He landed in Marseille with a flattering reputation. CJ Egan-Riley is the first defensive reinforcement of theOM. From the age of 22, this English defender was recruited free after his contract expired in Burnley, where he had made a very consistent season.
A yield that has reinforced its rating on the transfer market. By attaching the services of Egan-Riley, Olympique de Marseille has taken over many competitors. In England, Crystal Palace or West Ham had checked its name, just like AC Milan or FC Porto in other European countries.
Roberto de Zerbi, OM coach.
On the other hand, the Racing Club of Strasbourg was not interested in the 22 -year -old Englishman. This is what Pierre Ménès, close to the Alsatian club, revealed this week on his YouTube channel.
Menès denies a rumor
“” I almost only read false information on Racing. Whose biggest is that of Egan-Riley, Tonnée Ménès. I asked Marc (Keller) three or four times, and he told me every time he had never heard of it. So either Blue & Co does his recruitment in his corner and does not even inform the president of the club, which seems to me a little surprising, or it's false. »»
And Pierre Ménès to castigate the transfer window system. “” I covered transfers to the newspaper L'Équipe for many years. You are told that transfers will represent so many columns today. When you have three columns to fill, you must fill them. So, you call agents, who never give you info on their players, but who give you about the players of others. »»