OM thought it had secured the future of Leonardo Balerdi, but an English club arrives in force to try to recover the Argentinian international.
Tonnerre in Marseille, where Facundo Medina has just arrived in Provence to sign her future contract. An Argentinian central defender to hunt another? This is the scenario envisaged by the Daily Mail, which drops a real bomb this Tuesday evening by announcing that Newcastle is preparing to test OM with an offer at 40 million euros for Leonardo Balerdi. Juventus had recently tried the ground concerning the possible departure of the former defender of Borussia Dortmund, without going so far as to make an offer in front of the firmness of the Marseille leaders to keep their captain. But there are fewer financial problems in Newcastle to let go of a big offer, and this will be the case soon assures Craig Hope, editor -in -chief of the Mail Sports.
Newcastle Se Venge Sur Balerdi
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The reason for this sudden interest? Newcastle hoped to bring the English international Marc Guéhi, who seems to be leaning towards a departure for Liverpool. What cause this reversal of the Magpies to go for Marseille and try to seduce both Balerdi and OM with a big offer. Pablo Longoria, who spoke several times with Frank McCourt in recent weeks, had suggested that a huge offer could always be studied if she came to materialize. Words that have had a certain echo in the north of England, where we are convinced that a proposal up to 40 million euros for the young Argentinian international would seriously think OM.
