Olympique de Marseille is the most active French club in the transfer window. And this should continue in the months to come…
“ From a sporting point of view, Pablo Longoria has been responsible for recruitment since he became head of this club. And even before being the president since he was sports director. There are 52 movements per transfer window. The coaches, he is unable to extend them or make them stay, they all leave one after the other. » This unequivocal observation by journalist Bertrand Latour reflects well general opinion in the environment of Olympique de Marseillethese last weeks.
Often praised for his powerful network and his foresight in matters of sports policy, Pablo Longoria is at the bottom of the wave. The strategy of the president of Olympique de Marseille has been singled out by many observers. And if the choices of the last two transfer periods are not bearing fruit for the moment, the last few years had been just as unstable.
97 transfers for OM Longoria! The completely crazy number
The L’Équipe Channel focused on the number of transfers recorded by Olympique de Marseille over the past three years. Over the year 2021, the media recorded 14 arrivals and 14 departures, or 28 transfers in total. A year later, in 2022, OM recorded 18 arrivals for 19 departures. And in 2023, 15 arrivals and 17 departures enlivened the club’s transfer window periods. In total, Olympique de Marseille recorded around a hundred movements over three calendar years – 97 to be exact – combining all transfer periods. A mind-blowing figure which has not gone unnoticed in the current context.
