Posted on November 12, 2021 at 4.30 p.m. by AM
Arrived during the winter of 2021 at OM, Arkadiusz Milik justified his choice to leave Naples to engage with the Marseille club with which he has big plans for the future.
Since the arrival of Frank McCourt at the head of OM in October 2016, the Marseille club has a great project, namely to find the great striker likely to shift a course to this project. With this in mind, Kostas Mitroglou and Valère Germain very quickly demonstrated that they did not meet the specifications set by the OM who was able to touch the hope of having his great goalscorer with Mario Balotelli who ultimately only stayed a few months in Marseille. Finally, Pablo Longoria , who arrived at the leadership of OM in 2020, took charge of this file, and from the following winter transfer window, the Spanish leader obtained the loan from Arkadiusz Milik for 18 months. And the goalscorer of Naples , who was sidelined in Italy because he did not want to extend his contract which ended six months later. And Arkadiusz Milik quickly proved that he could be the attacker long awaited by OM . One thing is certain, he does not regret his choice.
“I just wanted to start playing football again”
Indeed, in an interview with Polish media Przeglad Sportowy, < strong> Arkadiusz Milik returned to his arrival at OM . “The most important thing is that after moving to Olympique de Marseille, I started playing regularly. We know that the end in Naples was not pleasant. I do not wish any player to find himself in such a situation that it is not possible to participate in matches. Marseille happened to be the place where I could rebuild myself before the Euro. Even though it wasn't just this tournament, I just wanted to start playing football again and enjoy what I was doing. It's good to have done it and I went to a big club, ”he says in remarks reported by Foot Mercato. And now, the Polish striker has great ambitions with OM : “I think a club like this must always fight to play in the Champions League. We must aim high. We are still in the game to qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa League. We would like to achieve it, we have to win the next two matches to get out of the group. Hope this will work. “