Overview
- Marseille announced an agreement in principle to recruit Gomes as a free agent once his Lille contract expires at the end of this month.
- The 24-year-old midfielder passed up reported interest from West Ham and Tottenham to join the Ligue 1 runners-up.
- Gomes featured 134 times for Lille and earned four England caps after leaving Manchester United in 2020.
- He will reunite with former United academy teammate Mason Greenwood at the Stade Vélodrome next season.
- England U21 defender CJ Egan-Riley is also set to join Marseille after formally rejecting a new deal at Burnley.