Medhi Benatia has proven since his arrival at OM that he was not afraid to contact players of international caliber, at the risk of being raked. Building on his momentum after bringing in Hojbjerg, Greenwood and Rabiot, the Marseille leader called Aymeric Laporte.
Appointed to the position of football director of Olympique de Marseille a few weeks ago, Medhi Benatia is working alongside Pablo Longoria and Roberto De Zerbi to make the Olympian club a stronghold in European football. Last summer's transfer window was generally successful with some signings that we didn't see coming, such as those of Rabiot, Hojbjerg and Greenwood. The former defender of the Moroccan selection does not want to stop there. After bringing in Luiz Felipe at the start of the winter transfer window, Medhi Benatia contacted a new international defender, as revealed The Channel L’Equipe.
This time, it was Aymeric Laporte who received the phone call from the manager of Olympique de Marseille. Transferred from Manchester City to Al-Nassr in August 2023 for 27 million euros, the Spanish European champion would rather be in favor of a return to the Old Continent, which is why Medhi Benatia tried his luck. OM would sign a huge coup by bringing in a player of this caliber but this time, the Olympian leader has little chance of achieving his goals.
-OM attempted the very big move Aymeric Laporte
And for good reason, La Chaîne L'Equipe explains that a transfer this winter seems ” complicated “without knowing if this is explained by financial reasons or simply by a refusal of the former Athletic Bilbao player to join Marseille. Whatever the case, this new avenue explored by Medhi Benatia proves that the new football director of Olympique de Marseille wants to remake the Olympian club “a great European club” according to the media. It now remains to be seen whether the failure of this avenue marks the end of research in central defense for this winter, after the signing of Luiz Felipe as a free player at the start of the transfer window.
