Max-Edgar Chabot Rejects Angers Contract for Manchester City Move

SCO Angers are bracing themselves for another blow in goal. Max-Edgar Chabot, the highly rated 18-year-old goalkeeper schooled at the club, has rejected his first professional contract and is closing in on a move to Manchester City, according to Le Parisien.

For Angers, it cuts deep. The club had already watched Hervé Koffi slip away earlier in the summer. Koffi shone on loan from RC Lens last season, but the financial reality bit hard: Angers were simply priced out of making the Burkina Faso international’s stay permanent. The solution was pragmatic rather than glamorous — Anthony Lopes, a free agent after leaving FC Nantes, brought in to steady the position.

Now the future is walking out of the door as well.

Le Parisien reports that while nothing has been signed yet, talks over Chabot’s move to the Premier League champions are at an advanced stage and an agreement could be sealed in the coming days. For City, it fits a familiar pattern: move early, secure elite potential, and add another promising name to a crowded stable of young talent.

Chabot has been progressing through Angers’ youth ranks, featuring for the club’s U19 side, and his reputation has been building quietly but steadily. His inclusion in France’s U17 squad for last autumn’s U17 World Cup underlined how highly he is regarded at national level.

For Angers, it is a brutal snapshot of the modern market. A homegrown prospect, developed in-house, now seemingly destined to leave before even signing his first professional deal. For Manchester City, it is another long-term bet on a teenager who has already caught the eye on the international stage.

If the move goes through as expected, Angers will be left to rebuild once again in a position that has already caused them enough headaches this summer, while Chabot swaps the familiar surroundings of his formative club for the unforgiving competition of a European superpower.