CL: Edinson Cavani's ready to rock!
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Edinson Cavani will be ready to face his old club Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday despite the distraction of a Football Association investigation into a social media post by the Uruguayan.
Cavani’s joy at coming off the bench to turn a 0-2 deficit into a 3-2 Premier League win at Southampton on Sunday with two goals and an assist was tempered as after the match he thanked a friend for his congratulations on Instagram using the Spanish term “negrito” (small black person).
Despite the affectionate context, Cavani could still fall foul of the FA’s minimum three-match ban for offensive comments on social media. “He’s deeply sorry for the mistake he’s made. There was no malicious intent at all, it was just an affectionate greeting to a friend of us and we explained to him,” said Solskjaer at Tuesday’s pre-match press conference.
Ole Solskjaer
“We’ll support him but of course we support the FA. It’s important the FA ask him to explain and it’s out there for everyone to see because we want to be in the fight against discrimination with everyone.”
