He only wore the colors of theMarseille Olympic only one season, during the 2016-17 campaign. A sufficient period of time to stack up 20 goals in Ligue 1 and leave excellent memories on the Canebière.
A renowned scorer in the French championship landscape, Bafétimbi Gomis had a brief but notable stint at Olympique de Marseille. The former French international, who also distinguished himself with AS Saint-Etienne and Olympique Lyonnais, has forgotten nothing about this period.
OM, an unforgettable memory for Gomis
In an interview given to Aim! Football Clubthe center forward said all the good things he thought of OM. “ It was a wonderful year, a pleasant surprise. I expected to suffer mentally, psychologically, because it was Marseille, because I was close to my family. But I had my best season in the elite. »
“That’s where I was most prolific in L1,
continued Gomis. It was a year when Marseille needed me, but I needed OM even more. It was a great institution that had put Lassana Diarra back on track, and I came from the region, I wanted to get involved,” concluded the attacker, originally from La Seyne-sur-Mer in the Var.