The quest for defensive reinforcements does not advance, and even backs up since the tracks gradually disappear. The transfer window is still long, but recruitment remains very calm in the eyes of supporters.
The tracks are multiplying with regard to the transfer window of Olympique de Marseille, but no recruit is close to the commandery for the moment. In recent hours, players like Noa Lang or Armand Lauriené are turning to other solutions, and Pablo Longoria is far from finding an agreement with Lens for the arrival of Facundo Medina. Another central defender is deviating from his way to Marseille. This is Nayef Aguerd, who wishes to leave West Ham this summer. The Moroccan is highly appreciated by Mehdi Benatia, who approached him during the month of June. But nothing has advanced with regard to discussions between the two clubs and the former Stade Rennais player is now closer to Italy, where Juventus and Roma are fighting to bring it.
Two Italian clubs at the rendezvous, OM absent
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According to FC Marseille Hakim Zekos journalist, Aguerd's arrival is seriously moving away, especially due to OM's desire to delay sales before recruiting. Mehdi Benatia would always like to make this pretty blow by bringing a central defender of experience, who knows Ligue 1 well, and who is not cold in the eyes in front of the sulphurous atmosphere of the velodrome. For this, it will be necessary to chat with West Ham, which is not yet done, and probably put an envelope of 15 to 20 million euros on the table in order to convince the Hammers to let go of their Moroccan player.
But at the moment, nothing is done and the Aguerd file advances without OM, which has the gift of putting the supporters on the nerves, for whom Provençal leaders no longer advance much on recruitment. However, there are even more than two months of transfer window, and Pablo Longoria likes to cultivate suspense and mystery in this period.
