Concern is mounting at OM, while Pablo Longoria has only recruited Geoffrey Kondogbia since the start of the summer transfer window.
Accustomed to closing his transfer windows in just a few weeks, Pablo Longoria is a little behind on his usual passing times. The month of July has begun and the president of Olympique de Marseille has only one rookie on the clock, Geoffrey Kondogbia, poached from Atlético de Madrid for 7 million euros. A reinforcement of weight certainly, but which does not on its own mask the many shortcomings within the workforce of OM one month before the third preliminary round of the Champions League.
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Marseille has only one striker (Vitinha) and one full-back (Clauss), two glaring lacks that are scary a few weeks before the start of the competition. But for Giovanni Castaldi, there is no reason to panic. On the set of La Chaîne L’Equipe, the journalist recalled that Pablo Longoria had taken time before making the right choice for the succession of Igor Tudor by appointing Marcelino and that logically, this had impacted the timing of the transfer window. This does not mean that the president of OM will not chain the signatures in the days to come to provide his new coach with a competitive workforce as soon as possible.
Towards a new Longoria masterclass in the transfer window?
“From a transfer window point of view, OM are late because Pablo Longoria usually anticipates things a lot. There, we see that the coach’s file took a long time. It was more complex than usual, there were a lot of discussions. Everyone knows that Marcelino is Pablo Longoria’s friend, it’s something that Longoria dreaded a lot knowing how to work with his friend. Marcelino has a huge reputation in Spain. For the recruitment of players, I’m not worried, Longoria knows how to go fast, it’s the part he masters best “ analyzed the consultant of the L’Equipe channel, firmly convinced that Pablo Longoria will still release a masterclass during this summer transfer window. No reason therefore to worry about OM supporters.
