Mercato: An OM striker will join Turkey

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By: Manu Tournoux

The summer transfer window is not yet over for Olympique de Marseille. If the next few weeks should be calm in terms of arrivals, this is not the case in terms of departures. The Marseille management wishes to reduce its payroll by recording certain departures.

Indeed, a player from the Olympian workforce would be very close to joining the championship thing. According to information from Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, the leaders of OM have agreed with those of Fenerbahçe for the transfer of Marseille striker Cengiz Ünder.

The former AS Roma player should pass his medical examination in the next few hours with the club thing. Arrived at OM in the summer of 2021, Under alternated the good and the bad in the Marseille jersey. Often used last season by Igor Tudor (46 matches in all competitions), the Turkish international did not necessarily fit into the plans of the new coach Marcelino.

At the end of the contract in June 2025 with OM, the Turks should pay a sum of around 15 million euros to secure the services of Cengiz Under.

With the arrival of certain offensive elements but also a change of tactical device (4-4-2), the Spaniard was not going to include the 26-year-old player in his rotation.

In the ranks of “Fener”, he will play in the Europa League Conference. The thing club finished in second place last season behind Galatasaray.

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