On this winter transfer window, Olympique de Marseille will very soon register the arrival of attacking midfielder from Atalanta Bergamo Ruslan Malinovskyi. A real satisfaction for the phocen coach Igor Tudor, who gave an update on his expectations.
Igor Tudor showed his satisfaction for Malinovskyi.
Olympique de Marseille’s winter transfer window will soon come alive. This Monday, the attacking midfielder of Atalanta Bergamo Ruslan Malinovskyi arrived in the Cit Phocenne to complete his arrival at the vice-champion of France in title.
Loan with a compulsory purchase option fixed at 13 million euros (bonus included), the Ukrainian international represented a real priority for OM president Pablo Longoria and coach Igor Tudor.
Malinovskyi, Tudor is rubbing his hands!
Present at a press conference, the Croatian technician also welcomed this imminent recruitment with a player already courted during the last summer transfer window. Ruslan? Everyone at the club wanted him, it was already the case last summer. This time, it’s successful. I hope everything will end well. He is a quality player in the last 30 meters, with his vision, his quality of play and shooting, but also with a mentality. It is importantappreciated the ex-coach of Hellas Vrone.
After Amine Harit’s serious injury and the departures of Luis Suarez (on loan to Almeria) then Gerson (sold to Flamengo), the current 3rd in Ligue 1 absolutely had to react to strengthen his attacking sector. And after Malinovskyi, Tudor is still waiting for an additional recruit, although the desired profile has not yet been decided. On the rest of the transfer window, we will see if we are going to recruit a center forward or a player behind the point. Both solutions are viable, we will see, replied the 44-year-old man. It remains to be seen whether we can really believe the speech of the native of Split, because it is said that OM, aware of the difficult task of finding a quality scorer in January, are instead looking for a second attacking midfielder.
A piston surprise?
And after? A surprise reinforcement in defense is possible according to the daily L’Equipe! Indeed, Longoria would be on the lookout for an opportunity: a piston capable of evolving on both sides. Facing the press, Tudor showed his satisfaction with his defensive options, notably mentioning the possibility of bringing back the usual midfielder Pape Gueye by one notch. But beware, since the arrival of Longoria, OM have got into the habit of surprising everyone on the market…
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