Leading sides from across Europe are keeping a close eye on the highly-rated midfielder, but it could be that his next move keeps him in Ligue 1
Tanguy Ndombele has been heavily linked with Manchester rivals City and United, but Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas admits he would be willing to do business with Paris Saint-Germain.
At 22 years of age, the highly-rated midfielder has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence.
He was playing second tier football at Amiens in 2016-17, but offered enough to tempt Lyon into making a loan move.
That switch was made permanent last summer and the Ligue 1 outfit now face a fight to retain the services of a much sought-after asset.
Premier League interest could be turned into formal approaches during the next transfer window, while PSG may be tempted to table a bid after seeing the door left open by Aulas.
The Lyon supremo told Le Revenu: “It wouldn’t be any problem. I would be proud of it.
“If PSG wants to buy Tanguy Ndombele there is no problem.
“There is no unhealthy quarrel with the PSG leaders. Nasser Al Khelaifi is a loyal and brilliant man whom I admire.”
While Aulas may admire those at the helm in the French capital, he is not a fan of state-owned clubs.
He added: “I am not in favour of state funds taking control of a football club.
“With PSG and Manchester City, a form of unfair competition has set in and I would like the institutions that regulate football to be interested in this subject in order to preserve sport and economic equity.
“Football clubs must remain in the hands of private investors in the name of sporting equality.”
Lyon are among those finding it impossible to compete with big-spending PSG in Ligue 1, with their mindset having shifted towards being competitive while producing and nurturing saleable assets.
Aulas said: “Player transfers have become a recurring activity for the football club, whereas in the past this element wasn’t as prominent.
“It's a key part of our business model. Especially since Olympique Lyonnais is one of the top European clubs in terms of player development.
“For example, the French Under-19 team has six players from Olympique Lyonnais. The sale of our players in the coming years will continue the process.”
Along with Ndombele, the likes of Nabil Fekir, Houssem Aouar and Ferland Mendy are also generating plenty of transfer talk at Lyon.
Steman
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This guy is a player that will bring trophies, glory and untold ability to play different formations.. The key point here is he makes our midfield robust and, strong and versatile.. Most importantly, he is EPL ready, he will slot in the midfield and make the midfield better , defence better and he is very young .. This can be the making of a dynasty with youth players like Chong and co to come through the academy.. Woodward this is a no brainier..
surrounded
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There are so many players linked to both clubs that this "maybe" just another story. However United are in more need of a C/M than City are with Fellaini leaving that place open in the squad. Matic is coming on in age & Fred has not yet settled United would be very strong with a better offer than City or Juve. I am not saying that City cant match or better it I just feel that United are in need much more.
masaboot
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If our president decides to sell him (which is not certain, we are not Monaco, we tend to keep our players for a little while) I think Ndombélé might choose United over City and Juventus for a simple reason: it would allow him to link up with Pogba and, therefore, give him a big advantage for the French national team. Plus, United are now looking like a team that could compete for the title next season and, with a few signings, especially in defense, could even go far in the Champions League again.
poser
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If Lindelof can keep his form and Bailly stops being so rash and so easily dragged out of position they could be a top partnership imo.Would sign this lad(very impressive),Promote Mason Greenwood from the U23's who can play on the right(All across the front 3 positions tbf).Sell Lukaku.Give Dalot more game time at rb,and sign a young cb if we can't promote one from the youth teams.In a perfect World that is
getaway
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simple as usual: if the player's smart he will choose city and improves under the best manager in the world but if he's got a stupid agent and goes for the better offer he'll end up at old trafford like the microbrain alexis sanchez...
juggernaut
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- France has been producing some very good young players lately; If only French teams (Paris SG aside) could keep some of them for longer, Ligue 1 would be top class