What Cavani's No. 7 Jersey might mean for Manchester United

The Manchester United number 7 jersey has been a jersey that has been an iconic jersey number that was treasured by the team following the history of its bearers in the past years.

Manchester United's number 7 jersey has had a reputation of ultimate performance especially in the Ferguson days. Various Manchester United legends who wore the kit made it special, and thus it later meant more responsibility for the player who wore it.

Players like Eric Cantona, George Best, David Beckham, and Cristiano Ronaldo made the jersey much more valuable for the team than the captain band. Since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo others like Dì Maria, Memphis and Alexis weren't really able to keep up with it.

What will the Jersey on Cavani Mean?

Since the jersey was lastly worn by the Chilean winger Alexis Sánchez, many fans had anticipated that it would have been given to the highly impressive wonder kid Mason Greenwood. But later Greenwood received the top flight kit number 11. From this period many later thought the kit number 7 was now meant for Manchester United's long term target Jadon Sancho. But since the deal couldn't meet up by the deadline period, it's now given to the Uruguayan striker Edison Cavani who came into the team on a free transfer.

Jadon Sancho is the player whom United had targeted for long and it was known that the highly treasured jersey number was meant for him provided that the deal went through. Edison Cavani then came in following the fall out on the Sancho deal and the run out of the deadline period.

Sancho is a player who wears the jersey number 7 for his present club Borussia Dortmund, and many knows he is not the type of player to put on another abstract jersey number given his present value in the transfer market. On the other side it isn't proper for a reputable jersey number to be stripped off from a player in the team.

Given that Cavani signed a two year deal with the Red Devils, it's therefore imperative that he is going to have the jersey all through the period of his contact. There have been rumours circulating since the close the the transfer window that Manchester United was going to return again for the persuit of Jadon Sancho.

But conclusively, the number 7 jersey with Edison Cavani says it all that with relations to the performance of the Uruguayan striker, and the presence of support from others in the team like Mason Greenwood, Martial,.... It's 'somehow' clear that the days of Manchester United aiming to have Jadon Sancho in the team has actually come to an end. Sancho will be a very pricey player and won't just have to put on any kit number. And also Cavani is a player of charisma whom with respect to his performance and the nature of his contract, the shirt number can't be stripped from him.