Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday June 28, 2024 at 10:45 p.m.
Courted for many weeks, Ismaël Koné (Watford) will sign up for 5 years at OM, according to information from RMC and L’Equipe. Currently at the Copa America with Canada, he will be the first recruit for the Marseille club, which has announced an agreement in principle with Watford.
OM almost has its first recruit. The Marseille club, 8th in the last Ligue 1 exercise, has been active in recent weeks, and even if no movement has yet been made official, official announcements are expected, whether for Roberto De Zerbi, its new coach; Lilian Brassier, who will strengthen the central axis, and the arrival of Ismaël Koné, who will become the first summer recruit of the Marseille club according to information from RMC and L’Equipe. A total agreement was reached this Friday evening with Watford while OM had agreed with the Canadian international midfielder at the start of the week. Mobilized by the Copa America with Canada in the United States (match against Chile on the night of Saturday to Sunday at 2 a.m. French time), Koné must undergo his medical examination.
“Olympique de Marseille announces that it has reached an agreement in principle with Watford FC and Ismaël Koné for the player to join the club. Ismaël Koné, who is currently playing in the Copa America with the Canadian selection, will join OM subject to the result of the medical examination scheduled for next week”, we can read on the official OM website.
An operation worth more than 12 million euros
Subject to passing his medical examination, he will then commit to the Marseille club for 5 years. Before Lilian Brassier, who should follow very quickly after the total agreement in this matter, Ismaël Koné should therefore become OM’s first recruit this summer, in an operation estimated at just over 12 million euros for Watford , resident of Championship, the coward. OM, who announced an agreement in principle for the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi, needed to strengthen themselves in the midfield sector. Indeed, Pape Gueye has left, and it could be that Jordan Veretout, courted by Chirstophe Galtier’s Al-Duhail, will do the same. Visibly followed by West Ham and Roma according to our colleagues at L’Equipe, Koné played 42 Championship matches with Watford last season, scoring 4 goals and providing 3 assists. He is preparing to attempt the always special challenge of the Marseille club.
