LET’S DANCE

Cavani’s ready to take to the European floor one last time

EDINSON CAVANI has called it his “last dance.”

The veteran Uruguayan striker had planned for his Premier League adventure to last only a year before returning to South America to wind down his career.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was able to seduce him into staying another 12 months with the prospect of playing at a packed Old Trafford – and the sweetener of £250,000 a week.

Cavani now intends to hang up his boots after next year’s World Cup in Qatar – when he will be a couple of months short of his 36th birthday.

He said: “In football terms, my dream is to reach the World Cup in Qatar, then step aside and dedicate myself more to my family.

“We are now in the last dance, so to say.” Cavani (left) will return to training this week after being given extra time off following the Copa America.

But he built a gym at his family home in the city of Salto so that he can stay in peak condition. Forwards Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford have both spoken glowingly about his influence in the dressing room – despite his limited English and disgust about Manchester’s rainy weather compared to some of the nations he has played in. Cavani’s decision to lead United’s attack for another season means Solskjaer (below) can spend the next 12 months priming a bid for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. Capturing long-term target Jadon Sancho from Dortmund and adding French World Cup-winner Raphael Varane from Real Madrid has addressed some of the weaknesses in a squad that finished a distant second to rivals Manchester City last season. But Paul Pogba’s contract impasse is an issue.