Captain of OM this season, Jordan Veretout has a good chance of leaving for Qatar. Paradoxically, this departure represents excellent news in the eyes of the Marseille staff.
This season, the players of Olympique de Marseille who have brought satisfaction can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Aubameyang, Balerdi and Veretout are indisputably among those who have allowed OM to create an illusion, particularly on the European stage. Despite his status as a locker room leader and a reliable and professional player, Jordan Veretout has a strong chance of leaving Marseille this summer. And for good reason, the emoluments of the former AS Roma player are no longer really compatible with the policy of the Marseille club, not qualified for the European Cup next season.
His potential departure is viewed very favorably and with this in mind, the interest of the Qatari club Al-Duhail is timely. As indicated by RMC for a week, Christophe Galtier’s club has made Jordan Veretout its priority to strengthen its midfield. The prospect of signing a last very lucrative contract does not leave Veretout indifferent but according to journalist Sébastien Denis, his objective was not to leave Olympique de Marseille this summer. During a space organized by the insider account @Embou_13, the Foot Mercato journalist revealed that Jordan Veretout did not want to go to Qatar but that he quickly understood through discussions with the Olympian leaders that Pablo Longoria was pushing him out and therefore it might be more reasonable to go to Al-Duhail.
Veretout pushed out, Gigot too
OM will make great financial efforts to keep Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang despite his royal salary, but does not intend to make this concession for other players in the squad and Jordan Veretout will therefore pay the consequences. This strategy also applies to Samuel Gigot, who did not want to pack his bags despite the agreement reached between Marseille and Trabzonspor for nearly 4 million euros. But the Olympian defender, captain this season due to Valentin Rongier’s injury, was also asked to leave and should make up his mind. A policy which proves that Olympique de Marseille wishes to get rid of as many high-paid thirty-year-olds as possible with the clear and assumed desire to focus on younger and promising players that Roberto De Zerbi will have the mission of promoting.
