After two stints at OM between 2013 and 2021, Florian Thauvin has gone through several eras and sporting ambitions within the Marseille club. Testifying to the new direction taken by the Olympique de Marseille project this summer, the French world champion did not mince his words: the recruitment carried out by the leaders is simply remarkable in his eyes.
The PSG and theABOUT imitated each other a year apart. In 2023, Luis Enrique inherited the Parisian workforce and was the cornerstone of the new sporting project which was completely remodeled in its image with the departures of Lionel Messi and of Neymar in particular as well as twelve arrivals made during the off-season in question. And this summer 2024, it was the turn ofMarseille Olympic to change the sporting project by appointing it at its head Roberto DeZerbi.
“A big congratulations to Medhi Benatia and Pablo Longoria because they did an incredible job recruiting”
Arrived at theABOUT in November 2023 as sports advisor to Pablo Longoria, Medhi Benatia worked hand in hand with the president of theMarseille Olympic during the transfer window in order to build a squad that suits Roberto DeZerbi. Like the PSG a year earlier, twelve recruits left their bags in the Marseille city. The latest being Adrien Rabiot which completed a transfer window through which OM managed to get their hands on a former hope of English football: Mason Greenwood. Something to impress Florian Thauvin. “What do I think of OM this season? A big congratulations to Medhi Benatia and Pablo Longoria because they did an incredible job recruiting. When I was there, you couldn’t have a player of the quality of (Mason) Greenwood or (Adrien) Rabiot. Greenwood, I’m talking about sports, I don’t want to talk about extra sports, everyone thinks what they want. But when you bring Adrien Rabiot and Greenwood back into your team on a sporting level, it’s an incredible job.” confided the former player of theABOUT during a live with the streamer Zack Nani.
“Hojbjerg? He has personality. You see that he has a direct impact on the team”
During the last episode of the show Zack Freewheeling, Florian Thauvin who is in the final season of his contract atUdinese continues to follow the services of theABOUT and certainly did not fail to note the immediate importance of Pierre–Emile Hojbjerg in the midfield of the group led by Roberto DeZerbi. “Even Hojbjerg. And you see it today, Hojbjerg in personality, you see it how he talks to the guys on the pitch. He has personality. You see he has a direct impact on the team. They have a squad and are going to do great things, I’m super happy for them.”
