The Longoria-Benatia tandem, determined on this summer transfer window, got their hands on Roberto De Zerbi this Monday and intends to continue working to have a great summer in Marseille with the Italian tactician. Coveted by the biggest clubs on the Old Continent, De Zerbi has decided to settle down on the Canebière even if the last details, which do not change anything in the agreement between the coach and the OM management, will be settled. In Marseille, everyone is now seeing things on a grand scale. And inevitably, the Marseille leaders want to allow the former Brighton and Sassuolo coach to achieve his objectives. Several recruits are targeted and in addition to the imminent arrival of Lilian Brassier, Marseille is about to get their hands on Ismaël Koné, a second choice recruit from Watford, as we revealed to you in recent days.
But there will also be moves in the direction of departures with many players likely to pack their bags. After a four-month loan to Genoa, the 24-year-old Portuguese player, Vitinha, has finally decided to leave the Marseille team for good. The amount of the operation could exceed 20 million euros depending on bonuses. A major financial operation for the Marseille club, which still wants to trim its squad before offering new recruits to Roberto De Zerbi. In other matters, as we revealed to you, Olympique de Marseille is now very close to completing the departure of Samuel Gigot after reaching an agreement with the Turkish club Trabzonspor. All that remains is to convince the player to join Turkey, while Iliman Ndiaye, Everton’s priority in the summer transfer window, is very close to signing with the Toffees and thus bouncing back in England. Another important player is talking to a club.
Another starter on the way out?
After the great promotion to Serie A, thanks to the second place obtained last season in Serie B, the Como club is planning and seeing big in the transfer market for next year. According to information from the Gianluca Di Marziothe objective of the Italian management is to bring back to Italy, the Spanish goalkeeper Pau Lopez, who has already played in Serie A at AS Roma. Beware of the competition from other Spanish clubs who are also interested in him. In any case, OM should not have too much trouble selling their goalkeeper with so many clubs fighting in the race for his signature. With the richest owners in Italy, Como wants to pull out all the stops for his return to the elite.
In addition, an important element in the negotiations: Cesc Fàbregas, Como coach, has a strong friendship with the Spanish goalkeeper. That should play a role in the balance. As a reminder, last season, Pau Lopez was one of the key players in the Marseille dressing room and in the rotation of all the coaches who have been on the Phocéens bench. The goalkeeper took part in 33 Ligue 1 matches during which he conceded 39 goals, despite recording a nice total of eight clean sheets during the French championship campaign. He also played 1 Coupe de France match and 13 Europa League matches, during which he kept 3 clean sheets.
