At the end of hectic weeks, OM concluded on Monday a most lively summer transfer window, with no less than 12 recruits on arrival, including four recorded during the very last day of the market: Nayef Aguerd, Emerson Palmieri, Matt O'riley and Benjamin Pavard. Lately, such a number of reinforcements will have involved many departures, and generated disappointments.
This is the case this Wednesday for five Olympians set aside in the perspective of the Champions League. Sports project requires. But not only. UEFA rules are strictest as for the elements possibly eligible for the famous list A. A group of 25 players maximum, including eight necessarily trained locally.
Les Ruben Blanco, Ulisses Garcia, Pol Lirola, Amine Harit and Neal Maupay are found on the tile. Profiles already more or less demoted in the mind of Roberto de Zerbi, essentially with these players-if not the Swiss lateral Ultisses Garcia-lively encouragement to find a way out these days. Why not in Türkiye, Belgium, Saudi Arabia or Mexico where the markets still remain open at this time.
8 survivors only in the field
On arrival, in addition to the goalkeepers, only eight survivors of the season spent by field players will have the opportunity to (re) discover the C1 in the Marseille jersey. This is the case of Balerdi and Murillo in defense; from Kondogbia, Höjbjerg and Nadir in the midfield; de Gouiri, Greenwood and Vaz in attack. Note that OM will be able to strengthen further via a list B including a possible third goalkeeper and young people from the training center like Darryl Bakola or Keyliane Abdallah in particular.
The 22 players selected by De Zerbi for the Champions League:
Guardians: Rulli, de Lange.
Defenders: Egan-Riley, Balerd, Aguerd, Pavard, Medina, Emerson, Murillo.
Environment: Angel Gomes, O'riley, Vermeeren, Kondogbia, Hamed Traoré, Timothy Weah, Höjbjerg, Nadir.
Attackers: Gouiri, Greenwood, Paixao, Vaz, Aubameyang.
