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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial team of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
This summer, OM hit very hard in the transfer market. The Marseille club finished with 12 recruits on the clock, the last being neither more nor less than Adrien Rabiot. It was difficult to predict and yet the French international signed for two years in Marseille. And now another Didier Deschamps player could have joined him at OM. In any case, that’s what Mehdi Benatia, Olympian sports advisor, tried.
At the start of the summer transfer window, who could have said that OM were going to recruit Adrien Rabiot ? Free, the ex-player of the Juventus seemed destined for a major European club, but now the French international has set down his bags in Canebière. An XXL blow given the caliber of the 29-year-old midfielder, especially since theABOUT does not play any European Cup and that from a financial point of view, the proposal was less important than elsewhere. With Rabiotthe Marseille club therefore offered itself a player fromFrench team and another French international was also contacted during the off-season: Wesley Breathe.
“I had a call that really touched me”
Originally from Marseille, Wesley Fofana however never wore the jersey of theABOUT. An error that Mehdi Benatia wanted to repair over the last few months. And it's none other than the central defender of Chelsea who confirmed the approach of the sports advisor of theABOUT. Indeed, for Free FootFofana had indicated: “ I had a call that really touched me. It would be a lie to say that I didn't calculate it. It was Mehdi Benatia from Olympique de Marseille, the sports director. It sure touched me. I think everyone knows why and… I had a thought. But there you go, the objective at the moment is to succeed at Chelsea, to try to string together matches, to establish myself in my club. And after the Olympique de Marseille, we will see one day ».
“It goes boom boom in my heart”
In an interview for Téléfoot, Wesley Fofana had added a layer about theABOUT et Mehdi Benatiaexplaining: “ We got a call from Mr. Benatia and it sure goes boom boom in my heart. I was coming back from injury, I don't know if I was going to be part of the project directly from the club. I had a discussion with the coach, he told me that he was counting on me this year so I said that I was very happy, that I was 100% with Chelsea. But then it’s certain that there is OM in a part of my heart. We'll see »
