Arriving on a loan with an option to buy from Inter Milan, Valentin Carboni is currently struggling to find a place in the Marseille eleven. A situation that is starting to worry the Italian club.
Among the many arrivals of Olympique de Marseille, Valentin Carboni is not the player who has been the most talked about. The Argentinian attacking midfielder arrived on tiptoe as part of a loan with a non-obligatory purchase option set at 36 million euros, but the player has so far only played two matches in five league games under Roberto De Zerbi. Upon his arrival, the Italian coach was able to find an effective playing system and has already found his starting eleven, preferring to start Amine Harit in support of the striker. According to information from Calcio Mercato, Carboni’s situation at the start of the season is worrying Inter Milan, since it was the same De Zerbi who had expressed his interest in the player who had been loaned to Monza last season.
Carboni at OM, a period of doubts
Injured with his selection in September, the 19-year-old player has not yet shown the extent of his talent. Against Reims and Toulouse, he played a total of 36 minutes and did not come into play in OM’s last two Ligue 1 matches, against Nice and then on the OL pitch last Sunday. When he gets his chance, it will be up to him to show that he can have an important role to play in the rotation, especially since Olympique de Marseille will only play one match per week due to the absence of European Cup matches this season. Inter Milan, who will have to put up nearly 40 million euros if OM exercises the purchase option for their player to get him back, will undoubtedly follow Carboni’s progress in the coming months. Let’s hope that this time on the Canebière does not quickly turn into a fiasco.
