AS Monaco plays a real six-point match against OM this Sunday evening at the Vélodrome, at the end of the 13e act of the French championship. The opportunity for Eliesse Ben Seghir to shine once again, he who has already scored four goals and three assists in 12 Ligue 1 matches this season.
Since 2020, the young 19-year-old striker has evolved and grown in the cocoon of the Rock – a cozy nest that he joined at the age of 15, on the advice of his family, he confides, while Marseille also made eyes at him. “ Before joining ASM, it was the club where I was closest to signing. I was very close to signing there. But when Monaco calls you, it’s very hard to refuse… », breathes the person concerned as part of the Téléfoot program.
Salim signed with OM
“ My family also had a big impact on this choice which I don’t regret at all. I am very happy with it », concludes Eliesse Ben Seghir, who, given her trajectory, clearly made the right choice in leaving Aix-en-Provence for the Principality.
A year after missing Eliesse, OM managed to enlist the eldest of the Monegasque phenomenon, Salim, 21 years old today. The latter will however not be imposed in the Marseille city, sold this summer to Neuchâtel Xamax (Swiss D2) after having been loaned there for a season.