The recruitment of several full-backs is one of the priorities of the OM transfer window, which would like to offer Quentin Merlin, author of a good season in Nantes. In the opposite direction, the Canaries are interested in Jordan Amavi.
With the departures of Nuno Tavares, Issa Kaboré and Sead Kolasinac, Olympique de Marseille is devastated on the side positions. To date, Marcelino has only one specialist in this position in the person of Jonathan Clauss… and again, he is a piston who has never really played in a four-man defense. Suffice to say that for OM, it is urgent to recruit on both sides of the defense before the preliminary round of the Champions League which is looming in early August.
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In a press conference, Pablo Longoria and Marcelino confirmed the urgency of strengthening in this sector of play and obviously, the Marseille staff has great ideas… especially in Ligue 1. According to information from Quotidien du Sport, the ‘Olympique de Marseille is very interested in Quentin Merlin, author of a full season at FC Nantes to the point of joining the French U23 team, even if he missed the Euro on the gong due to an injury. to the adductors.
Quentin Merlin in the sights of OM
Estimated at 7 million euros, the 21-year-old Nantes left defender ticks all the boxes to join a club of the caliber of Marseille, which has a sizeable asset in its workforce to lower the bill for a potential transfer of Quentin Merlin. Indeed, as indicated elsewhere, Jordan Amavi – back from loan to OM this summer – does not leave the Canaries leaders unmoved, who would like to relaunch the former defender of OGC Nice. A great asset for OM to lower the bill, especially since Javier Ribalta confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday that Jordan Amavi would not be reinstated in the group after his inconclusive loan to Getafe last season.
