Olympique de Marseille are not only looking for a striker between now and the end of the transfer window. And once again, OM leaders turned to Italy for midfield reinforcement.
The departure of Elye Wahi for Frankfurt has focused the attention of Marseille supporters, the latter waiting to know who will be the lucky one unearthed by Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia. However, the two leaders of Olympique de Marseille are also working on other issues which they hope to complete by February 3, the end of the winter transfer window. And this Sunday, Nicolo Schira, Italian journalist specializing in the transfer window, reveals to his 336,000 followers that OM is still cited in the Nicolo Fagioli file, the Italian midfielder from Juventus, to whom Thiago Motta gave a voucher exit during this period of the transversals. This is not the first time that the name of the 23-year-old Italian international has been mentioned at the Vélodrome, but Marseille has clearly not given up.
Our colleague specifies that on the Juventus side, we want a permanent transfer or a loan with compulsory purchase option for Nicolo Fagioli, from whom the Turin club hopes to obtain 20 million euros from a sale during this transfer window. For Olympique de Marseille, the association of the Italian midfielder with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Adrien Rabiot could give an additional boost on the technical level. A few weeks ago, when the idea of bringing in Fagioli had already been mentioned, it was said that Roberto De Zerbi had personally validated this idea.
-However, the Italian journalist specifies that Olympique de Marseille is not alone in wanting to sign Nicolo Fagioli (22 matches in all competitions this season), since two Italian clubs, two Premier League teams and a Saudi club would be in competition with OM. Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia, however, have the advantage of having perfect relations with their Juventus counterparts, which is a great advantage at a time when negotiations will have to accelerate.
