Present in Marseille since Monday, Marcelino gave his first press conference as OM coach. And, he sent a first request to Pablo Longoria during this summer transfer window.
The summer transfer window officially started last week for Olympique de Marseille with the departures of Luis Suarez and Arkadiusz Milik but above all with the signing of Geoffrey Kondogbia from Atlético de Madrid. A great recruit for the Marseille club, especially since the former Monegasque has already worked with Marcelino in Valencia in the past. It is now urgent for OM to recruit full-backs and forwards.
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Present this Tuesday in front of the press at the Vélodrome alongside Pablo Longoria and Javier Ribalta, the new coach acknowledged that the lack of axial attackers was a concern within the workforce. As a reminder, Vitinha is the only center forward after the departure of Alexis Sanchez, at the end of the contract and still in negotiations with OM for a contract extension. “We have to optimize the work. We will start without several elements. We have no excuses” first launched Marcelino before recognizing that the recruitment of several players in attack was essential.
Marcelino awaits reinforcements in attack at OM
“We are going to need different profiles, we will have to move on the offensive profiles. The attackers may be the ones who adapt the most easily. We will try to work to do well. This is the position we have today. Some changes will have to be made in this squad. When you look at what has been done, the structure is different. We will need players with different styles, we want side players who attack spaces. launched Marcelino, who for the rest was content to say that Pablo Longoria will always have the last word in the transfer window. He nevertheless issued a first warning to his leaders on the need to quickly strengthen the workforce, especially in attack.
