With Andreas Pereira failing to make any headway in breaking into Simone Inzaghi’s side, the general belief was that he would return to Manchester United.
However, Lazio have since changed manager, and while he didn’t play all that much in the season that just finished, they are interested in bringing him back.
That will be coming from Igli Tare, their director of football, and there’s hope that things could be different next season under Maurizio Sarri.
Corriere della Sera report that while triggering the €27m purchase clause is ‘unthinkable’ for Lazio, they ‘will ask the English club to renew the loan for another season’ in order to see how the Brazilian fares in different tactics under a different leader.
That will be a boost to Manchester United, who might very well get the full benefits of a loan this time around, especially if Sarri is keen to use the versatile midfielder.
It would also save them from having to find a new club for a player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clearly has no use for, especially one contracted at the club until 2023.
