The Zhegrova soap opera will finally end. While Olympique de Marseille has already got their hands on Arthur Vermeeren, potentially to compensate for the departure of Adrien Rabiot, and soon await the arrival of Emerson (West Ham) before the end of the transfer window, Monday evening, the Edon Zhegrova file completely tilted in recent hours. OM priority and already agree with the Marseille club, as Olivier Létang, the president of Lille, 26-year-old Kosovar, had to leave the LOSC confirmed, but not to join the Canebière.
“I said that in my opinion, he will not go to OM. We want to keep him, but I told him that he had an outing door in the event of an interesting offer, I had given him my word. He gave a lot to us, he has less eleven months of contract. The player's desire is to play the Champions League in a big club. If everyone is there, I do not intend to block it ”assured the president of the DOGUES, after the broad victory in Lorient on Saturday (7-1), where Zhegrova had not been summoned.
A transfer to more than 20 M €
As we recently revealed, the Phocaeans have nevertheless formulated a first offer to LOSC in recent hours, but another club has also taken action: Juventus. We also explained to you that the agent of the Lille striker, who has never broken contact with the old lady, pushes for his part to advance Juve, who also holds an agreement with him. According to information from Fabrizio Romanoa total agreement was reached between the player and the old lady and, lately, the LOSC also agreed with the Bianconeri for a transfer up to just over 20 million euros.
Edon Zhegrova will even fly away and should be in Turin by this evening to pass his medical examination, before signing his contract and becoming a new element of the attack by Igor Tudor. In addition, Juventus is also a step to seal the departure of Nico Gonzalez to Atlético de Madrid, which was necessary to be able to finalize the arrival of Kosovar. A blow for Olympique de Marseille, which will have to find other tracks in the last hours of the transfer window before Monday evening, 8 p.m.
