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Edinson Cavani's Mother Tells Atletico Madrid President to Apologise

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Edinson Cavani won't join Atletico Madrid next summer unless the club's president apologises for comments he made about the striker's collapsed move from Paris Saint-Germain during the winter window.

Cavani's mother, Berta Gomez, has emphasised how much her son would love to play for Atleti. However, Gomez has also called for Enrique Cerezo to make amends for hinting financial demands of the people around Cavani scuppered things in January.

Gomez spoke to AS (h/t Alex Milne of the Daily Mirror):

"It's not impossible that Edinson could go to Atletico Madrid in the summer, as long as the president rectifies what he said.