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Always on the lookout for the slightest opportunity in the transfer window, Medhi Benatia continues to work hard to strengthen OM's squad. With this in mind, the Marseille football director is making more phone calls, particularly to Saudi Arabia. He would have actually called Aymeric Laporte to present the Olympian project to him.
This winter, one of the priorities of theABOUT was to strengthen itself in the defensive sector. With this in mind, the Marseille club has enlisted Luiz Felipe Ramos who was free from any contract. However, faithful to his convictions, Medhi Benatia multiplies the avenues and attempts to achieve a big blow in the transfer window. Thus, according to the journalist from THE TEAM Loïc Tanzithe football director of theABOUT notably called Aymeric Laportewhich evolves to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia since 2023.
-Benatia calls Laporte…
« We bring out two names (Tel and Rashford), but Medhi Benatia has tried dozens of players as important as that. He tried Aymeric Laporte. He called him. He calls the players to sell them a project. Afterwards, it works or it doesn't work. But he tries », he assures on the set of Greg's TEAMbefore saying more about the method Benatiawho multiplies the phone calls to strengthen the workforce of theABOUT.
…and Vincent Kompany!
« Benatia is a close friend of Vincent Kompany, the Bayern coach. So he called Kompany directly, telling him: ''If you ever leave him at OM for 6 months, he will play''. He presented the OM project to him, he also presented it to the player and his entourage. This is Benatia's method, he has a very clear speech. He wants to make OM a major European club. And every time we talk to people who have spoken with Medhi Benatia, and they all tell us: ''He knows where he wants to go and the project is clear''. But Mathys Tel will not go to OM. He will stay at Bayern because that's what he wants », added Loïc Tanzi.
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