Olympique de Marseille maintains an exceptional popularity rating in France.
If Olympique de Marseille intends to strengthen itself during this summer transfer window, the Marseille club can boast of counting on its power of attractiveness. Across the country, many elite players maintain a particular affection for OM, as illustrated by the versatile attacker of Racing Club de Lens, Florian Sotoca.
In an interview with JDD, Sotoca explained that several members of his family were OM supporters. ” This is my passion. From a very young age, my father took me to the stadium to watch my friends play. Marseille wasn’t far away, he was a big OM fan like almost all of my family, he was even in Munich in 1993. As a kid, I often went to the Stade Vélodrome. »
Mercato OM: an opportunity to seize?
Forged by a very atypical career in the amateur world before his emergence among the professionals, Sotoca would have liked to wear the colors of Olympique de Marseille, even if he came across several well-known names in the club.
“I always had in me the idea of becoming a professional. I signed in Martigues, in Béziers, then Roland Courbis and Montpellier gave me a trial and offered me my first professional contract, in 2014. I made an entry into L1 and a few Cup matches. I didn’t play much, but I trained with players like Hilton, Sanson, Roussillon… Great pride”, he concluded. Enough to give ideas to the sports management of Olympique de Marseille to expand its offensive sector?
