Who is Valentin Castellanos, the jewel tracked by Marseille
Looking for an attacker, OM would have set their sights on the sensation Valentin Castellanos, an atypical profile which should conquer the supporters.
OM Mercato: It is confirmed for Castellanos
It is one of the priority projects of theOlympic Marseille this winter, currently 3rd in Ligue 1 tied on points with the second (Nice), the Olympians absolutely want to strengthen offensively for 2022. Because if Marseille has made a convincing start to the season, it is largely thanks to its rear guard, who knew how to be intractable during the first part of the season, taking only 15 but, that is to say the best total of our championship. However, this consistency behind the eclipse has only a few offensive shortcomings, a lack of efficiency that was particularly felt during the Europa League phase, where OM failed to qualify.
In this desire to strengthen, Pablo Longoria recently checked the name of Valentin Castellanos in his shortlist, a real gem of New York City in MLS. Like the records Julian Alvarez and Thiago Almada (this summer) Marseille continues its connection with Argentina, this time overseeing the top scorer in the North American championship.
According to TyC Sport, the 23-year-old forward is also said to be in the sights of Cagliari, Fiorentina, Palmeiras, Feyenoord and West Ham. Beautiful people therefore to thwart the plans of the Olympic leaders, who will have to pay no less than 13 million euros to secure the player’s services. As a reminder, Castellanos was already in the sights of Longoria and Sampaoli more than a month ago, a trend which is therefore confirmed.
All about the 23-year-old nugget
Unknown in Europe, Valentín Castellanos is one step away from leaving the United States to join the Old Continent, a giant leap equal to the performance of the Argentine striker. Author of 22 achievements this year, the top scorer in MLS has a very versatile profile. Focus on the possible future Marseille sensation.
According to the Twitter account scout, specialist in player scouting, Valentin Castellanos is a ” infinitely complete goalscorer, an often well-placed surface fox who has an advanced understanding of the game on the move. Adding that the Argentinian is an excellent finisher, mentally solid on a penalty kick in particular. “
One of the strengths of Castellanos would be his judicious movement in the opposing defensive zone ” One of his strengths is knowing how to stick the defensive line, find the right space or create it while forgetting the defender, and start in the right timing in depth. »By being very rarely out of play or out of time. A superb move to play therefore for Marseille.