In search of a second reinforcement in central defense after bringing CJ Egan-Riley, OM set its sights on the great Turkish hope Yusuf Akçiçek. A file that Marseille wishes to conclude this week.
The defense of Olympique de Marseille was not a guarantee of guarantees last season. Despite this, the Roberto de Zerbi team managed to hang second place. With the qualification in your pocket for the Champions League, the priority is now to strengthen this sector of play, which has already been done with the signing of CJ Egan-Riley, at the end of the contract with Burnley. In recent days, the Evan Ndickka track has been regularly mentioned but in Türkiye, we insist that OM makes the young Yusuf Akçiçek a priority.
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The solid defender of Fenerbahçe was the subject of a first Marseille offer, rejected by Fenerbahçe which claims 20 million euros. No agreement has yet been reached between the two clubs, but the objective of the Marseille leaders is to finalize this file before the resumption of training on July 7, according to the Phocaean. “Despite this refusal, the Marseille management does not seem ready to abandon the track. Discussions could resume quickly, with an upward revised offer ” indicate our colleagues before concluding.
Very hot OM on Yusuf Akçiçek?
“The objective is to complete the operation before the resumption of summer preparation, which promises to be intense” teaches us the pro-OM media. The question is now whether Olympique de Marseille will be able to finalize an operation of this scale before the resumption of training at the weekend. Above all, this track questions because with Egan-Riley and Akçiçek, the OM would bet on two young players with high potential but with low experience, while names like Ndickka or Laporte had been mentioned since the start of the transfer window.
Faced with the difficulty of these two files, Marseille may have made the choice assumed to bet on young players with very high potential to accompany Leonardo Balerdi next year. Otherwise, maybe lack experience in the big Champions League games.
