Last summer, OM set the transfer window on fire. Indeed, the Marseille club recruited twelve players in total. But while Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Neal Maupay, Jonathan Rowe, Valentin Carboni, Lilian Brassier arrived in the form of a loan with a purchase option, Pablo Longoria will have to pay in 2025.
Interim coach of theABOUT since February, Jean-Louis Gasset gave up his place at the end of the last season. At the end of the contract on June 30, 2024, the 71-year-old technician was replaced by Roberto De Zerbi.
OM has five clauses to lift in 2025
After formalizing the signing of Roberto De Zerbi, theABOUT set the transfer window on fire. To enable his new coach to achieve his objectives for the 2024-2025 season, Pablo Longoria offered him twelve players in total, including Mason Greenwood, Geronimo Roll et Adrien Rabiot. While he did not have an unlimited budget last summer, the president of theABOUT closed several loans with purchase option. Thus, to keep the players concerned at the end of this exercise, the Olympian club will have to put its hand in its pocket.
OM must release €83.5M in total
During the last summer transfer window, theABOUT of Pablo Longoria completed five loans with purchase option : Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Neal Maupay, Jonathan Rowe, Valentin Carboni et Lilian Brassier. First, the captain of the Denmark arrived from Tottenham. According to Eurosportthe Marseillais must pay around €13M to lift its clause, which is mandatory. Regarding Neal Maupayit was transferred to theABOUT par Everton. According to the French media, Olympians and Toffees would have negotiated a paying loan with a purchase obligation of nearly €6M, plus €3M bonus, as well as 20% on resale. According to the indiscretions of Foot Marketl’ABOUT has already paid a sum of around €2 million to Norwich for the loan of Jonathan Rowe. And the stable led by Roberto DeZerbi will have to transfer approximately 14.5 million additional Canaries for the player's mandatory purchase option. For Valentin carbonl’ABOUT would be forced to break the bank to keep it. In fact, the option to buy the midfielderInter would be set at €35M according to Eurosport. Finally, The Team advances that theABOUT must send a check for around €12M to Brest if he wants to keep Lilian brassiere next season. Business to follow…
