Since the announcement of the possible departure of Elye Wahi to Frankfurt, rumors have been circulating around the identity of the striker expected at Olympique de Marseille to replace the former Lensois.
The Elye Wahi file continues its course between the Marseille leaders and those of the German club, the departure of the young 22-year-old striker now seeming inevitable before the end of the winter transfer window, on February 3. But for Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia, the work is double since at the same time, they must finalize the arrival of the person who will replace Wahi in Roberto De Zerbi's squad. As always when it comes to OM, rumors keep coming and names are circulating. Provence thus confirms that if the Dallinga trail was never studied by the Marseille duo, the one which led to Tel quickly closed, the player not wanting to leave Bayern Munich where he had guarantees on his playing time. But the Marseille daily also mentions the two new names released in the last 24 hours.
Longoria and Benatia have other, more confidential leads
Since Tuesday, Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord) and Brian Brobbey (Ajax Amsterdam) have been cited as being in the sights of Olympique de Marseille. Fabrice Lamperti, journalist for Provenceconfirms that OM is indeed working on these two files. But our colleague still specifies that true to form, Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia manage to work secretly, and that it is very likely that the two men are also very active on other issues which for the moment have remained confidential so as not to give ideas to other clubs as the winter transfer window enters its home stretch. “ Other CVs are carefully examined », recognizes the regional media, which has no name to give. In other words, supporters of Olympique de Marseille could be in for a big surprise when it comes to knowing who will arrive at the Vélodrome in the next two weeks, the names currently mentioned being possibly only decoys.
