At a press conference this Friday, Roberto de Zerbi was very clear: Elye Wahi will leave OM well this winter and he is convinced to obtain his replacement before the end of the transfer window.
It is a very offensive Roberto de Zerbi, and confident, who presented himself this Friday, January 24 at a press conference, two days before a trip that promises to be boiling in Nice (Sunday 8:45 p.m.). Beyond announcing the probable departure of Ismaël Koné, who arrived only six months ago from Watford, the OM coach was cash on the Elye Wahi case.
Author of three goals in 13 Ligue 1 games, the former Montpellier and Lensois, also recruited during the last summer transfer window, will already leave the Canebière to join the Bundesliga and the Eintracht Frankfurt. A choice totally assumed by De Zerbi, who is now waiting for a replacement in Wahi.
“We are OM. If Wahi leaves, an attacker will come. A strong attacker. We want it. Me, Mehdi (Benatia) and (Pablo) Longoria. Everyone has kept his word so far: Mehdi, Pablo and the Owner.
“We will have an attacker, we will find it”
“Wahi is a strong player. But we come to a certain point where we have to make decisions courageous. Wahi knows why the last weeks and last months have happened like that. He is strong, I do not change my mind on This player and his person.
-As indicated by RMC Sport, the Marseille management works on several tracks to replace Wahi (Santiago Gimenez, Brian Brobbey…). If it does not find a profile which seduces it 100%, the management will make this position as attacker an absolute priority next summer, with more means in the event of qualification for the Champions League. Even if De Zerbi is convinced, he will have a replacement in Wahi this winter.
“We will have an attacker! Did we find it? No, but I think we're going to find him!” He said at a press conference.
