By attracting players from the caliber of Adrien Rabiot or Mason Greenwood less than a year ago, theOlympique de Marseille crossed a milestone to win a precious second place in Ligue 1, synonymous with return to the Champions League. But this is only the first floor of the rocket.
The next transfer window is even more animated for the Marseille club, which has absolutely no attention to do figuration in the most prestigious competition.
Mehdi Benatia, a successful retraining.
A few days ago, Mehdi Benatia made a point on the rest. “” Pablo has trusted me, Pablo asked me to come and help him on this project, it's a project that is close to my heart, I said it last week, it's different from a football player career, it's much more responsibility, we have a whole club between quotes in management. With Pablo, we are 100%invested. We have the confidence of the boss. We cannot afford to thwart. I'm here, as long as you can bring something, as long as Pablo needs me as long as Olympique de Marseille needs me. This club deserves the Champions League. We have 3 French clubs, we cannot not have OM, it's an anomaly. We are going to cut a week and leave by doing a nice team, keep the best elements and have the maximum stability»»
Benatia sets the tone for the OM transfer window
Keep the best elements, like Adrien Rabiot, but also attract other big fish to strengthen the team in all lines. The name of Leroy Sané has started to circulate, and Benatia did not deny. Better still, the director of football assured that any renowned player at the end of the contract would be in the viewfinder of OM.
“C'is simple, all the players at the end of the contract, we tried them. So afterwards, he can come, he may not come. Sometimes you have an agent who tells you, you feel that he is a little surprised by the call because he says to himself but wait for how they plan to pay it. Me, I always said that when you make a phone call, you lose 20 minutes, 15 minutes, you present a project, it costs nothing (…) We want to strengthen behind, we know that in front, we will also have to do something. We want to wear a little more than one, a few more players capable of provoking, eliminating on the sides. We know that in the idea of football, in any case, of the coach, it is important. So there you go, we will try to bring back quality players, players who can bring a real added value to this club. We will try to make a mix. Afterwards, it is sure that when you play 55 games, as we hope to play them next year with the European Cup. We will have to be ready every weekend and every Tuesday on Wednesdays to go and play in Madrid, Manchester, whatever with your head high, and make a match worthy of what we want to do. Afterwards, we will strengthen ourselves with our possibilities. We did, I think, already last summer a big job, with players like Rabiot, like Højbjerg, like Mason, Gouiri in January, the coach of Zerbi, without European Cup. I am not worried, there are players. Marseille, it has always attracted good players, and that is not right that it changes». The tone is set.
