At the end of the 2024-2025 season, when OM had just loaned its second place in Ligue 1 to be released with ultimate success on Rennes at the Vélodrome, Medhi Benatia, the Marseille sports director, did not hide his ambition for the next exercise and his preparation. “” It's simple, all the top players at the end of the contract, we tried them “, Dixit the Olympian leader then on the BeIN Sports antenna.
The description thus made – top player at the end of the contract – sticks to the profile of a Kevin de Bruyne whose lease in Manchester City expires at the end of June, after 10 years of good and loyal service to the Skyblues. However, it turns out that OM has indeed tried to attract to its nets the experienced Belgian midfielder who will celebrate his 34th birthday on June 28.
According to the Corriere dello Sport, the Marseille management has tied up contact with the entourage of “KDB” to offer it a final European challenge before a possible lucrative departure for the United States or the Middle East. The Red Devil would have opted for Napoli. The Italian press going so far as to announce the programming of its medical examination in Rome on Monday.
De Bruyne's father drowns fish
This weekend, the father of Kevin de Bruyne, Herwig, quoted by the Belgian media Increfa, left the doubt about the choice of his son: “ Negotiations are still underway, in several directions. It is difficult to tell you more; There are still other possible destinations. Kevin analyzes them all and will have to decide himself … »»
Does OM still have a chance in this file? Pablo Longoria, a few days ago, did not seem frankly favorable to such recruitment. “” If we brought in a player with a salary much higher than that of the players we have in the workforce today – players who qualified us for the Champions League – it would destroy all the built balances, all the good things, all the good dynamics of the season “Souffled the president of the Olympians at the time of the balance sheet.
