OM reaches an agreement with Trabzonspor for Samuel Gigot

Olympique de Marseille is working on its departures. After a four-month loan to Genoa, the 24-year-old Portuguese, Vitinha, finally decided to leave the Marseille team for good this Friday, as announced by OM. The amount of the operation could exceed 20 million euros depending on the bonuses. An important financial operation for the Marseille club, which wishes to further downsize its workforce before offering new recruits to Roberto De Zerbi, whose formalization will arrive soon.

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Next on the list is none other than Samuel Gigot (30 years old). Olympique de Marseille is now very close to completing its departure. OM and the Turkish club Trabzonspor have found common ground for the transfer of the experienced central defender recruited for 500,000 euros to Spartak Moscow, in January 2022. Author of 5 goals and 2 assists in 66 matches with OM, Samuel Gigot, whose combativeness has always been appreciated within the club, must allow OM to save a large salary and recover some cash.

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Samuel Gigot, not ready to leave

According to our information, an agreement on a 3-year contract was reached for his departure worth €3.5 million plus bonuses. His significant salary (he is one of the best paid players in the squad) and the arrival of new recruits to his position (the arrival of Lilian Brassier is imminent) also motivate the Marseille club to push him out. , but the French player does not see it that way. Samuel Gigot does not want to leave Olympique de Marseille, his favorite club, for the moment and believes that he still has two years of contract to honor at Canebière. We will therefore have to find the words and arguments to convince him to leave Marseille.

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In parallel with this file and the recorded departure of Vitinha, Olympique de Marseille is also working on other departures before the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi, like Iliman Ndiaye. The 24-year-old Senegalese striker is very close to signing with Everton, as we revealed this Monday, and should bounce back in England less than a year after his departure for Olympique de Marseille. The summer promises to be hot for a Pablo Longoria-Medhi Benatia tandem on all fronts, both in terms of departures and arrivals.