While the Rabiot affair and the decision of the leaders of Olympique de Marseille to transfer it still make a lot of noise, the club is accelerating to find its replacement. Medhi Benatia said on RMC on Wednesday that it was impossible for him to find a recruit of the level of the French international in such a short time. But it would seem that the director of football of OM still has some ideas to calm the people.
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Sport.esOlympique de Marseille would have checked an unexpected name to strengthen its midfield: that of Marc Casado, the 20 -year defensive midfielder from FC Barcelona. Captain of young people from the Catalan club a few years ago, Spanish is considered one of the most promising players of its generation, recognized for its large volume of play, its recovery capacity, but also its quality of pass and its technical facilities.
30 million is playable?
Casado, however, comes out of a complicated end of the season, marked by an injury, and the density in the midfield of Barça (Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Pedri or Fermin Lopez) does not play in his favor. The Blaugrana club would not be opposed to a departure, provided you receive an offer that lives up to its expectations. The fixed price would be around 30 million euros, a substantial but not unrealistic amount for an ambitious European club which posed this amount on the table to recruit the Brazilian winger Igor Peaceao for example.
Nevertheless, Marseille is not alone on this file: other clubs, especially in the Premier League, closely monitor the situation of the player, whose profile seduces far beyond Ligue 1. In view of the competition and the price requested, nothing indicates that this transfer is simple to materialize. And above all, it is difficult to say if this type of bet will be enough to appease supporters scalded by the incidents of the last days …
