Contacted by OM, Serge Aurier declined sharply … before letting go. A loyal refusal to PSG, but expressed with provocation.
He could have said no, politely, out of respect or discretion. But Serge Aurier preferred to press where it hurts. Invited to express themselves on the interest of Olympique de Marseille towards him, the former Parisian did not do lace. Failing to sign at the Vélodrome, it was by his words that he marked the spirits. And on the Marseille side, the message was received five out of five.
“I prefer not to eat only to sign at OM”he launched, frozen, before driving the nail: “Never in life I could have signed in Marseille”. According to him, Mehdi Benatia, sports director of the Marseille club, would have approached him. But Aurier claims to have immediately declined the offer, without even taking the time to think about it. A loyalty assumed towards PSG, its former club … except that this displayed fidelity curiously resonates when you remember its own drifts.
Aurier's selective loyalty
Because if he is said to be “very loyal” today, Serge Aurier has not always embodied this virtue. In 2016,
He had publicly insulted Laurent Blanc, then his coach at PSG, in a video that has become viral. An episode that had left traces. So when he claims his attachment to the Parisian club to reject OM, it is difficult not to see a contradiction. Especially since he has been without a club for a year, since his departure from Galatasaray.
The most astonishing remains the real interest of OM to Aurier. After having succeeded in the bet Rabiot, another figure of PSG, Marseille believed that he could re -edit a comparable blow. But this attempt, orchestrated by Mehdi Benatia, turns to humiliation. On the networks, the name of Benatia is already trendy, and the initiative makes teeth cringe among the supporters. A badly received approach, and a scathing response that ignites the rivalry between the two clubs a little more.
