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Mercato: While waiting for De Zerbi, OM completes a €15M transfer!
Published on June 13, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.
Recruited at a high price in January 2023, Vitinha was finally loaned to Genoa and after long negotiations, he could well stay there. The Serie A club did not wish to exercise the €25M purchase option present in its contract, but a new agreement would have been found with Olympique de Marseille for the next season.
All eyes are on the next coach of theOMwith Roberto De Zerbi who became the big favorite. However, Pablo Longoria is working on other important files and this seems to be the case with Vitinhaloaned last January to Genoa.
Vitinha should stay at Genoa
Rather disappointingOMthe Portuguese would have convinced the leaders of the Genoese club, but especially his trainer Alberto Gilardino, who allegedly insisted on keeping it. However, the Italians never seemed to want to exercise their €25M purchase option and negotiations thus began at the end of the Serie Ato find a solution.
From 25 to 15M€?
The exchanges quickly led to a new loan for the striker, but with a reduced purchase option. According to information from Sky Sport Italia as well as Fabrizio Romano, the two clubs should ultimately agree around the sum of €15 million for Vitinha. Note that this amount represents less than half of the purchase price of Vitinhabiggest transfer in the history ofOM.
