“A departure from Tagliafico? Our conversation this morning had nothing to do with it. If losing him would be a blow? Very big. Very big. But I didn’t think about it for a moment. You may know more than I do… but we can talk directly to the person too”. According to Laurent Blanc’s statements a few days ago, a departure from Nicolas Tagliafico would be a tragedy for Olympique Lyonnais, who have already lost Castello Lukeba and also risk seeing Bradley Barcola leave.
But the financial problems of OL and the sanctions imposed by the DNCG, namely the supervision of the wage bill and transfers, oblige the management of Lyon to study the offers received. Recruited by OL in 2022 in exchange for 4 M€, the Argentinian, World Champion 2022, keeps a good coast in Europe. For a while, Ajax Amsterdam were keen to repatriate him and the Argentinian was not against making his return to Amsterdam. But since then, Ajax has enlisted Gaston Avila (Royal Antwerp).
Manchester United request loan for Tagliafico
Laurent Blanc, who has never hidden his desire to keep the experienced executives since his arrival on the Lyon bench, thought then to breathe after the withdrawal of the Ajacid club. However, the President is not at the end of his troubles. As informed by DailyMail, Nicolas Tagliafico has become a serious candidate for Manchester United. The Reds Devils absolutely want to enlist a left side, especially after the absence of Luke Shaw for several months.
Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), Sergio Reguilon (Tottenham) and Rico Henry (Brentford) were on their shortlist, but these files remain complicated to complete in the last hours of the transfer window. Thus, Manchester United and Erik ten Hag, who knows his former player well, are studying the possibility of bringing him in on loan. As the Dutch press had informed, Olympique Lyonnais is a seller, but is demanding 10 million euros to part with the Argentinian still under contract until 2025.
