At the request of Roberto De Zerbi, Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia began looking for a right back. And the leaders of OM have already found the ideal player.
Olympique de Marseille will not do anything crazy in the transfer window, Frank McCourt having already made major financial efforts to strengthen Roberto De Zerbi's team. However, Pablo Longoria is not one to sit idly by during transfer periods, and this should be the case in order to offer an extra defender to his manager. Because if Michael Murillo, the Panamanian defender, and Pol Lirola, do the job, they have not completely convinced De Zerbi, who opened up about it to Mehdi Benatia. And the latter did not take long to propose a name to the coach, that of Kiliann Sildillia, the 22-year-old right back who plays in Friborg and whose value is estimated at 15 million euros by Transfermarkt. The player trained at FC Metz had already been mentioned by OM this summer, and a priori the Marseille leaders have not forgotten him.
OM has been following the Sildillia case for a long time
Member of the French team which won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games, Kiliann Sildillia had a complicated start to the season in the Bundesliga, since he suffered a physical problem. But that does not prevent Friborg from trying to extend the French player, whose contract ends in June 2026, so as not to see him leave free. The site Young Footballer confirms that Mehdi Benatia is working very hard on this issue, particularly because plan number 1, Bright Samuel Osayi-Samuel, admitted that he wanted above all to join the Premier League, his partner living and working in London. Faced with this decision from the right side of Fenerbahce, Olympique de Marseille has therefore decided to turn to Kiliann Sildillia and should make this happen with a first offer to Fribourg. Enough to satisfy OM supporters who, last summer, had praised the possible arrival of the young French defender.
