WestHamUnited

Manchester City have agreement to sign Stefan Ortega if Zack Steffen goes

23-Jun-2022 11:27:22 | The Guardian

• Ortega leaving Arminia Bielefeld and keeper wants to join City
• West Ham increasingly confident over Alphonse Areola deal

Manchester City have a verbal agreement to sign the goalkeeper Stefan Ortega as backup to Ederson if Zack Steffen leaves in search of more game time. Ortega’s contract at Arminia Bielefeld expires at the end of this month and the 29-year-old German, who has also played for 1860 Munich, has made City his preferred destination.

He started all but one of Arminia’s Bundesliga games last season, missing the other because he had Covid, and played every minute for the club in the league in 2020-21.