Arriving this summer to everyone's surprise, Roberto De Zerbi invested a lot in the recruitment of Olympique de Marseille, with several players he strongly wanted. This is the case of Canadian international Ismaël Koné, relatively little known in France, whom he sought from the Championship side at Watford.
Rarely a coachABOUT had invested so much in the transfer window. With Pablo Longoria et Mehdi Benatiabut especially with his former collaborator Giovanni Rosssi, Roberto DeZerbi was able to build a team in his image. And efforts have been made on the management side to satisfy some of its requests, even the most important.
We are still waiting for the real Koné
There were some nice moves, but also some surprising recruits, like Ismaël Koné. Bought for €12M, the Canadian international was unknown to the general public, but By Zerbi seemed to have a lot of hope in him. Except that for the moment we have seen very little of his talent, since he has only played seven games in Ligue 1with 316 minutes in total.
“De Zerbi wanted to make him play a notch higher”
Maybe a positioning problem? Because in his entourage there was a small revelation concerning Roberto De Zerbi's plans for him,ABOUT. « When the coach was appointed, he contacted Ismaël to tell him about his plans. He wanted to make him play a notch higher » declare those close toIsmaël Konéaccording to Provence.
