J-4AV before the end of the summer transfer window. And four days before the transfer of the transfer market, Olympique de Marseille is about to welcome its seventh recruit of the summer. After several weeks of discussion, an agreement has indeed found with Bournemoutch about Hamed Junior Traoré.
Author of 10 goals and 2 assists last season during his loan to Auxerre, the left winger, who has already evolved under the orders of Roberto de Zerbi in Sassuolo, should land during the day in Marseille to satisfy the medical visit and initial his contract with the Olympian club. If English leaders hoped for a high price sale, they would have finally accepted the idea of a loan with option to buy.
But several other files are open on the desk of Pablo Longoria. Roberto de Zerbi is indeed hoping for three other reinforcements by Monday. This concerns in particular the midfielder where the track leading to Dani Ceballos has been abandoned. Consequently of the reluctance of the Real Madrid player, obviously not very hot to reach OM. And discussions with Benfica about Luis Florentino hardly advance, the Lisbon club claiming no less than 25 M € when the sky and white offer a loan with a compulsory purchase option. The interest of several Premier League clubs also sounds like a bad signal.
Benjamin Pavard absent from the list of Deschamps
Another complicated file, that of the central defender. Because if OM made the young Ecuadorian international Joel Ordonez his priority, Bruges, who validated his qualification for the league phase of the Champions League on Wednesday, does not seem to be inclined to release his player, unless you see the Phocaean club pay the 30 million euros claimed.
But to believe The teamthe residents of the Vélodrome have a Plan B. The Olympian leaders would indeed have checked the name of Benjamin Pavard, in Inter Milan since last summer. The former Munichois nevertheless seems to be fulfilled in Lombardy, where he was under contract until 2028 with a salary that seems incompatible with Marseille finances. But the player's profile pleases Roberto de Zerbi and the prospect of the 2026 World Cup could encourage the player to return to the light of the French Champonnat. Didier Deschamps did not retain it in his list for September.
