Posted on December 26, 2021 at 2h00 by TM
After having hosted the last summer transfer window, OM could well put it back in January. This winter, many people are expected on the Canebière.
To launch the new project of Frank McCourt at OM, Pablo Longoria took advantage of the last summer transfer window to offer many players to Jorge Sampaoli . The Olympian president had promised ten recruits and they arrived. However, in the Argentinian’s eyes, that’s not enough. Sampaoli in fact wants more and thus calls for recruits for January. “We must be up to this transfer window. I speak every day with the president to find out how we can improve the workforce, identify needs, while taking into account our means to act on the market. We have a more coherent diagnosis of our shortcomings today, but we have to see with what budget we can strengthen ourselves. We know that we need players who come to bring something more. There are these daily discussions with the managers at the club, ”he explained recently.
Which recruit for OM?
Movement is therefore expected at OM during the month of January. For Pablo Longoria , it will therefore be necessary to get back to work to satisfy Jorge Sampaoli and meet the needs of the Argentine, who would particularly like a left striker, a midfielder and why not a new defender. A job that has already started for the president of OM . Indeed, some names are starting to circulate on the Canebière to expand the Marseille workforce. There was talk of an interest in Youcef Belaïli , currently free. Likewise, information was allegedly taken for Amadou Diawara, a AS Roma midfielder. The name of Alexis Sanchez , which Jorge Sampaoli knows well, also continues to circulate around the Velodrome. Case to be continued …