Launched in the starting eleven on the occasion of the Champions League match against Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday (4-0), Arthur Vermeeren made a big impression with theOlympique de Marseille.
Active to recover the ball, precise in its use, the Belgian midfielder has scored points for the rest of the season. A great satisfaction for OM, which had bet on this promising player for a long time.
Mehdi Benatia, an omnipresent leader.
Mehdi Benatia notably indicated that the midfielder loaned by Leipzig has been followed for over a year, but his arrival had been capped in 2024.
A longtime file for OM
“Arthur, he's a great player, we missed it a year before, explained the director of football of OM. We had tried to take it already last year. Unfortunately, we had not succeeded. He's a top player. For his age, he already plays like an old one. First at the velodrome, we all told him a little bit to reassure him, but in his eyes, you already felt someone very quiet. »»
“He's a real football player, very happy for him. Even if he is only loaned, necessarily, if he goes on such performances and the project pleases him, I think it may be someone that we will have to see here for a few years“, Concluded the Moroccan leader.
