OM have formalized the arrival of Marcelino in recent hours. The Marseille club also wants to spend the second concerning the transfer of Geoffrey Kondogbia.
In Marseille, the summer transfer window is racing. OM have finally found their new coach in the person of Marcelino. The former Valencia will have quite a bit of pressure on his shoulders, especially since a lot of doubts are being cast about him by fans and observers. To put his new trainer in the best conditions, Pablo Longoria is already preparing a few arrivals. And a big one will come in the next few hours, since Geoffrey Kondogbia (30) is closer than ever to arriving at OM. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Atlético midfielder only wants Marseille and hopes his transfer will be completed quickly. The arrival of the former French international seduces on the Canebière even if the announced salary is scary…
Kondogbia, watch out for the crash
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The Team indicates in recent hours that the agreement between OM and Kondogbia relates to a 3-year contract + 1 option, with a salary of between 500 and 600,000 euros per month. A salary that would place Kondogbia among the highest paid players in the club, while he has played very little in recent months. On social networks, including Twitter, many Internet users close to Olympique de Marseille have given their opinion on this sum. And it is not well perceived: “Very big salary (assuming it is of that order) but consistent with the level and experience of the player. Kondogbia allows a qualitative leap Consistent contract duration also One thing is clear: among Rongier & Veretout, one of the two is no longer in the plans » ; “Oh fuck I don’t know pk but it reminds me of Strootman” ; “If we tej Veretout it’s good if not it’s catastrophic” ; “Still the trash funds of other clubs” or “Strootman 2.0 The sick salary to believe we only have 1 midfielder to recruit this summer”. Things seem clear, Kondogbia will have to very quickly reassure on his level of play, the Marseille fans being already scalded after failed experiments on “big names” recruited.
