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Mercato – OM: De Zerbi wants to recruit a former protégé
Published on June 29, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. – updated on June 29, 2024 at 7:01 p.m.
Next season, OM will have Roberto De Zerbi on its bench. The Italian comes to replace Jean-Louis Gasset and he will have to bring a little stability to a club that lacks it so much. The former Brighton coach has already made some requests for the transfer window to his president, and he would particularly like to be able to rely on a player he knew at Sassuolo, Manuel Locatelli.
After negotiating for weeks, theABOUT holds his new coach. Recently, the Marseille club announced that it had an agreement for the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi has Marseille. The latter should soon sign a three-season contract. However, he was not the first choice of Pablo Longoria. As le10sport.com revealed to you exclusively, Paulo Fonseca was the favorite, then it was the turn of Sergio Conceição. But the first one got involved with theAC Milan and the second took too long to give his answer, which benefited By Zerbi.
Koné has an agreement with OM
To initiate the era Roberto De Zerbil’ABOUT has already started to get active on the transfer market. Recently, the Marseille club announced that it had reached an agreement for the arrival ofIsmael Konefrom Watford. The latter should cost around €12.5 million Marseille and he will commit for five seasons.
De Zerbi wants to bring Locatelli to OM
The transfers could be linked to theABOUT. After Ismael kone, Pablo Longoria would also have reached an agreement with Lilian Brassier. The central defender of Brest should join Marseille in the form of a loan with compulsory purchase option set at €11M. After him, Manuel Locatelli could well be the next one. According to information from Foot Market, Roberto De Zerbi would particularly like to bring in the midfielder from the Juventus de Turinwhom he knew when he was the coach of Sassuolo. Moreover, the Italian coach would try to work on this track with Pablo Longoria, Medhi Benatia et Giovanni Rossi.
