Successor to Pablo Longoria as president of Olympique de Marseille, Stéphane Richard will only take office this summer. However, the former president of Orange has already delivered his line of conduct regarding the transfer window. “There has been too much instability at this club in recent years. It’s complicated to make a team play well when a third or half of the squad changes each season “, he confided.
Since the arrival of Pablo Longoria as president of OM in the winter of 2021, the Olympian club has had a series of hectic transfer windows with no fewer than 142 arrivals and 139 departures. A profusion of transfers which illustrates the instability denounced by the future president of Ciel et Blanc.
However, the next transfer window may well be hectic again. At least if Habib Beye’s men fail to secure this precious qualification for the Champions League. And now four points behind fourth place with three days remaining, OM must hope for a miracle to join the top quartet.
A return to Brazil for Igor Paixao?
Mason Greenwood could see himself going elsewhere and the same goes for Igor Paixao, who became the most expensive player in the club’s history by landing in Marseille for some 35 million euros. And despite some successes in the Champions League and his 12 goals and 7 assists in 35 matches, the Brazilian did not meet the expectations placed on him and OM should be listening to offers for the former Feyenoord player.
To this end, according to Brazilian television, Palmeiras has checked his name for a transfer next summer. The leader of the Brazilian championship could nevertheless be cooled by the demands of the Marseille leaders, who are in fact planning to demand some 45 million euros to let their young player leave.
