OM: The boss unveils a sensational team in Ligue 1!

Arriving during last season as a sports advisor, Mehdi Benatia quickly established himself as one of the bosses of OM. Obviously very attentive to the Italian market, the former central defender of Juventus also observes Ligue 1 a lot. The Moroccan notably played on LOSC, a team that the latter really appreciates.

LOON has a new boss. Arrived within the Marseille management team in November 2023, Mehdi Benatia quickly imposed his style from his position as sports advisor. This summer, the former central defender, alongside president Pablo Longoria, completely changed the squad loon.

Mehdi Benatia still close to Juventus

In addition to many interesting recruits like Mason Greenwood, Elye Wahior even more recently Adrien Rabiot, Mehdi Benatia was able to count on the arrival of Roberto DeZerbi. If, like the president of loonthe former player of the Juventus thus has a very large address book in Italythe latter nonetheless remains a keen observer of Ligue 1. While this Tuesday evening, his former club, the Juvemoves on the lawn of the LOSC, Mehdi Benatia was questioned by Tuttosport on the formation of Bruno Genesio.

“Juventus will have to be very careful with Genesio’s team”

And clearly, the former Bayern Munich also was full of praise for the Mastiffs. “It’s a good team. She had a little trouble at the start of the season, but she recovered: she has great team spirit and high quality players. I'm talking about David, of course, Zhegrova, but also Angel Gomes, who is very important for Lille's game. Lille lost strong right-back Thiago Santos to injury and will miss him, but from what they have shown so far, they are capable of putting any team in difficulty. Juventus will have to be very careful with Genesio's team »thus confided Mehdi Benatia.