It is now official: Chancel Mbemba will not be part of the Olympian group on the move in Italy. The former defensive pillar of OM is dismissed, a news which surprises more by its confirmation than by its surprise. For several months, the Congolese has been kept away from the first team following an open conflict with management. And this sidelining, validated by Roberto de Zerbi and Pablo Longoria, seems irrevocable.
Despite the glaring needs in defense, Mbemba will not find the pro group. Since the start of the season, he has been blacklisted for disciplinary and relational reasons. The 30 -year -old defender, who had played 40 games in 2023/2024 and was among the most used players, no longer entered the plans. His refusal to leave the club last summer, preferring to honor his contract, held the breakup a little more.
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The internship in Rome was to allow the group to tighten around the coach and prepare for the end of the season. The absence of a Mbemba, which will train with the reserve, sends a clear message: no reintegration is on the agenda. Even defense absences do not change this firm position, assumed by management. The club favors short -term cohesion, even if it means going from an experienced player.
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The Mbemba case illustrates a situation where neither the player nor the club stand out. The Congolese sacrificed an entire high -level season, and OM had to tinker without a sure value of its workforce. This impasse, symptomatic of internal tensions, leaves a bitter taste, especially in times of fight for Europe.
A few weeks before the end of the season, the divorce seems final. Except improbable turnaround, Chancel Mbemba will leave Marseille this summer. An expected departure, which will put an end to a story as intense as it is brutally shortened.
