This is historic for a club playing in one of the five major championships on the continent and called upon to play in Europe: no player came to strengthen the OM squad during the summer transfer window. This despite the departure of around ten elements. Tuesday at 8 p.m., the curtain fell on the gloomy Olympians market. Marseillais constrained and forced into austerity by UEFA and the National Directorate of Management Control.
Despite the approximately 80 million euros collected this summer – not to mention the drastically reduced payroll – the team now coached by Bruno Genesio could not afford the luxury of an adjustment. “ Even very low-cost solutions are incompatible with the financial situation of the club, whose payroll is not within the limits set by the DNCGLa Provence announced yesterday. In these conditions, no free player, like Karl Toko-Ekambi tracked to expand the offensive sector, will place his bundle at the foot of the Good Mother. The payroll cannot increase, even by a few thousand euros. »
However, since the description of this Marseille posture, a new player has left the boat – Dutch midfielder Quinten Timber – transferred to London and Crytal Palace for 20 million euros. With the saving of a heavy salary estimated at 320,000 euros per month. Can OM therefore consider the arrival of a joker or footballer free of any commitment? The question certainly arises again.
A midfielder far too tight
These days, rumor has it that the club now led by Stéphane Richard has reached an agreement in principle with former international midfielder Tanguy Ndombele. An experienced player who over the last two years has played in Nice – when he was not injured – for salaries of around 150,000 euros per month.
Quinten Timber gone, the Marseille midfield is now limited to Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg, Himad Abdelli, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Tochukwu Nnadi; and the last two listed were injured on Sunday in Monaco. A contingent certainly a little tight to ensure the daily life of Ligue 1 in addition to the Europa League which the Marseillais must attack in two weeks.
