Transfers – OM: A player from the France team responds cash in the transfer window

Friday 27th December 2024 06:42 AM

William of Saint Sauveur
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Journalist

Graduated from Journalism School in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.

Announced insistently in the crosshairs of OM during the last summer transfer window, Brice Samba ultimately remained at RC Lens since the Marseille club ended up setting its sights on Gerónimo Rulli. And the second goalkeeper of the France team, questioned about his very hectic summer transfer window, indicates that he has always been calm in the face of this situation.

L’ABOUT was looking for a new goalkeeper last summer given that Paul Lopez did not really fit into the plans of Roberto DeZerbiand this series caused ink to flow for several weeks. Brice Samba (30 years old), who has already worn the colors of the Marseille club in the past as an understudy for Steve Mandanda (between 2013 and 2017), was mentioned as one of the priorities under study within the OM management, and the goalkeeper of RC Lens also seemed determined to arrive at the Vélodrome at that time. But ultimately, theABOUT signed Geronimo Rollet Samba remained in the North.

“Maybe offers I wasn’t aware of”

Questioned in the columns of THE TEAM, Brice Samba returns to his market very hectic summer with the interest of theABOUTand the second goalkeeper of theFrench team sees things philosophically: “ Things were said (an interest from Marseille among others). Afterwards, it’s behind me. This is the future that I see, the next training session. For the rest, you have to ask the club the question. Maybe they had some offers that I didn’t know about (laughs) “, coward Brice Sambawhose contract runs until 2028 with the RC Lens.

“I have always been calm”

Moreover, at the end of August, Samba had spoken to put an end to speculation about his future and announce that he remained RC Lens. He now explains: “ Because there was noise, because it was talking. I knew what I wanted from the start. Afterwards, of course there are always things that you don’t control, a big club can come and spend money. But I have always been calm. I have a contract, so I was prepared to come back », continues the understudy of Mike Maignan in French team.