Ryan Giggs: Edison Cavani can have Bruno Fernandes-like impact

October 22, 2020
Posted by Steven Tan | Source from Metro
Ryan Giggs has backed Edinson Cavani to bring different attributes to Manchester United's attack and hopes he can improve his new team-mates in the same way Bruno Fernandes has. 
 
United legend Giggs has seen how good the former Paris Saint-Germain striker can be during his time as Wales manager – Cavani scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over his side in 2018. 
 
Giggs insists Cavani was 'better than' former Liverpool and Barcelona hero Luis Suarez and that he was surprised by the level of the 33-year-old. 
 
While he expects deadline day signing Cavani to be a bit 'rusty' after not playing much in his final season in Paris, he thinks he will be a 'proper centre forward who can lead the line' in a way that the likes of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford can't. 
 
And he is hopeful that his mere presence will drag his team-mates to an even higher level. 
 
'I faced Cavani in my second game for Wales and he was better than Suarez in the game,' Giggs told Webby & O'Neill.
 
 
'I didn't think he was that good, he was a real handful. 
 
'Now, he hasn't played for a long time, so he might be a bit rusty. 
 
'But what you're getting is a centre forward which I think a lot of fans have been crying out for, a proper centre forward who can lead the line.
 
'We've got Marcus, we've got Martial, who are half a winger, half a centre forward. Cavani is a centre forward, a target man, he's got the experience. 
 
'I'm hoping just like Bruno has, he'll make the players around him better.'
 
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