Second in Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille remains unclear regarding its strategy in the winter transfer window. Expenditures should, however, be limited. Lack of money? No, a question of sporting and economic balance.
An almost flawless performance for Olympique de Marseille over the first six months of the season. After a previous year marked by failed choices concerning the coach and the players, Pablo Longoria rectified the situation last summer. He convinced Roberto de Zerbi to move to the Marseille bench before adding some very good names to the eleven: Adrien Rabiot, Mason Greenwood and Pierre Emile-Hojbjerg in particular. An ambitious transfer window which places the Olympians in second place in Ligue 1 but which comes at a certain cost. The former Manchester United striker was bought for 26 million euros, Elye Wahi arrived from Lens for 25 million euros. Rabiot certainly came free but his salary is very important for a club like OM.
OM will not recruit before having sold
Even if De Zerbi expresses some reservations about the level of his defenders and encourages his management to recruit more, the Marseille club wants to be economical in January. According to the newspaper ProvenceOM would simply no longer have enough money to invest in the transfer window. False, retorts journalist Adam Manseur on X. Marseille management would not rule out any incoming transfer, provided they compensate with sales and maintain cohesion in the locker room. “ There is a balance and a team that is rotating, OM intends to part ways with players who are not giving satisfaction to replace them. A question of “balance” rather than a broke club », blurted out the specialist journalist on the social network
Marseille has what it takes to effectively downsize this winter with the possible sales of Amine Harit, Bamo Meïté, Lilian Brassier or even Chancel Mbemba or even Ruben Blanco and Pol Lirola. So many potential departures which will in any case be necessary so that in the opposite direction, Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia can strengthen the team at Roberto De Zerbi's disposal. Because for the Olympian board, there is no question of overloading a squad that is already substantial in quantity, even less in a season during which OM does not play in the European Cup.
