The decisive hours for the arrival of Lawrence Vigouroux in the Premier League

The analogy works perfectly. Laurent Vigouroux begins the countdown to the big take-off of his career. At 29, the Chilean goalkeeper of English origin is about to make the most important leap of his career. Burnley, who were promoted to the Premier League last season, have him among their targets. The approaches were formal and intense .

The agreement could be formalized at the beginning of next week. Between Monday and Tuesday, in fact . Coach Vincent Kompany endorsed the signing of the goalkeeper, who has just had a brilliant campaign in Leyton Orient , which he helped promote to League One, the third tier of British football. He was, in fact, the best goalkeeper in the promotion category: 24 clean gates in 45 games justified the siege .

Regardless of Vigouroux’s performance, who came through the minor divisions of Liverpool and Tottenham before starting a tour which included Hyde United and Swindon in England, Waterford in Ireland and at Everton in Chile there is another key element: the goalkeeper is free after ending his relationship with Leyton Orient.

The situation is, in a way, strategic: the club was ready to retain him. Vigouroux and his entourage have chosen to freeze this negotiation precisely according to the proposals that it could receive according to a time of consecration.

The agreement with Burnley is close. In fact, it depends on the strictly formal aspects. The Kompany team traveled to Portugal to carry out the pre-season. Upon his return, in addition to fine-tuning the details related to the contract, which were left in the hands of his agent, the Chilean goalkeeper must undergo the medical examinations that precede the process. what he has always dreamed of: signing the contract that will unite him to a team playing in the competition, considered by many to be the most demanding in the world.

There is another crucial element: Kompany urgently needs a goalkeeper given the difficulties it has encountered in closing other ongoing operations with the same objective.

Vigouroux, on the other hand, has no doubts. In addition to the qualitative leap that this would give in terms of competition, It will also significantly improve their economic conditions, an important aspect considering their age. although the position in which he works still leaves him a large margin to prolong his career.

There is another key element for the goalkeeper: Arrival in the Premier League would allow him to reposition himself as an alternative for the national team even more given the distance that Eduardo Berizzo has taken from the only national goalkeeper who is in the first line of world football: Claudio Bravo.

In this context, Vigouroux had already received a warning, albeit from a previous coach of the Reds: Reinaldo Rueda had ordered him to seek more demanding competition than English League Two if he was to continue to be on the national team’s radar . He admitted this in an interview with El Deportivo after being announced by Everton. If you sign for Burnley, you will have fulfilled the requirement.