Dembele from one Olympic to another?

Moussa Dembélé is on the shelves of OM, which intends to cheerfully renew its workforce this summer.

Pablo Longoria said it: the summer will be eventful in Marseille, the president of the Marseille club planning to renew “40 to 50%” of its workforce during the off-season. Eight to ten departures are thus expected, including those of elements arriving at the end of the loan such as Ruben Blanco (Celta Vigo), Eric Bailly (Manchester United), Issa Kaboré (Manchester City) and Nuno Tavares (Arsenal). For as many arrivals.

The vagueness remains at this time as to the identity of these latest recruits, but the profiles have been defined for a long time. ” At the Robert Louis-Dreyfus center, the list of targeted positions has been drawn up for weeks and has been sent to recruiters as well as to certain agents. And this, from the month of… March, which means that the leaders already saw very clearly in their intentions “Notes La Provence, recalling in passing that OM are definitely looking for a goalkeeper, a left side, a central defender and two midfielders.

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If the Alexis Sanchez case remains a priority in attack – the boss of the Olympians having even mentioned a salary increase for the Chilean on Monday in front of the press – it is a safe bet that the Marseillais will study the slightest opportunity to strengthen their offensive sector this summer. . If the track leading to Marcus Thuram from now on is deemed unrealistic, that embodied by Moussa Dembélé seems to persist.

” This interest is not new “, recalls the regional daily aroused. ” At the end of the contract, with Lyon, Dembélé was a thorough solution “, continues La Provence before emphasizing “ greed by the former Celtic Glasgow striker, who earns 250,000 euros a month at OL. In four and a half seasons at Lyon, the 26-year-old has played 170 matches in all competitions with Les Gones. For 71 achievements.