Just six months after his arrival from Brest, Lilian Brassier was pushed out by OM. The French defender no longer has the confidence of Roberto De Zerbi, who will not retain him this winter.
Since the start of the season, Olympique de Marseille has displayed two completely different faces at home and away. At the Vélodrome, Roberto De Zerbi's players cannot do it and seem totally inhibited. One of the glaring examples is undoubtedly Lilian Brassier, paralyzed during her last match at Auxerre in front of the packed stands on Boulevard Michelet. His performance was so disastrous that Lilian Brassier was not selected for the trip to Lens last weekend. Less than six months after his arrival, his credit is already well underway and a departure for the winter transfer window is seriously considered by the Olympian board according to The Team.
In today's edition, the national daily affirms that a departure of Lilian Brassier cannot be ruled out in the event of a good offer for the one who is loaned with an automatic purchase option at 11 million euros. A trend confirmed by the insider account La Minute OM, which explains that OM will be “listening to offers, the player having not successfully acclimatized to the Marseille context”. The specialized account on X adds that Panamanian international Amir Murillo is also a candidate to leave in January. Sometimes used as a right-back and sometimes as a central defender by Roberto De Zerbi, he has not shown the level hoped for since the start of the season.
Brassier and Murillo on departure this winter
But the Italian coach's staff is less categorical about him because internally, “we recognize bravery” of the player. That being said, he will not be kept in the event of a good offer, but the player will have the last word and OM will not make his departure an absolute priority. The defensive project in any case promises to be immense in Marseille, which has already activated the Kiliann Sildillia and Danilo slopes with a view to the month of January. Because if Roberto De Zerbi is rather satisfied with his attack at the start of the season, this is not at all the case with his defense.
