This summer, we could well witness a new waltz of the guardians. And it all started a few days ago. While Manchester United were quietly thinking of extending their goalkeeper David De Gea, negotiations took a turn for the worse. Result, in front of the slowness of this file, the Mancunnian direction decided to change its tune and rush towards… André Onana. The Cameroonian goalkeeper, author of an excellent season with Inter Milan, was not against leaving Italy.
Absolute priority of Erik ten Hag, his former coach at Ajax Amsterdam, André Onana is getting closer to the Red Devils. Inter Milan need money and will not retain their player if a satisfactory offer (around 50M euros) arrives on the table. A sum that should be well placed by Manchester United who, in his last hours, made a new offer that the Italian club should accept. The unfortunate finalist of the last Champions League must therefore find a new number one goalkeeper. And the name of Hugo Lloris now comes back insistently.
Inter have accelerated in recent hours
According to our information, the 36-year-old goalkeeper is on the shelves of Inter Milan and discussions have accelerated in recent hours. The Nerazzurri now know that Onana is going to join Manchester United and they must therefore get a new goalkeeper. The contractual situation of Lloris, who has been leaving for several weeks (his contract ends in June 2024), makes the deal very interesting for the Italian club, which will not pay a large sum to bring him in.
At the beginning of June, Hugo Lloris had also publicly expressed his desires elsewhere in the columns of Nice-Matin. “It’s the end of an era. I have desires for other things, I will settle down quietly to study what will be possible », he explained. A club like Inter Milan could allow him to live a last challenge at the high level and prove that he still has the level of the big European teams. While he announced his international retirement after the 2022 World Cup, Hugo Lloris could therefore have one last challenge in his rich career.
