Posted December 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. by TM
During the summer, OM managed to get rid of Dario Benedetto by lending him to Elche. But contractually, the Argentinean is still a Marseille player. A situation which could however soon change.
Since the arrival of Frank McCourt at the head of the OM , the search for “grantatakan” makes a lot of talk on the Canebière. And in the summer of 2019, the Phoceans thought they had the lucky winner in the person of Dario Benedetto . Then OM's sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta had tried a bet with the Argentinian by picking him up at Boca Juniors , although he had never played in Europe before. Enough to give rise to certain questions. However, on the pitch, Benedetto had responded to his critics with good performances, but it only lasted a few months. Over time, the 31-year-old striker, ending up being pushed onto the sidelines last January with the arrival of Arkadiusz Milik . And the arrival of his Argentinian compatriot, Jorge Sampaoli , on the bench of OM , will not have changed anything for Dario Benedetto who was invited to leave during the summer transfer window. The former Boca Juniors then flew to Spain and Elche , where he was loaned, with an option to buy.
A return to Boca Juniors for Benedetto?
So today Dario Benedetto is in Spain, but there is no indication that he will stay there and that Elche will exercise his option to buy. Will the Argentine then make his return to OM ? Not sure. Indeed, his future could finally be written within his heart club, namely Boca Juniors . This week, Benedetto he appealed to the Buenos Aires club, assuring: “I said that when I left OM. I will come back to Boca, whether as a supporter or as a player. I am grateful to the supporters of Boca for all the affection they have towards me. I hope to be able to come back as soon as possible ”. Following this announcement, the idea of a return of Benedetto to Boca Juniors gained momentum on the Argentina side. For La Red radio, the agent for the current Elche striker said: “It would not be foolish for Benedetto to return to Boca Juniors”.
The door is wide open on the side of Dario Benedetto and interest is also said to be present at Boca Juniors . According to information from Olé, the Argentine and Juan Roman Riquelme have already exchanged in the past on this subject, and soon, new contacts could be held between the two men in order to complete a return to < strong> Boca Juniors . To see now if this operation could be viable from an economic point of view since the Argentinian club could have difficulty paying the current salary of Benedetto , while it will also be necessary to negotiate with the OM , with whom the Argentine is under contract until 2023.