Edinson Cavani may have to wait for Manchester United debut due to quarantine regulations

Updated 07/10/2020 at 15:31 GMT

Having arrived as a free agent, and not from another club who had been operating in an elite athlete bubble, Edinson Cavani may have to wait to make his Manchester United debut, which could now be against former club Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

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Edinson Cavani may have to wait for his Manchester United debut as he will have to adhere to normal quarantine rules, and not those of an elite athlete.

The Uruguayan, who was signed on a free transfer on deadline day, has not been part of an elite athlete bubble, and therefore must stick to the same quarantine rules as the general public.

And, given he arrived in England from France on Sunday, his 14-day quarantine would rule Cavani out of United's next Premier League fixture against Newcastle on October 17, with his potential debut pushed back to United's Champions League encounter with Cavani's last club, Paris Saint-Germain, on October 20.

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