The puzzle continues to take shape. OM 2024-2025 will finally put a name to the number one goalkeeper. Unless there is a turnaround, Geronimo Rulli will keep the cages of the Marseille squad now coached by the Italian Roberto de Zerbi. OM is waiting for Ajax Amsterdam to return the signed documents, says journalist Fabrizio Romano. According to him, everything is in order for the 32-year-old Argentinian international to become an Olympian, he who was in Marseille on Thursday to undergo the medical examination.
The name of the Ajax player had been mentioned for several weeks as the probable successor to the Spaniard Pau Lopez, put in the section of undesirable Marseille players during this summer transfer window. Géronimo Rulli, world champion with Argentina in 2022 (he did not have any playing time), would make a return to the French Championship, five years after wearing the Montpellier jersey (2019-2020 – 25 Ligue 1 matches).
Two goalkeepers from the Dutch Championship
Rulli has a certain connection with French football. Goalkeeper for the Argentine team at the Paris Olympics, he had to digest the elimination in the quarter-finals, on August 2, against Alexandre Lacazette’s Blues (1-0). All in a rather tense atmosphere, especially at the end of the match with a few scuffles.
In Marseille, he will have Jeffrey de Lange as his backup, whom he met in the Dutch Championship (Eredivisie). The 26-year-old Dutchman signed on Thursday, for two million euros, from the Go Ahead Eagles.
For OM to complete their puzzle, the leaders must recruit a goalscorer. The latest trends continue to mention Youssoufa Moukoko, 19 years old. The German center forward, born in Cameroon, plays for Borussia Dortmund. The Bundesliga club is reportedly asking for between 15 and 20 million euros.
