The famous fringes are very close to frustrating the signing of Facundo Pellistri (18 years old) by Olympique de Lyon … and causing his arrival at Manchester United. The agreement between Peñarol and the French club was almost complete, in the absence of some details that the parties took for granted would be resolved on Tuesday. In fact, the flights were taken for the displacement of the player, who would land on Friday in France, with prior stopover in Madrid. However, the Montevideo entity received only a few minutes ago the communication from Old Trafford of its intention to pay the termination clause of the skilled attacker, of 10 million dollars, now about 8.5 euros.
At this time, sources involved in the negotiation explain to this newspaper, Manchester United is preparing the appropriate procedures to carry out the management. Meanwhile, he works to finish finishing the commitment with Pellistri, which will be for the next five seasons. In this way, Peñarol's '10' approaches Old Trafford … after having done it in the summer at Manchester City, which closed the conditions with him but did not achieve it with Peñarol.
After several meetings, the last one on Friday with a duration around six hours, the talks between Peñarol and Lyon broke down. The price had been set, 5 million euros plus 2 in variables for 60% of the pass, with the Uruguayan club keeping 40% of a future transfer. The boy, in turn, was leaving to link with the French until 2025. In those appeared United, whose first offer was rejected. From Old Trafford it was reported that the proposal would be uploaded and, finally, it is expected that it will be for the payment of the clause. That would leave Peñarol without a percentage of an eventual subsequent sale, something he considered key to his accounts.