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Hungry for sport, he grew up to the sound of Formula 1 engines and the exploits of Ronaldinho. Today, with a Master's degree in sports journalism, he no longer misses an F1 Grand Prix or a PSG match, his two passions and specialties.
Very active behind the scenes, Medhi Benatia makes numerous phone calls to try to strengthen the OM squad. Thus, the Marseille Football director activates his network and would have notably called Aymeric Laporte, who plays at Al-Nassr, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia. One of the many moves attempted by Benatia.
Director of FootballABOUT, Medhi Benatia is pushing hard to strengthen the squad Roberto DeZerbi. With this in mind, he would have notably contacted Aymeric Laportewhich evolves to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, as revealed Loïc Tanzi.
-Benatia tries for Laporte
« We bring out two names (Tel and Rashford), but Medhi Benatia has tried dozens of players as important as that. He tried Aymeric Laporte. He called him. He calls the players to sell them a project. Afterwards, it works or it doesn't work. But he tries », he assures on the set of Greg's TEAMbefore adding a layer to the method Benatia.
“He calls the players to sell them a project”
« Benatia is a close friend of Vincent Kompany, the Bayern coach. So he called Kompany directly, telling him: ''If you ever leave him at OM for 6 months, he will play''. He presented the OM project to him, he also presented it to the player and his entourage. This is Benatia's method, he has a very clear speech. He wants to make OM a major European club. And every time we talk to people who have spoken with Medhi Benatia, and they all tell us: ''He knows where he wants to go and the project is clear''. But Mathys Tel will not go to OM. He will stay at Bayern because that's what he wants », added Loïc Tanzi.
