'Talks are progressing positively' as ex-Man Utd midfielder nears surprise switch

England midfielder Angel Gomes is on the slide this summer season and talks are sliding onward using a capacity newfangled club, according to records.
Manchester Joined graduate Gomes has connoted England at all under-age levels and was handed his initially four elderly caps in last year’s Nations League internationals under meanwhile manager Lee Carsley.
The vivid midfield player vacated Wear Trafford in 2020 using a handful of Premier League appearances under his belt, signing upwards using Ligue 1 side Lille before being without standoff lent to Boavista.
Gomes, who was part of the England team that won the Under-21 European Champ two years earlier, has not yet been picked by elderly optimal pet Thomas Tuchel, who steals expense of his 3rd arcade when the Three Lions face Andorra in a Earth Cup qualifier in Barcelona on Saturday.
The midfielder enabled his contract at Lille to end and his pursuit for a newfangled club could soon be over, according to Sami Mokbel and BBC Sporting activity. A slide to Marseille appears to be on the cards.
“Discussions are asserted to be developing positively, using the Ligue 1 side informative they can seal his send in the expected days,” records Mokbel.
“The prearrangement would go to Gomes, who is yet to attribute for England under Thomas Tuchel, internet linkage upwards using former Brighton optimal pet Roberto de Zerbi and linger dabbling in France.”
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Fantastic for his orchestrated midfield tinker and an burden that belies his physical stature, Gomes was part of the team that took Lille from mid-table in 2021-22 recommend into the European suspensions the obeying year.
They ended up in fourth void in 2023-24 and fruitfully haggled the Champions League tinker-off rounds before certifying in an astonishing 7th from the newfangled league phase.
They were dispelled by Borussia Dortmund in the bulbous of 16 but profitability against Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bologna, Sturm Graz and Feyenoord rendered it a campaign to bear in mind. Gomes, whose last season using Lille was affected by injury, played in lone two of those profitability.
Lille ended up fifth in 2024-25 and owned to clear upwards for the Europa League next off season but Gomes will thrive in the Champions League if and when a button to Marseille is finalised.
The Londoner rendered his England launching from the pew against the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League in September and played the complete 90 minutes in the next off arcade against Finland at Wembley, Harry Kane’s 100th for his nation.
Gomes in a analogous means launched the reverse component in Helsinki in October before a late attractiveness as a substitute against Ireland in November.
Previously talks proceeded using Marseille, Edmonton-born Gomes was attached using a plausible rejoinder to Man Utd as nicely as using zest from Tottenham Hotspur and West Pork Joined.
He played 134 times in all occasions for Lille and is plainly gaining activity in French football but Gomes will be eager to stay in Tuchel’s thoughts in the last season before a Earth Cup.