Pablo Longoria and his right arm Javier Ribalta have often made good moves in the transfer window at OM. Their work underwater is almost as remarkable as that of detection. Ribalta appreciates this aspect of the job more than anything.
In an ever more competitive European football with colossal amounts of money, it is not easy for OM to do well. Pablo Longoria’s takeover was accompanied by a spending restriction imposed by Frank McCourt. The Marseille president was not bothered by this aspect. He was able to surprise his world with resounding transfers both by the names brought and by the suddenness of the arrivals. We naturally think of Chancel Mbemba, Alexis Sanchez or Ruslan Malinovskyi. The Marseille club was able to overtake its potential rivals on the files without the slightest difficulty.
Executing targets without noise, Javier Ribalta loves it!
A work in submarine due to the competence of Pablo Longoria and his teams. Javier Ribalta is one of the basic men of this device but the French do not necessarily know it. The Spaniard is very discreet in the media as in his work at OM. For once and in French, he spoke publicly. It was for the online show Les Réservistes. He gives the keys to his method for the transfer window. The most important concept in his eyes remains discretion.
“I like this moment when nobody knows, and there…boom” 💥@JavierRibalta evokes discretion during negotiations.
The football director of @OM_Official spoke for the second time in France 🎤
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— The Reservists (@lesreservistes1) July 7, 2023
Ribalta likes to act silently in negotiations and manage to surprise the public with his transfers. ” Today it’s hard to find a player who doesn’t talk to anyone. Either the agent, or the brother or the mother or whoever, there’s always someone who talks with a journalist, with a friend. We talk and it’s over. I really like this moment when nobody knows anything and the player comes and bam! “, he confided. A very personal joy that the OM supporters are beginning to share, as the beautiful names follow one another at the Vélodrome stadium.
