Edinson Cavani takes the number 10 shirt of Boca Juniors

the uruguayan Edinson Cavani had a busy and celebrity Monday. After leaving Spain’s Valencia in downtown, he landed in Buenos Aires in the morning to be presented by Boca Juniors in the arms of the crowd.

Much celebrated, the 36-year-old athlete went for tests at the club, where he received the heavy number 10 shirt and swore to love. The contract is until the end of 2024.

“I wanted to come back closer to home and there wasn’t a better club than Boca Juniors to take the last steps of my career”, said the player, who was on the radar of Brazilian teams like Flamengo and Corinthians, and who will defend the number which once belonged to the stars Maradona, Riquelme and Tevez. ” Using the 10 in Boca is a big responsibility.”

The star was welcomed by thousands of fans on the lawn of La Bombonera and could not hide his joy. Accompanied by his sons Bautista, Lucas and Salvador, all duly dressed in the new team’s colors, the attacker said that the family was “honored” by the deal. “Everyone is very happy, the whole family is happy.”

Cavani: “Boca is the biggest in South America”

Cavani didn’t skimp on catchphrases to win over fans.

“I will do everything to be 100% soon to help Boca Junior. It is the biggest club in South America and is among the best in the world”, stated the center forward. The striker still doesn’t know when he will make his debut, but the first words of how he will behave in the new home excited the Xeneizes. “I’ll play like I’ve been a fan for life. I’ll give my best from the first to the last minute. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for the ball to roll.”

Boca Juniors faces Nacional-URU in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores and journalists wanted to know what it would be like for him to face a team from his country. The trip takes place in Montevideo this Wednesday. Cavani gave up and said that the decision is up to the coach – he still needs to be enrolled in Conmebol.

Sixth active scorer in the world with 437 goals, however, he did not hide that he arrives with the ambition to score many times to erase the bad impression of only scoring 7 goals in 28 games for Valencia, and dreaming of a title: “Since I was a child What a dream of being Libertadores champion.”