Manchester United are making a late scramble for players in the summer transfer window.
You'd like to think that the Red Devils would have been eager to build on their Champions League qualification from last season with some serious spending but alas, that hasn't been the case.
Rather, United are entering the final two days of the window having failed to secure the vast majority of their targets with Donny van de Beek, a seemingly overkill buy, proving the only arrival.
Man Utd closing in on Cavani
That's not to mention the fact their long-running courtship of Jadon Sancho looks to be dead in the water with the club failing to meet both Borussia Dortmund's deadline and valuation.
As a result, Ed Woodward and co. seem to be in the midst of a panicked shopping spree before the deadline on Monday and Edinson Cavani is on the verge of being their marquee purchase.
While it's long been apparent that a right-winger and left-back have headed United's priorities, there's no denying that Anthony Martial needs better competition up front than Odion Ighalo.
Concerns over Cavani deal
And it looks as though Cavani is the preference at Old Trafford with the Paris Saint-Germain legend reportedly flying to England on Sunday to end his spell as a free agent.
It's a deal that has divided the United fanbase right down the middle with some lauding him as the world-class striker he is, while others are justly concerned with key details of the move.
And we hate to tell you, United fans, but we have our fair share of concerns at GIVEMESPORT and have decided to present seven reasons why Cavani's arrival could be a damaging one.
Seven reasons Cavani deal is worrying
Now, we'll get one thing straight, Cavani is one of the greatest strikers of the modern era and nothing would bring us more pleasure than finally getting to see him tear up the Premier League.
Oh, and he also happens to be a thoroughly lovely bloke, so this is by no means us wishing failure upon him in a United shirt.
Disclaimers aside, though, that doesn't stop us wanting to explain our perturbations and anxieties, so check out why Cavani to United might not be the stellar signing some fans are tipping it to be.
1. Recent injury record
United aren't doing this on the cheap - more on that shortly - so they want bang for their bucks and one of the biggest threats to that with transfers is injuries, which is a cause for concern here.
According to Transfermarkt, Cavani has amassed no less than 12 separate injuries over the last two seasons alone with everything from his hamstring, calf, hip and groin impacted.
In fact, Cavani has totalled more than 225 days on the treatment table since the back end of 2018, suggesting United can kiss goodbye to any hopes of him staying fit for the whole season.
2. Business side of the deal
Let's get the positives out of the way first because, yes, Cavani is arriving on a free transfer, but don't think for one minute that United aren't opening their wallets wide because of it.
Fabrizio Romano is reporting that United are splashing out no less than €10 million on agent fees and that Cavani's wages will likely make him one of the club's highest-paid players.
It's a worryingly all-your-chips-on-the-table approach for a 33-year-old striker who has never played in the Premier League before, especially when the move has come so late in the day.
You can't help fearing that Cavani's name status is stripping more money from United than his recent form warrants and that buying a younger, more in-form striker would have been smarter.
3. What it says about the club
I tell you what, this might be the biggest reason of the lot and it's certainly the most removed from how Cavani might actually perform because, well, it wouldn't really change how damaging this is.
We can't escape the fact that this summer transfer window has been an unmitigated PR disaster for the club, both in terms of failing to cough up for Sancho and their late scramble for players.
Rival clubs will now be well aware that United are signing a player that they didn't intend to because, well, if they had, they could have signed him any time over the last eight months.
Instead, we're left with a situation that terribly exposes United's recruitment in a summer where the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and even Tottenham have been so efficient.
4. Worrying lessons from the past
One of the biggest comparisons being drawn about the Cavani deal before he's either signed or kicked a ball for United is with Alexis Sanchez and Radamel Falcao - and for good reason.
It might seem like putting the cart before the horse, but the parallels are there to be drawn and recent history doesn't shine brightly on United paying through their nose for a luxury player.
Woodward's track record for signing big-name players sadly seems to point more towards publicity and shirt sales than necessarily being the right fit for the current United squad.
It must be hoped that United's decision has been based upon a clear vision of how Cavani will improve the side as opposed to simply being seduced by the goal tallies on his Wikipedia page.
5. Chance to sign Luka Jovic
Yes, I'm aware that Jovic's time with Real Madrid has been pretty disastrous with just two goals to his name but for me, the Serbian was comfortably the better option for United this summer.
Taking another striker on loan would have given them more flexibility as well as costing them less money, while his injury record, although certainly not ideal, is an improvement upon Cavani.
It would, at the very least, fit better with the long-term project that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is trying to implement and he would surely be happier playing second fiddle to Martial. Speaking of which...
6. Potential impact on Anthony Martial
This reason is admittedly one of the weaker ones because there is actually scope for Cavani to become a brilliant mentor for Martial and a generally positive influence in the dressing room.
But come on, it's difficult to see a striker of Cavani's prestige playing the same role as Ighalo or settling for time out wide when Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood have shone there.
As a result, unless Martial picks up an injury, I can only see Cavani's arrival taking the game-time away from him that will be necessary for him to keep improving as United's top number nine.
It can only be cause for worry when such a run of starts for Martial saw his scoring going through the roof last season and even sparking Robert Firmino-esque interchanges in the final third.
7. Lack of interest from other clubs
Yes, we know that Cavani hasn't exactly just been gathering cobwebs in the shop window for the last eight months with everyone from Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Gremio linked with a move.
No doubt wages, agent fees and contract lengths have been a hurdle in each case, but let's get one thing straight, Cavani would have been snapped up long ago if he really was hot property.
If top European clubs - include United in this, by the way - were focusing purely on Cavani's goal-scoring record alone like some people are, wouldn't he have been snapped up for free already?
We don't profess to know all the details behind the respective deals collapsing, but we can't be blindly glass-half-full enough to simply dismiss it as coincidence and United as downright lucky.
Worrying signs for Man Utd
Look, I don't think we're alone in flagging these worries and Mark Goldbridge is just one example of a United supporter that is deeply concerned by what the Cavani deal means for the club.
And that's at the heart of the situation really because even in a world where Cavani scored 30 goals in the Premier League this season, it wouldn't take away from United's poor strategising.
The fact of the matter is that signing Cavani has 'panic buy' written all over it and you have to wonder why United haven't been better prepared when there was so much time to negotiate.
For the sake of Woodward and the powers that be at Old Trafford, they better hope that Cavani delivers because every goal he scores will go some way towards papering over the cracks.