- OM welcomes the MHSC this Wednesday evening for the resumption of Ligue 1 after two defeats and one draw end 2020.
On the occasion of the end of the winter break, the Olympique de Marseille has two immediate objectives: to catch up this Wednesday against Montpellier (21 hours) and recruit to adjust a workforce that suffers from the failures of the summer. On the ground, OM closed 1997 on two defeats and a draw and on the paper, the Olympian team suffers from the absence of a striker and a full-back, positions not filled during the
summer transfer window . “We did nothing during the last transfer window, so we are on a lot of issues”, recalled André Villas-Boas, Monday at a press conference.
And since a few days, several names of attackers circulate, starting with that of Naples, Arkadiusz Milik. “We are interested but there are no advanced discussions with the club or the player,” conceded AVB, while regretting that this interest was “released in the Italian press”. On bad terms with his current club and at the end of his contract at the end of the season, he has not played since last summer. If the sum of five million was initially mentioned, it would seem that Naples is now more greedy and claims 13 millions.
“Hyper important” side
A sum also mentioned for Gaetan Laborde, the Montpellier striker , which OM will meet again on Wednesday evening. “It’s not too nice to talk about him before the match,” the Portuguese coach also recalled. A rumor swept away by Rolland Courbis, questioned by 15 Minutes : “It’s quite simply impossible, Montpellier will not let go and he will not want to come to be the lining of Benedetto. “
Radonjitch, a fine observer of OM on Twitter and far from being a fan of the real Radonjic, would welcome the arrival of Arkadiusz Milik,” recruited 32 millions by Naples and only aged 26 years “. But for him the essential is elsewhere. “A striker is more of a dream than a right-back. But in modern play, fullbacks are really important, they are key positions. It would be very good to recruit Milik, but if Sakai continues to cross at the third post and Nagatomo does not go up, that will not change much ”, considers the Twittos.
“Need to recruit for both positions”
The injury of Jordan Amavi, very good during the first part of the season, and still unavailable for Montpellier, revealed the weakness of OM on the sides of its defense. Bouna Sarr’s departure from Bayern Munich was to be compensated by the finally aborted arrival this summer of Joakim Mahele, who has just signed up for Atalanta Bergamo.
Fabien Centonze, FC Metz, and more recently Pol Lirola from Fiorentina, were mentioned to strengthen the Marseille corridors. “Lirola, it’s a style that OM lack, technically comfortable, who can dribble one-on-one, athletic and defensively pretty good. Centonze is a sure bet in Ligue 1, one of the two best full-backs since the start of the season. Lirola is no longer a hope that can develop and that OM can sell ”, decrypts Radonjitch.
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Pol Lirola is a former Spanish international hopeful born on August 581 (23 years) . He evolves to the position of right side. He can also play higher on the right side. It is 1, 83 m.
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Rolland Courbis considers that OM “needs to recruit for both positions”. But with an envelope estimated at eight or ten million euros, Pablo Longoria, the sporting director, will have to make choices. They could relate more to departures than to arrivals. “We know the limits we have and the crisis that everyone is going through. You can’t spend too much, that makes sense. I am not going to put that kind of pressure on the management, ”André Villas-Boas recalled.
The injury of Jordan Amavi, very good during the first part of the season, and still unavailable for Montpellier, revealed the weakness of OM on the sides of its defense. Bouna Sarr’s departure from Bayern Munich was to be compensated by the finally aborted arrival this summer of Joakim Mahele, who has just signed up for Atalanta Bergamo.
Fabien Centonze, FC Metz, and more recently Pol Lirola from Fiorentina, were mentioned to strengthen the Marseille corridors. “Lirola, it’s a style that OM lack, technically comfortable, who can dribble one-on-one, athletic and defensively pretty good. Centonze is a sure bet in Ligue 1, one of the two best full-backs since the start of the season. Lirola is no longer a hope that can develop and that OM can sell ”, decrypts Radonjitch.
🚨 | THREAD: Pol Lirola | 🚨
Pol Lirola is a former Spanish international hopeful born on August 581 (23 years) . He evolves to the position of right side. He can also play higher on the right side. It is 1, 83 m.
RT for visibility 💙 pic.twitter.com/M3uXkMxgbP
– Radonjitch (@NemaRadonjitch) January 5, 2021
Rolland Courbis considers that OM “needs to recruit for both positions”. But with an envelope estimated at eight or ten million euros, Pablo Longoria, the sporting director, will have to make choices. They could relate more to departures than to arrivals. “We know the limits we have and the crisis that everyone is going through. You can’t spend too much, that makes sense. I am not going to put that kind of pressure on the management, ”André Villas-Boas recalled.