After a very hectic summer, Olympique de Marseille could once again be one of the important players in the winter transfer window, which will open its doors on January 1st. Guest of the show Rothen ignites this Tuesday, Mehdi Benatia in any case delivered some clues on Marseille's next objectives.
After a catastrophic season, theABOUT wanted to make a clean sweep of the past to begin a whole new cycle with Roberto DeZerbi. More than ten players therefore joined the club and almost as many undesirables were pushed out, including Ismaila Sarr, Jonathan Clauss or even Samuel Gigot. A household that does not convince everyone…
A new defender at OM?
Some indeed believe that sectors have been greatly weakened by the revolution carried out this summer and this would particularly be the case of defense. Guest of Rothen ignites this Tuesday, Mehdi Benatia was also questioned about a possible arrival of a defender at theABOUTwith a view to the January transfer window. “ Frankly, we don't want to answer aside, we're going to take stock of the upcoming transfer window, we're going to take stock with the coach and the president » said the special advisor to the president Pablo Longoria.
“We can always look to strengthen, but…”
« It's certain that at the moment, when we see the goals we conceded against Paris or Auxerre, we can change a lot of things. The truth is that the defenders who arrived in the transfer window are, for me, high quality players. » continued Benatiaat the microphone of RMC Sport. « If we believed in it 3 months ago, I still believe in it today (…) It's a reflection that we must have with the coach and the president based on what we can do. Yes we can always look to strengthen, it will be done, but the only idea I have is Lens ».
