I am starting to prepare to be able to speak it as best as possible. As a kid, you don’t realize how important those things are.
I should have paid attention to my parents then. They don’t tell you things to bother you. They don’t want to break your balls or complicate your life. They just want the best for you. Now as an adult, you realize you need to speak English.
Those as lessons you learn as you get older. I am going to learn it as best as possible. At times it gets frustrating to not be able to express yourself the way you truly want to.
“French is a difficult language to learn. But it became beautiful the moment you began to express yourself better. It was difficult because there were many South Americans and Italians there. Our coach spoke Italian. So you didn’t focus on learning it.
Teammates came and went and things got complicated. So I had to focus learning and show respect towards where I lived. Sometimes the pronunciation is difficult and you were afraid to make mistakes. But I loosened up my way. But in my message I think I was clear.
“Those were seven unforgettable years (at @PSG_inside). There was a tremendous love towards me (by the fans) and me towards them. It grew with time. But when things grow with time, based on sacrifice, work, respect... I noticed it. That is the thing I keep.
There were things that were left by the people there. The way out family lived there. Those things are beautiful and it was just a way to live life. Those are the things I keep. #MUFC #ICICESTPARİS
“My situation emerged because I can say I was blessed to play football. I was able to be in the country and buy a ranch. That makes me happy to be able to do. We had to spend many months there and did many things. (Salto) is my place in the world. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBbWXv_DBb-/?igshid=lppks79qccdc
It was painful to see what was going on in the world. You feel sad that there was something going on that you had no idea what was going to happen.
When I saw what was going on in Europe, I considered not going back. I was close to my family there as well. I thought about just being in the country. It was because the situation was complicated and it is complicated again. #coronavirus #ManUtd
We suffered it as well. We had coronavirus, my girlfriend and I. It just generates a great deal of fear and fortunately things went well for us. #COVID19 #ManUtd
“We didn’t say anything because that was our decision. Surely at some moment I was going to say it. At that moment, we weren’t going to gain anything out of it by saying it. We were abiding by the protocols. We were at home. We spent more than the required time in quarantine
This was in order to respect the established rules and be a help. There was no need to say it because I was not playing. It would have been different if I was.This happened after we were in Spain.
We then went to Paris, did the test and it came out negative. We did it because one of the kids had symptoms. We then took the test again and since my girlfriend had it, I had it. I say it now because it is now done with and the topic came up.
The truth is that I am proud of what we did. I am happy to have @ferguly78 through all this. This is a difficult business. People might think it is easy, but it is not. There are things that have been normalized. Some people think that is the way it is and it’s ok. https://twitter.com/ecavaniofficial/status/1313397163070754816
“ I respect other things, I want other things, I strive for other things. I am not always on social media, but you find out about things. It’s not my style. I have social media because I know there are people that want me to do well. They show me affection...
What I post is to share with them, because they are always wanting to see what I am doing. That’s the only reason I have social media. I knew that there were people were saying things. Because they were behind a mic or a screen or camera or they have place to speak. It hurt.
I don’t live on their every word, but you see the evil of social media to people. They say things and opine without knowing. This is why I am happy to see this go through. To me, a business transaction is not greater than my ties with my brother.
I was clear in my message. I did it to leave a positive message for those that can follow me or for young people to see that the most important things in life are things we cherish. At times, we’ll make mistakes, many. But I think that there are things you can’t buy.
I am happy that we signed with @ManUtd... for me, for him especially. Those are the things that I cherish most.
I was ready to answer that question about @Uruguay... but there was a lot of controversy about that. One always has a great deal of pleasure hearing constructive criticism. But lots of controversy has emerged lately. Everyday I want to play for Uruguay.
I am also a realist. I think it’s difficult to see reality sometimes. I had an agreement with Tabárez, we spoke about it. I wanted to play. But I hadn’t been training with teammates in months. Despite me training, I had to stop. I can’t remember the date...
It was about a month and a half ago that I had to stop for about 10-15 days. All because of my girlfriend and then me with COVID 19. I had to stop training because of the amount of effort I could not put into training, obviously.
I want to be with @Uruguay, but I am realistic. I told Tabárez that there were things I was missing and there were teammates that were already competing.
So just like I did against @FrenchTeam when I told my coach that I did not want to play (not at 100%) so I don’t embarrass my team by having to be subbed off after 10 minutes. There are teammates right now that are playing at a high level and can step in.
