Manchester United is connected this summer to a large number of stars, including former midfielder Angel Gomes, but the Lille midfielder is now ready to seal a surprise movement
Former Manchester United Star Angel Gomes will join Mason Greenwood after sealing a shock transfer to Marseille. The midfielder of England no longer had a contract this summer.
He was associated with a return to Old Trafford, while Premier League rivals Tottenham and West Ham were also credited. Nevertheless, Gomes has chosen to go somewhere else.
According to RMC Sport, he is ready to move to the French giants, who offered the midfielder a three -year -old deal in the Stade Velodrome. Gomes agreed to the move that was convinced by Roberto de Zerbi's playing style, while the chance to play in the Champions League turned out to be difficult to be due.
Gomes will join the former United Teamate and Fellow Academy graduate Greenwood with his new employers. The striker moved permanently to France last summer and scored 22 goals during his debut campaign.
Greenwood has been associated with his own movement in the midst of reported interest from Barcelona, ​​but has expressed his wish to stay with Marseille. Speaking earlier this year he said: “I hope to be here for the Champions League next year.
“All other players tell me that the stadium is something special. I think it has been a very positive season, we have achieved our goal.”
Gomes, 24, has been near Lille since leaving Old Trafford in 2021. The four -fold English International has continued with 134 performances for the club, scored ten times.
Earlier he admitted that he might be open for a return to United. As quoted by L'Equipe, he said: “It was a very difficult decision. In my heart I wanted to leave my head, I thought I would stay about it. But I had to follow my heart. I felt that I still had to take a step in my career.
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“I felt that if I had stayed, there would not be many opportunities for me. Luis Campos [Lille’s then sporting director] And Lille spoke about their project and I believed more in it, that was what convinced me to move – the belief that Lille had in me.
'Do I suggest that I come back one day? Of course it is at home. I would like to come back. But you never know in football. I just have to keep my feet on the floor and keep playing, making the best of it. I cannot predict what will happen in the future. “