Lyon star Tanguy Ndombele’s agent, Duro Ivanisevic, has stated that the Ligue 1 outfit will not sell the Chelsea and Arsenal target for less than 80 million euros, Football.London reports.
Ndombele is one of the biggest prospects in European football and Lyon will make a hard bargain to keep the 21-year-old, however there could be slight room for negotiation.
Ndombele is strong in possession and good at winning the ball and driving forward with it and has many potential Premier League suitors.
Chelsea and Arsenal are both believed to be interested in the central midfielder with Blues boss Maurizio Sarri having previously stayed his need to add to his midfield options.
We have a lot of offensive midfielders and we have only [N’Golo] Kante as a defensive midfielder so it’s not easy now for the midfield to have the right balance.
If Aaron Ramsey is to leave Arsenal at the end of the season once his contract has expired, then the Gunners too may need to sign a central midfielder capable of replacing the Welshman, and Ndombele would appear to be a good fit for the North London outfit.
In an interview with Calcio Napoli 24, translated by ESP, Ivanisevic revealed that Napoli – Sarri’s former club – had shown an interest in his player before discover Lyon’s asking price.
Napoli are a great club and even more so now they have Carlo Ancelotti, one of the best managers in the world and, with him, he [Ndombele] could get even better.
He is in great form and playing at a very high level. He is the classic box-to-box midfielder who can be the difference maker in attack and defence.
They are asking for €80million, but that could go down and a compromise could be found.
Ivanisevic went on to say that any transfer for his client would not be until the summer.
He won’t move in January but we will have a look in the future.
