For several weeks, OM have been negotiating the extension of Alexis Sanchez with the agents of the Chilean international. But Pablo Longoria will not make too much financial effort.
Best player of the season at Olympique de Marseille, Alexis Sanchez has been free since the end of his contract on June 30. A situation that Pablo Longoria wants to quickly restore, the Olympian president negotiating the extension of the Chilean international with his agents for several weeks. OM have shown Alexis Sanchez the confidence they place in him by revising the Chilean’s emoluments upwards in the event of an extension in the Marseille city, but for the time being, the former Manchester United and FC Barcelona striker has still not responded, either favorably or negatively.
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A stand-by situation that does not really suit the Marseille club, which will play the third preliminary round of the Champions League in a month. For the Goal site, the situation is becoming worrying and Pablo Longoria should perhaps revise his proposal upwards to definitively convince Alexis Sanchez to return. “When you know that Alexis Sanchez currently receives “only” 3 million per year, it is well worth a small financial effort to even persuade the player that his future lies well on the side of the Vélodrome. Isn’t that Mr. Longoria? » asks the media.
No way for OM to sacrifice everything for Sanchez
However, the trend is not for Marseille to sacrifice its entire summer transfer window budget for Alexis Sanchez. According to information from L’Equipe, OM have not set a deadline for their former striker to decide on his future. Pablo Longoria and Javier Ribalta are still hoping for a happy outcome but for the Marseille club, there is no question of “Betting everything on Alexis Sanchez alone at the risk of weakening the offensive sector” nor to keep the player at all costs because too much overbidding on the Chilean’s salary would then prevent the Marseille club from being able to recruit effectively in order to be able to surround him.
́ @Alexis_Sanchez ! 👏
Elected Olympian of the season by the #TeamOM, ̃ 🇨🇱 received his trophy to the ovation of the Olympian public! 🔥
w/ @pumafootball 🤝#OMSB29 pic.twitter.com/pIt5dO74Ji– Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) May 27, 2023
The equation is therefore still very delicate for Marseille, who hope that Sanchez will accept the club’s latest proposal. If this is not the case then more than ever, we will be heading towards a departure from Marseille for the Chilean. In the radius of the latest rumors about the future of El Nino Maravilla, we note that Trabzonspor has recently expressed its interest in Alexis Sanchez, as well as Gremio in Brazil. Two more competitors for OM, as if the file was not complicated enough as it is.
