OM will still recruit in attack

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By: Manu Tournoux

Despite an already spectacular transfer window on the offensive level, OM are obviously not satisfied.

The Marseillais would have finished their transfer window if we are to believe President Longoria, who on Monday in front of the press repeated these words: “From a numerical point of view, apart from the position of right side, we are complete . » Digging well however, this is not quite the case, the speech thus made by the boss of OM addressing more to an Alexis Sanchez who will have taken too long to return to the Olympians in this off-season.

In recent weeks, it is true that the Marseille management has not skimped on resources, recruiting on the offensive in particular Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ismaïla Sarr and Iliman Ndiaye. So many assets came to support a Vitinha very alone in peak, without forgetting the twirling Moroccan duo composed of Azzedine Ounahi and Amine Harit. On paper, OM can also count on Cengiz Ünder and Ruslan Malinovskyi for the time being. Two elements, however, not necessarily entering into Marcelino’s plans.

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The Ukrainian is announced leaving for a return to Serie A, in the ranks of Torino; the Turk, he could return to the fold, courted insistently by Fenerbahçe. If these departures were to materialize, Marseille would certainly not stop there. Also the Longoria-Ribalta tandem has already made contact with a winger likely to merge into the collective of the Spanish strategist aroused. A player well known in France for having made his classes in Rennes then Monaco.

Since January 2022, Wilson Isidor, 23, has been playing at Lokomotiv Moscow. He compiled there last season eight goals and three assists in 20 league matches. For a total of 19 achievements and seven offerings in 40 Russian outings. According to Foot Mercato, the former tricolor U20 international would be seduced by the Olympians project. Evaluated at 6 million euros on the specialized site Transfermarkt, he had been in advanced contact with OL this winter.