Regardless of the Alexis Sanchez case, still on stand-by for the moment, OM must quickly recruit in attack. The names of Wissam Ben Yedder or Folarin Balogun come up insistently.
In less than a month, Olympique de Marseille will play its European future with the third preliminary round of the Champions League. And if there is not yet fire at the lake, the transfer window of Pablo Longoria and Javier Ribalta is struggling to start. For now, only one rookie has settled in Provence in the person of Geoffrey Kondogbia, a sizeable reinforcement for Marcelino’s midfielder.
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Nevertheless, the Spanish coach is not going to be satisfied with it and is waiting for two or three reinforcements on the side positions and just as much in attack, the ex-coach of FC Valence being a follower of 4-4-2. Ideally, he would therefore like to be able to count on four leading players (two starters and two understudy). But for the moment, OM only have a center forward with Vitinha, Alexis Sanchez no longer being under contract with Marseille since June 30.
Ben Yedder not suited to the Marcelino method?
According to information from L’Equipe, Pablo Longoria is busy finding the rare pearls in this position, but some files are already to be forgotten. This is for example the case of the one leading to Wissam Ben Yedder, at the end of his contract with AS Monaco at the end of June 2024. The Monegasque captain is perfectly suited to a system with two attackers and it is often in this arrangement that he has shone in the past. But at 32, his profile doesn’t really match Marcelino’s style “We let OM know. The track is therefore to be stored nicely at the bottom of a drawer.
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Marseille fans can do the same with the one leading to Arsenal striker (22), Folarin Balogun. Author of a brilliant season on loan at Stade de Reims, the Gunners striker is “too expensive” for Marseille at this stage of the transfer window. Same observation for the Iliman Ndiaye track, who shone in English D2 with Sheffield but who is too expensive for OM at the moment.
Balogun too expensive, Taremi and Azmoun not targeted
The tracks Mehdi Taremi (Porto) and Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen) are on the ropes of Marseille financially… but the two players, sometimes associated with the Marseille club, are not tracks explored in depth by Pablo Longoria and Javier Ribalta. Therefore, there is seriously reason to wonder what surprise(s) the OM staff has in store for us. Because the reinforcements are waiting in attack and for the moment, no rumor stands out seriously.
