This time, it’s almost certain. Unless an improbable miracle occurs, we will never see Chancel Mbemba again in the Olympique de Marseille jersey. The point of no return has been reached between the two parties.
Already suspended once at the start of the season, the Congolese full-back has just been suspended again. And this time, it’s a safe bet that the Olympian management won’t be satisfied with a slap on the wrist. The former Newcastle player is heading straight for dismissal.
Mbemba and OM irreconcilable
According to L’Equipe, the criticism levelled at Mbemba is that he missed two medical exams. Previously, he had also been guilty of missing call-ups with the reserve team. The player in question had very little taste for the sidelining pronounced against him by Roberto De Zerbi and since then he has done everything to put himself at fault. At his own risk.
It should be noted that the dispute between the player and the club also stems from a disagreement over the treatment of an injury. Victim of a contusion in his left knee against PSG at the end of March, Mbemba sometimes experiences pain in this area. He ignored it and tried to return in April, but the medical staff would have liked him to undergo surgery, an arthroscopy, in the off-season. The player has always refused, until now, claiming that he was 100% operational.
