The president of Olympique de Marseille is not one to laugh when he talks about the transfer window. And, even more when he feels that one of his players has rolled him in flour. This is bad timing, as is the case with Sead Kolasinac.
Arriving free from Arsenal in the 2022 winter transfer window, Sead Kolasinac is under contract with Olympique de Marseille until Friday, June 30. As for OM, satisfied with the performance of the Bosnian international defender, we were negotiating in order to reach an extension. The discussions were positive, the 30-year-old player being rather favorable to a two-year extension of his commitment with the Marseille club. It is in this context that the Marseille leaders learned in the Italian press that Sead Kolasinac was finally close to signing up with the Italian club Atalanta Bergamo. A reversal of the situation that Pablo Longoria had not seen coming at all and which very seriously angered the president of Olympique de Marseille.
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According to Fabrice Lamperti, Olympique de Marseille is shocked by this decision and the way of doing things by Sead Kolasinac and his representatives. ” Neither the Bosnian nor his agents took the trouble to inform the Marseille leaders of this decision. A way of doing things that particularly annoys them “, explains the journalist from La Provence. And, the latter to specify that to turn the situation around, Atalanta would have made a financially more interesting offer for the defender, knowing that the Italian club ranked fifth in the last Serie A championship and will play in the next Europa League. OM have no intention of indulging in a financial one-upmanship against the Italian team, believing that they have already agreed to make efforts to extend Kolasinac. Efforts which obviously did not convince the defender to stay longer, since the latter is expected Tuesday or Wednesday in Italy to pass his medical examination and sign with the Bergamo club.
