OM refuses to enhance its proposal for Valentin Rongier, who claims too much wages. But Roberto de Zerbi counts on him and could ask his leaders a great favor.
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Valentin Rongier is the subject of a file sensitive to OM. The former Marseille captain, under contract until June 2026, recently declined several extension offers transmitted by the club management. In question: a financial disagreement. The midfielder calls for an aligned salary on the best paid executives in the locker room. A request that OM struggles to satisfy. Direct consequence: the club is now thinking about a sale this summer to avoid seeing it go free later. But Roberto de Zerbi may well change the situation.
De Zerbi opposes an immediate sale
Arrived in 2024 with a precise vision of his workforce, Roberto de Zerbi attaches great importance to the profile of Valentin Rongier. Experienced, reliable, exemplary in the attitude, the former Nantes tie all the boxes of the key player for his project. And his comeback in 2024-2025 proves that De Zerbi was right on Rongier. When it is there, OM does not lose and seems more serene. An essential pawn for Marseillais. Even more at the dawn of a 2025-2026 exercise and return to the Champions League.
Rongier left to… stay?
If Roberto de Zerbi wishes to keep Valentin Rongier, OM will have to swallow a nice snake since it means a free departure, without any compensation, in a year … estimated at ten million euros, French can easily leave for 15 million euros this summer. But the Marseille coach is more important than a transfer, at present. So if you have to keep Rongier and lose it in a year, OM seems willing to do it …
