Winner of Nantes last Sunday at the Vélodrome (2-0), at the end of the 24e Ligue 1 day, OM was able to bounce back after its missteps in Auxerre (0-3) a week earlier. So that before the reception of Lens on Saturday evening, Marseille still occupies second place in the ranking with three lengths ahead of Nice. The objective of returning to the Champions League next season is therefore on the way to being reached.
A success that the sky and white owes to a player: Leonardo Balerdi. According to his coach Roberto de Zerbi, the Argentinian defender (26) is largely under-coated, which is an excellent thing for him. “I hope the major European teams will never realize that Balerdi existshe lets go. I tell myself every night before falling asleep, I'm glad he passed under the radars of the big teams. »»
And the Italian technician to qualify his captain of
“Extraordinary player”. Arrived on the Old Port in July 2020, for 12 million euros from Borussia Dortmund (paid loan of € 1 million then transfer of € 11 million), the native of Villa Mercedes is now valued at 20 million euros by the specialized site Transfermarkt. And his contract binds him to the Marseille club until 2028, which does not put the leaders urgently to extend it or sell it.
Leonardo BALERDI happy at OM
That's good, because Leonardo Balerdi is happy on the side of the Vélodrome stadium and fulfilled under the orders of “RDZ”, which he also praises. “It is beautiful. I do not know if it is good to say that, but he is a little crazy by his passion for football. Here in Marseille, we need people like thathe confides in an interview with Provence. It was the coach who taught me the most. But he lets nothing pass, neither the slightest control, nor the slightest pass. »»
“Even if sometimes you get angry with him, you know he does it in your interest and that it makes you progresshe adds. It is like that with all the players, even those who do not play or come from the pro 2. I hope it will stay very long here. »» After the recent controversies linked to arbitration, the Transalpine coach said that OM would be his last club in France. But he did not specify in how long he intended to fold luggage.
