A new world champion in Ligue 1. After Paul Pogba with AS Monaco, Olivier Giroud with Lille and Florian Thauvin with Lens, Benjamin Pavard will evolve this season under the OM tunic.
Arrived in Marseille Monday evening in the form of a loan with purchase option, the French defender reinforces the rear line of Roberto de Zerbi. Versatile, capable of playing in the axis as on the right side, Pavard brings his experience to compensate for the departure of Adrien Rabiot to AC Milan.
Recruited by Inter Milan in 2023 after his visit to Bayern Munich, Pavard had played 38 games last season, scoring a goal and delivering a decisive pass. Currently in gathering with the French team, he will find Ligue 1 from September 12, nine years after his last appearance in the French elite with the DOGUES.
“It's a goodbye”
Its transfer occurs in the form of a paying loan of € 2.5 million, with a purchase option set at € 15 million. If Marseille wishes to keep Pavard at the end of the season, the club will therefore have to pay a total of € 17.5 million, almost half of what Inter had paid to recruit it to Bayern Munich in 2023.
Despite his arrival at OM, Pavard suggests that he could return to Lombardy. On Instagram, he wanted to address Inter supporters. “Thank you for your unwavering support. Inter forever. It's not a farewell, it's a goodbye “he writes, accompanying his message with a photo where he grabs the logo of the Italian club.
