Cesc Fàbregas leaves the chasse d’un taulier by Roberto De Zerbi

The Longoria-Benatia tandem, determined in this summer transfer window, got their hands on Roberto De Zerbi this Monday and intends to continue to work to achieve a great summer in Marseille with the Italian tactician. Coveted by the biggest clubs of the Old Continent, De Zerbi has decided to settle down in Canebière even if the final details, which do not change anything in the agreement between the coach and the management of OM, will be resolved. In Marseille, everyone now sees the big picture. And obviously, the Marseille leaders want to allow the former coach of Brighton and Sassuolo to achieve his objectives. Several recruits are targeted and in addition to the imminent arrival of Lilian Brassier, Marseille is about to get their hands on Ismaël Koné, a second choice recruit from Watford, as we revealed to you in recent days.

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But movements will also be made in the direction of departures with many players likely to pack up. After a four-month loan to Genoa, the 24-year-old Portuguese, Vitinha, finally decided to leave the Marseille team for good. The amount of the operation could exceed 20 million euros depending on the bonuses. A major financial operation for the Marseille club, which wishes to further downsize its workforce before offering new recruits to Roberto De Zerbi. In other matters, as we revealed to you, Olympique de Marseille is now very close to completing the departure of Samuel Gigot after having reached an agreement with the Turkish club Trabzonspor. It now remains to convince the player to join Turkey, while Iliman Ndiaye, Everton’s priority in the summer transfer window, is very close to signing up with the Toffees and thus bouncing back to England. Another important player is talking to a club.

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Another starter on the way out?

After the big promotion to Serie A, thanks to the second place obtained last season in Serie B, the Como club is planning and thinking very big on the transfer market for next year. According to information from the Gianluca DiMarzio, the objective of the Italian management is to bring back to Italy, the Spanish goalkeeper Pau Lopez, who already played in Serie A at AS Roma. Watch out for competition from other Spanish clubs who are also interested in him. In any case, OM should not have too much trouble selling their goalkeeper with so many clubs fighting in the race for his signature. With the richest owners in Italy, Como wants to pull out all the stops for its return to the elite.

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In addition, an important element in the negotiations: Cesc Fàbregas, coach of Como, maintains a strong friendship with the Spanish goalkeeper. This should weigh in on the balance. As a reminder, last season, Pau Lopez was one of the executives of the Marseille locker room and of the rotation of all the coaches who worked on the Phocéens bench. The goalkeeper participated in 33 Ligue 1 matches during which he conceded 39 goals, despite everything recording a nice total of eight clean sheets during the French championship campaign. He also played 1 Coupe de France match and 13 Europa League matches, during which he kept 3 clean sheets.