Confirmed: Cavani is a new Boca Juniors player and will play the Copa Libertadores

The club Boca Juniors announced this Saturday on social networks the landing of Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, who will arrive in Buenos Aires in the next few hours to join the squad that is getting ready for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2023.

With an original post on his Instagram account without mentioning Cavani, Boca showed an image showing a beret, a suitcase with the Uruguayan flag and the traditional thermos with mate, symbols of that country, all on the soccer field. game of La Bombonera, in a direct allusion to the arrival of the Uruguayan attacker.

In another publication on the same social network, the club gave the details of the incorporation: “Edinson Cavani agreed to join Boca until December 2024.”

Cavani is expected in Buenos Aires to sign an 18-month contract and be presented shortly, since in the next few hours the limit established by Conmebol to incorporate reinforcements for the Copa Libertadores round of 16 ends, although there is an extra possibility to wait until Monday.