The winter transfer window was again hectic at Olympique de Marseille. Particularly in his last moments, the Marseille leaders closing in extremis the arrivals of Amar dedic and Ismaël Bennacer. Two names among the dozens envisaged by Pablo Longoria and his teams.
The goal was clear for the sky and white this winter.
“Improve the workforce, settle what we had not been able to do in August”said Medhi Benatia in an interview with the team. And the sports director is already turned to next summer, where he could notably be tempted to bring Paul Pogba, a time envisaged for this summer.
Aymeric Laporte has already said yes to OM
“We thought about it, we wanted to do it. The problem: if we bring in a Paul Pogba who is not yet “made”, does it make sense to rock the balances, with the media side around, for a player who will not be able to participate in this End of the season? I know why OM is a project that speaks to him, why he would surely have liked to come, he explained. We will follow the evolution over the six months, and if there is something to do, we would be delighted to have a player like Paul Pogba to give us a hand next year, if the opportunity is present ”
But OM would already have other in mind names, including that of Aymeric Laporte. Medhi Benatia would have been maintained with the Spanish European champion this winter and the native of Agen, exiled to Al-Nassr since his departure from Manchester City, was allegedly seduced by the speech of the Olympian sports director. To the point of giving his agreement to join the sky and white.
The case could not ultimately have been done due to financial considerations, but it could only be awarded. The Franco-Spanish defender is however not the only one to have been approached by OM since Kalidou Koulibaly, also seduced by the Marseille project, and Jean-Clair Todibo were also contacted. And it would have been the same by Marcus Rashford, less excited to join the L1 …
