Boca Juniors great Ariel Krasouski is sorry seeing the club miss out on Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani.

Cavani held talks with Boca before signing a new 12 month deal with United last month.

Krasouski told Ole: "I had the illusion that Cavani could arrive. Undoubtedly if the player was interested in reaching Boca, there were chances that it could be done. Cavani's game is ideal for Boca.

“He is a player who has a goal, a striker who demands, that complicates and that also works for the team.

“If he came to Boca, he would be an idol after five or six games because Cavani's style of play identifies a lot with the people of Boca.

“He is a player that I thought could come. We would have to ask him or the Boca sports director."

Interestingly the 65-year-old said there was an agreement between Cavani and Juan Román Riquelme before the striker renewed with United.

“Unfortunately, it did not materialize. I know that Riquelme and Cavani had already agreed on several things, as far as where he was going to live, but one thing or the other changed his mind."