OM under the spell of Hamed Junior Traoré

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By: Manu Tournoux

There is only one week left in this summer transfer window 2025 and Olympique de Marseille clearly started the second. The Marseille club which has already recruited Igor Peaceão (Feyenoord), Facundo Medina (RC Lens), Timothy Weah (Juventus), Angel Gomes (Lille OSC), CJ Egan-Riley (Burnley) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Al-Qadsiah) does not stop stop there. Aiming Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) for his midfield, the team coached by Roberto de Zerbi also targets Emerson Palmieri (West Ham).

However, this is not the only name that Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia are studying. Indeed, the two Marseille leaders are interested in one of the chills players from the last exercise in Ligue 1. Loaned by Bournemouth on the side of AJ Auxerre, Hamed Junior Traoré (25) had punctured the screen. Versatile, the attacking midfielder who is capable of player as a relay but also on the wings, especially in the left corridor is an interesting profile for the Olympians, especially since Jonathan Rowe was sold in Bologna.

Hamed Junior Traoré pleases OM

Big talent revealed to Empoli but which definitively exploded in Sassuolo where he asserted himself under the orders of a certain Roberto de Zerbi, he was sold on the side of Bournemouth in the summer of 2023 against 25.62 million euros. A failure in England for the one who had a disappointing loan to Naples but above all a great season at AJ Auxerre where he revived last season with 10 goals and 2 assists in 26 Ligue 1 matches.

While OL tried the blow Hamed Junior Traorè a few weeks ago and Monaco continues to keep an eye on him, the Marseille club, which particularly appreciates the player's profile, is hot on the file at the end of the summer transfer window according to our information. The Ivorian who returned from Bournemouth and whose contract runs until June 2028 played the first day against Liverpool with a decisive pass for Antoine Semenyo (4-2 defeat) but there remains a secondary option for coach Andoni Iraola.