Presented as ” one of the future best centre-backs in Europe » by André Villas-Boas, upon his arrival in July 2020, Leonardo Balerdi unanimous or almost with the supporters of theOM. The 24-year-old Argentinian defender is not a reliable player for the top 5 of Ligue 1 (and for the Champions League), he who makes big mistakes every game.
The ex-Boca Juniors player was thus put on the transfer market before the summer, but Olympian president Pablo Longoria has obviously not received any concrete offer for Balerdi. He will stay and Foot Mercato thus indicates that Marcelino, the successor of Igor Tudor, exchanged with the Argentine to entrust him with all the good he thought of him.
The Spanish technician would like to make Balerdi part of his defensive block, while Chancel Mbemba, sometimes sparkling, and Samuel Gigot, cleaner than Balerdi, seem to form the ideal hinge of a 4-4-2. Isaak Touré, back from a conclusive loan from AJ Auxerre, is the 4th central defender in the hierarchy of the Marseille workforce.
