three rookies and six starts
The winter transfer window ended on Tuesday evening, with the signing in the last hours of a new and latest recruit at OM: the Portuguese Vitinha joined the Olympian squad. The young 22-year-old striker arrived from Braga in Portugal on Tuesday at the end of the day at Marseille Provence airport in Marignane. It is the rookie in attack that OM supporters have been waiting for. Speed, skill and a big strike: these are the qualities expected by OM for the centre-forward who scored 13 goals and delivered five assists in 27 games played with his Portuguese club.
OM thus registers three recruits in this winter transfer window. The Ukrainian offensive Malinovskyi had already joined the club while midfielder Azzedine Ounahirecruited this week, will be for the first time in the group which travels to Nantes this Wednesday evening in Ligue 1 (kick-off at 7 p.m., match to be followed live on France Bleu Provence).
Three arrivals and six departures
OM, which wanted to reduce its workforce, also has six starts : attackers Dieng and Luis Suarez, midfielders Gerson then Gueye and defender Isaac Touré. Also left the young striker Ben Seghir, often summoned but little used. All were replaced.
If we met the side goalkeepers, coach Igor Tudor can count on 17 players capable of starting, which is not huge in the event of injury or suspensions…