Mercato – OM: Benatia “doesn’t want to do this stupid thing”!

Saturday 14th December 2024 04:14 AM

Thibault Morlain
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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 staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.

Only a few weeks left before the opening of the winter transfer window. Obviously, we wonder what OM will do during this month of January. Once again, things risk moving within Roberto De Zerbi's squad. But now Mehdi Benatia didn't want to say too much about OM's plans.

After recruiting 12 new players this summer, OM should still make adjustments to their squad during the winter transfer window. The defensive sector could in particular be one of the major projects for Roberto DeZerbi. What will happen then in the transfer window?ABOUT ? The question was asked to Mehdi Benatia.

“A balance to do”

Pour 1899 The Weeklythe sports advisor of theABOUT then announced: “ What are we preparing for the winter transfer window? It depends. If you watch the Montpellier match or the victory in Nantes, you tell yourself that not much is missing. If you look at the defeats against Paris and Auxerre, you have the impression that we need six central defenders, four full-backs, four midfielders, three wingers, three attackers… There is a balance to be made. We must already recover our players to 100% of their mental capacities ».

“Disrespectful to talk about it now”

« Before talking about the transfer window, we must therefore recover these players. Afterwards, we will advise on the positions where we can strengthen ourselves at lower cost because we do not have an unlimited budget. But even if I have a very clear idea of our needs, shared with Pablo and the coach, it would be disrespectful to talk about it now because there are important matches remaining. And you can imagine that I'm not going to do that stupid thing », continued Benatiawho therefore did not want to say too much.