Marseille unearths a left piston in Brazil
Looking for a new left-back to compete Nuno TavaresOM have set their sights on a defender playing in Brazil.
Olympique de Marseille will undoubtedly be one of the big players in this winter transfer window. After completing the signing of 12 recruits this summer, OM would like to secure the services of new players this winter in order to properly manage the rest of the season. Sizeable reinforcements are expected in several game sectors, starting with the attack. The Marseille recruiters indeed wish to bring at least one attacking midfielder in the but to compensate for the long absence due to injury of Amine Harit and, at the same time, anticipate the probable departure of Gerson.
The Brazilian international is pushing hard to join Flamengo. Despite his firm desire to return to Brazil, negotiations between the two teams would be at a standstill due to the financial demands of OM. However, the Marseille management could take advantage of this situation to close another deal with the Carioca club. As the Brazilian journalist Julio Miguel Neto indicates, Olympique de Marseille would now be very interested in the profile ofAyrton Lucas.
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The Brazilian left-back is currently playing at Flamengo where he is on loan from Spartak Moscow until the end of the year. Author of great performances within the carioca club with a record of 2 goals and 6 assists in 31 games, the 25-year-old defender is therefore preparing to return to Russia this winter. Sensing a good deal, OM would be quickly asked to try to lure him into their nets.
Ayrton Lucas would thus be a likely target to compete with or replace Nuno Tavares at OM. On fire since arriving on loan from Arsenal, the Portuguese international has been less prominent during the last matches of Olympique de Marseille. Less sharp and clumsy in the conservation of the ball, Nuno Tavares remains without any lining at his post. A situation that the competent Phocaeans are rectifying this winter. It remains to be seen whether the Marseille leaders will come to get their hands on his potential replacement. In any case, on the side of Spartak Moscow, we do not close the door to the departure of Ayrton Lucas. Still according to the source, the Russian club would expect an amount between 8 and 9 million euros to definitively sell their player. An amount too high for Flamengo, but which could do OM’s business. The leaders would already be busy behind the scenes to win the bet in this case.