Olympique de Marseille formalized on Tuesday the loan of Isaak Tour to AJ Auxerre and the transfer of Gerson Flamengo. OM have already signed up three players this winter. Are other departures planned?
January will be a busy month for Longoria
Like every six months since the arrival of Pablo Longoria, Olympique de Marseille is advancing as one of the leaders of the transfer market. And things have already started to move in the Marseille city as the winter transfer window has just opened its doors.
Tour and Gerson leave OM
This Tuesday, the Marseille club formalized the departure on loan from Isaak Tour to AJ Auxerre. Recruited from Le Havre last summer, the Olympian giant (2.06m) failed to impose himself in the eleven of Igor Tudor, who only used him five times without ever establishing him. At 19, the former Le Havre still needs to toughen up in the elite to claim more playing time at OM. This is what he will try to do in Burgundy, where he is ready for six months without a purchase option.
Later in the day, Marseille also confirmed Gerson’s transfer. As mentioned in recent days, the 25-year-old is returning to Flamengo as part of an operation estimated at €20m (bonus included). This now brings three the number of departures officialized by OM this winter, with that of striker Luis Suarez. Unconvincing since his recruitment last summer, the Colombian was recently loaned to Almeria with a fixed purchase option of €8 million which may become compulsory if the Spanish squad continues.
Three acts departures, and then?
The next to leave? If the rumor of a departure of the very precious Matto Guendouzi has circulated in recent days, the French international environment has left to stay. Like central defender Leonardo Balerdi or goalkeeper Rubn Blanco, whom Celta Vigo wanted to lend to another club to give him a n1 status that he does not have in the south of France behind Pau Lopez. As for Bamba Dieng, pushed to the exit last summer, the situation has changed since then and a possible extension of his contract beyond June 2024 is even mentioned.
It is now in the direction of arrivals that OM will be active. With the priority of strengthening the offensive sector in order to compensate for the departures of Suarez and Gerson, as well as the long unavailability of Amine Harit. We are missing 3 players , slipped Tudor last week. To satisfy their coach, the Marseille leaders are negotiating with Atalanta Bergamo to obtain a loan from attacking midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi. The track leading Jrmie Boga (Atalanta), on the other hand, cooled down. In the middle, the name of Azzedine Ounahi (Angers) is mentioned, but Naples has a head start in this matter. As for the defense, no signature is planned. But with Longoria, Marseille is watched until the last hours of the transfer window.
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