Manchester United are closing in on the signing of former Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha on a free transfer, according to reports. The Albanian international shot-stopper has left the Italian club after 10 years in Rome after initially joining Lazio's academy way back in 2012.
Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag could be about to land Thomas Strakosha (Image: GETTY)
Thomas Strakosha is a free agent after leaving Lazio last month (Image: GETTY)
He held extensive talks with the Cottagers before the move collapsed due to an unexpected snag.
Express Sport understands that super-agent Pini Zahavi, who had been working on the Cottagers' deal to sign another client Manor Solomon from Shakhtar Donetsk with fellow representative Shlomy Ben Ezra, became reluctant to broker a transfer for Strakosha following the initial collapse of the Israeli international winger's move to west London.
Back in April, Solomon had agreed to join Fulham for around £6.4m (Shakhtar were also set to receive 15 per cent future sale profit) before complications put the deal at risk of collapse.
The unwanted knock-on effect for Fulham was that their separate move for Strakosha also stalled due to tensions between the two parties behind the scenes.
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