Man United's Cavani Refused Giving up his No.7 Shirt for Newly-signed Star Before Ronaldo's Arrival

• Edinson Cavani reportedly refused to let go of his No.7 shirt to Jadon Sancho when the youngster arrived from Dortmund during the summer
• The Man United striker was irritated with the idea of giving the 21-year-old his shirt number who was signed for £73million
• However, the Uruguayan international agreed to hand the No.7 shirt to Cristiano Ronaldo who arrived from Juventus on the last day of transfer

Edinson Cavani reportedly refused to hand Jadon Sancho his No.7 shirt following his big summer money move from Dortmund, The Sun.

However, the Uruguayan gave up his shirt for Cristiano Ronaldo who arrived at Old Trafford on deadline day.

The story behind Cavani's No.7 shirt

Reports from The Athletic claims the veteran striker was not happy with the news going the rounds about him handing his No.7 shirt to the newly signed 21-year-old.

The youngster had been promised he would get the legendary No.7 shirt when negotiations were ongoing during the summer transfer window.

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On the other hand, Cavani had his deal at the Theatre of Dreams extended by a further year by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

And when the issue of Cavani giving up his shirt for Sancho, he held on to it and the No.25 shirt was eventually given to the £73million star.

Solskjaer commends cavani for giving Ronaldo his No.7 shirt

But the former Paris saint-Germain star did not hesitate in giving Rooanldo his shirt which was commended by Solskjaer

Solskjaer said after deadline day:

“Edinson has been remarkable. Cristiano spoke with Edinson and they spoke to each other.

“And to pass on his shirt just shows the respect he’s got for Cristiano, but also Cristiano speaking to Edinson shows the respect the other way.”

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The Man United midfielder sustained a thigh injury and was withdrawn from the rest of Didier Deschamps squad for their two matchday fixtures.

The 28-year-old missed the Red Devils' last two matches against Tottenham and Man City following the red card he got during the 5-1 thrashing against Liverpool.

Pogba came under huge criticisms for causing United more misery when he came on as a substitute during the fixture against the Reds.