Al-Ittihad club officials have been working hard recently to resolve the issue of contracting with a foreign goalkeeper, during the current summer transfer period, to compensate for the departure of Brazilian Marcelo Grohe.
According to reports, The Al-Ittihad administration is accelerating the pace to resolve the deal for Ederson, the Manchester City goalkeeper, to compensate for the departure of Marcelo Grohe for eternity.
Reports indicated that Ramon Planes, the Al-Ittihad’s sporting director He has 3 options to support the goalkeeper, namely the Brazilian Ederson, the Manchester City goalkeeper, the Frenchman Alfonso Areola, the West Ham goalkeeper, and the Slovenian Jan Oblak, the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper.
Al-Masadi confirmed that the major obstacle to Ederson’s transfer to Al-Ittihad is the large financial demands of his club, which forces the dean to turn towards the duo Areola and Jan Oblak, despite Ederson’s agreement to move to Al-Ittihad. .