MERCATO
New Year, new training camp…hopefully new team?
By: Sarah |
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I hope everyone had a happy holidays! Unlike the EPL (and La Liga to some degree), Ligue 1 players and bloggers have had a bit of break but now the title race is back on. And now Marseille has to get serious- and stop making silly mistakes (see Richard’s Auxerre post and comments here). So, [...]
Category: OM News Round-Up
By: Sarah | 8 Comments
Even though he hasn’t been playing, Hatem is apparently still marketable. He has been chosen to represent France for the Footlocker/Nike Be the Revolution in You campaign. The accompanying interview can be found here.
Salim Arrache leaving as well…
By: Magnusson | 5 Comments
Here are some players whose names I haven’t heard in a while, Salim Arrache and Fabrice Begeorgi. The two Marseille natives were kept in rosters as they are obvious fan favourites but it ws always clear that they were not built to play at the Velodrome. Too much pressure (Arrache), not enough skills and a [...]
Cleaning out the Locker room…
By: Magnusson | 2 Comments
First of all, About Eidur Gudjohnsen, Pape Diouf said to French radio station RMC a few hours ago that there was no agreement whatsoever between Barcelona and Marseille just yet, responding to today’s AS who were declaring the contract to be signed. According to a website close to the club, Marseille might be outbid by [...]
Zubar at Wolverhampton…
By: Magnusson | 5 Comments
While everyone was expecting him to go to Bordeaux where Laurent Blanc seemed very keen on welcoming him, and where he could have become the world-class defender we all know he could be at some point under the tuttelage of such a great coach, but according to “The Mirror“, Marseille, the player and Wolverhampton came [...]
Tags: Didier Deschamps, eidur gudjohnsen, French Ligue 1, jose aigo, mamadou samassa, MERCATO, Pape Diouf, Players, Ronald Zubar, Rumors, taye taiwo, wolverhamptonOlof Mellberg courted, Lyon seducing Mamadou Niang…
By: Magnusson | 3 Comments
The phone between Marseille and Turin has been working non stop ever since Didier Deschamps took office. After having downplayed very quickly all the rumors linking David Trezeget to Marseille (”I can’t help it if people want to dream. I am a dreamer myself and I love David, we’ve always had a great relationship even [...]
Mathieu Valbuena leaving and all other transfer rumors…
By: Magnusson | 7 Comments
Mathieu Valbuena, one of Erik Gerets‘ favorite players was definitely one of the few players who were perceived as potential transferable players once new manager Didier Deschamps took over. Now what everybody was thinking panned out. In a conversation Deschamps had with the player on Wednesday, he told him that he was about to set [...]
Sylvain Wiltord is Marseillais…
By: Magnusson | 4 Comments
Yesterday around noon, Nino Wiltord arrived at the Commanderie for the traditional medical visit and an hour later, he was on the pitch for the first practice session of his Marseille career.
The french veteran came in free of charge from Rennes for the next six months after Guy Lacombe decided not to use him anymore [...]
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By: Magnusson | 3 Comments
Our owner, billionaire Robert Louis-Dreyfus, a.k.a. Spongebob doesn’t grant many interviews. But when he does, he rarely beats around the bush and goes straight to the point, as he does with his business deals. In one of he most interesting reads in recent history, Robert Louis-Dreyfus gave french newspaper L’Equipe an interview published yesterday and [...]
Gerets’ killer? Brandao
By: Magnusson | 7 Comments
Out of the long list of strikers we could have bought, Gerets, Anigo and Diouf decided on brandao after a whole week of negociations with Henrik Larsson. Once the swede decided he was too old for our challenge, Brandao, who made it known through his agent that he was going to bounce to brazilian [...]
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