Transfer window: Was De Zerbi ready to snub OM?

Announced in the sights of several big European clubs after having confirmed his departure from Brighton, Roberto De Zerbi has decided to join OM, with whom he has signed until June 2027. But according to the former defender of AC Milan Filippo Galli, the Italian technician initially wanted to land at the Rossoneri.

If the arrival of Adrien Rabiot was made official this Tuesday, the biggest coup of theOM This summer is probably Roberto De ZerbiThe Italian coach had a considerable impact on Marseille’s attractiveness during the last summer transfer window, allowing it to attract players such as Mason Greenwood Or Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. But if he signed up for three years with theOMthe Italian would have initially preferred theAC Milan.

“De Zerbi wanted to come to AC Milan”

” De Zerbi wanted to come to AC Milan, he would have run. He showed me the photo from when he was a Rossoneri. When you talk to him, you feel the Rossoneri spirit, what some call Milanism, but things happened differently ” said the former defender of theAC Milan, Filippo Galliin an interview given to The Football Fair. Indeed, it is finally Paulo Fonsecaalso tracked by theOMwho succeeded Stefano Pioli on the bench of Rossoneri.

“He has a great ability to get everyone involved”

Filippo Galli considers, however, that Roberto De Zerbi will have a big impact on theOM : ” When I went to see him in his office in Marseille, he had just finished training, but he was already totally immersed in the new reality. He has a great ability to involve everyone, from the players to the staff, but also the people around him who live for the club. It is clear that Marseille still has its own identity, but Roberto’s transition, which I hope will be as long as possible, will certainly leave something behind and build a certain form of footballing identity, if nothing else.. »