This summer, Olympique de Marseille decided to hit hard on the transfer market. Seventh in Ligue 1 last season, the Phocéens want to return to the top of the championship and are putting the financial means on their side to achieve this. Thus, more than 60 million euros have already been spent with the arrivals of Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Ismaël Koné (Watford), Bamo Meïté (Lorient), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham) and Lilian Brassier (Brest).
On other issues such as Valentin Carboni (Inter Milan) or Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), Olympique de Marseille wants to offer the best possible team to its coach Roberto De Zerbi. With this in mind, the Marseillais continue to prospect on the other side of the Channel and have decided that Perfidious Albion will be their hunting ground. According to The AthleticOM has decided to take action for a Liverpool executive.
Liverpool reject OM’s offer
Indeed, the British media reports an official approach and even an offer for Wataru Endo (31 years old), the Reds midfielder. This would reach 11.8 million pounds or 14 million euros for the Japanese defensive midfielder who arrived for 20 million euros from Stuttgart a year ago. Adapting quickly under the orders of Jürgen Klopp, the Yokohama native had played 43 matches with the Reds (2 goals and 1 assist) by forming a solid trio with Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Olympique de Marseille’s approach was logically rejected by Liverpool for the Japanese international (62 caps and 3 goals). Entering into Arne Slot’s plans, Wataru Endo is not pushed towards the departure by the Reds who will have difficulty finding such an interesting replacement for the Japanese. It remains to be seen whether this first refusal from Liverpool will push OM to revise its offer upwards…
