It is not yet undesirable, but it may no longer be essential. Despite his status as captain and player with the most seniority in the workforce of theOlympique de MarseilleLeonardo Balerdi could be downgraded in the coming weeks.
The Argentinian international is weakened for multiple reasons. There is his performance, already. Inconspectant last season, Balerdi had the merit of emerging by contrast effect with defensive teammates even less efficient than him, like the very borrowed Derek Cornelius.
Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique de Marseille), against Valence on July 29.
This season, OM captain's performances are even more worrying. In great difficulty in the management of depth, Balerdi can no longer hide his deficiencies by his only quality of recovery. His copy in Lyon (0-1), weighed down by an error bringing the expulsion of CJ Egan Riley and a goal against his camp, symbolizes his hollow period.
Balerdi pushed towards the bench?
And then another parameter is likely to change the situation: the density of the defensive sector. OM struck hard by multiplying the signatures in this area to provide multiple options to Roberto E Zerbi. The Italian technician will still be able to rely on a defense at 5, or stay in a line at 4. In both cases, the cards are already redistributed.
Players with a well -stocked CV like Benjamin Pavard and Nayef Aguerd are called upon to settle naturally in the eleven, while the dothlessness Facundo Medina will return and offer another possibility. Leonardo Balerdi has known music, all this time: in Marseille, more than elsewhere, the wind turns quickly.
