Posted on November 17, 2021 at 8:10 pm by AD
During the last summer transfer window, OM offered a dozen recruits, including Luan Peres. Transferred from Santos for around € 4.5m, the Brazilian defender revealed the underside of his signing.
To expand the workforce of Jorge Sampaoli, Pablo Longoria recruited ten players during the last summer transfer window. Arrived from Santos for around 4.5M €, Luan Peres came to strengthen the central defense of OM . And as the Brazilian told L'Equipe recently, it's Jorge Sampaoli who convinced him to join him in Marseille. “I was good at Santos. We had just played in the Libertadores final (lost 0-1 to Palmeiras in January), I had the confidence of the staff and the supporters. It was not easy to leave. But when my agent told me about an OM interest, I didn't hesitate too much. I didn't even want to know what the Spartak was offering. And when Sampaoli called me, he gave me confidence, told me about the club, about the ambitions and I went for it “, admitted Luan Peres.
“Damn, it's OM anyway!”
In an interview published on the official website of OM this Wednesday, Luan Peres added a layer behind the scenes of his arrival at OM . “If you go to the streets (in Brazil) and talk about OM, everyone will know. I had proposals from OM and other teams and I remember it was the greatness of this club that attracted me the most. I said to myself: 'Hey, this is OM anyway!' Although I knew all three clubs, it was the one that came back to me the most because there have always been big names. At the time, I kept this opportunity a secret, but when the time came to talk about my departure for OM, everyone said to me: 'Wow, you're going to OM, it's awesome'. Even Santos players were impressed. It’s a team that people really know, ”said Luan Peres.