27M€, Longoria wants these 3 French internationals in Marseille!
After having already dynamited the Mercato OM last summer by snatching in particular the signatures of Gerson or Mattéo Guendouzi and William Saliba, Pablo Longoria should once again be very active on this summer transfer market, in order to offer Jorge Sampaoli a competitive team for the next Champions League.
But if Olympique de Marseille will a priori be beaten on the wire by Atlético Madrid concerning Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund, end of contract) who was nevertheless his top priority for the succession of Boubacar Kamara, who left for Aston Villa in free transfer, the young Spanish president of OM would also have targeted three French internationals for this summer. For around €27 million?
Indeed, according to the latest transfer window rumours, Pablo Longoria and the Marseille leaders would strongly appreciate the profiles of Clément Lenglet (FC Barcelona, a loan is retained), Jonathan Clauss (RC Lens, his price would be 13M €) and Jordan Veretout (AS Roma, revealed at around €14m). That’s a total of around €27 million!
With the bitter failure suffered in the Axel Witsel file as well as the poor performances of Pol Lirola or the return of William Saliba to Arsenal on loan, the three French internationals Lenglet, Clauss and Veretout would represent very good opportunities to be seized for the Om. Case to follow for Pablo Longoria on the side of Olympique de Marseille …