Veteran Uruguayan has scored nine goals in his last 10 games and will give Villarreal plenty to worry about in Wednesday’s Europa League final in Gdansk
When Edinson Cavani’s 40-yard finish arrowed over Fulham’s Alphonse Areola 10,000 fans inside Old Trafford were wowed by the latest evidence of the bargain free transfer the Uruguayan has proved in a debut English season.
The scintillating ninth strike in his last 10 appearances came last week. Now, as
Manchester United take on Villarreal in Wednesday’s Europa League final, they have a first A-list centre-forward since Zlatan Ibrahimovic five years ago, and a player who is hot at precisely the right time.