The OM transfer window will accelerate with the officialization of the signing of Roberto De Zerbi. There is also movement on the side of competitors like Lens, PSG, Monaco and especially Lyon who has just made a big move.
Olympique de Marseille has made official the signing of its new coach Roberto De Zerbi. The Italian coach should be presented to the press this week. Olympique recruitment should also accelerate. Things are also moving on the competition side in Ligue 1. Indeed, Lyon has just made a big move on the transfer market with the announced signing of a player long talked about on the OM side: Thiago Almada !
The great hope of Argentine football plays in Major League Soccer under the colors of Atlanta United. He scored 13 goals and provided 16 assists during his final season.
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Almada only arrives in January
Almada will therefore first engage with Botafogo, the other club of the president of Lyon, John Textor. An agreement was reached for a transfer amount close to 20 million euros. According to information from the newspaper l’Equipe, the Argentinian international will join Olympique Lyonnais next January, after first spending six months at Botafogo to finish the Brazilian season.
Lyon will therefore recover a talented player who had long been announced under the radar of OM. A big blow for the Lyonnais
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