A big revolution (again) is happening in Marseille. After acquiring their fourth coach in under one year (!), the only Champions League French winning club is again making deep cuts in their team, this time under Roberto De Zerbi‘s request. The Italian took over after finishing the season with Brighton and began with shaping the squad for his liking. After a major breakthrough, when he landed Marlon Greenwood from Manchester United in a 30 million euros deal, former Sassuolo coach has landed his future ‘rock‘ in midfield – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. 📂 Mercato_2425👤 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞-𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐇ø𝐣𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇩🇰📸 Le Pharo🗓️ 22/07/24🔵⚪️ #HøjbjergEstOlympien pic.twitter.com/1zj9SN2r7r— Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) July 22, 2024 The Dane came from Tottenham on a loan with an obligation to buy next season for around 20 million euros. His four year tenure with the Spurs have ended as he lost his starting place in the first 11 under coach Ange Postecoglou. In fact, he did played in 36 out of 38 Premier League games for the Spurs last season, but only started in eight of them. He was usually a substitute, when Postecoglu wanted to ‘close‘ the game and how, he will be in starting 11 with De Zerbi, who suffered most changes in midfield and attacking department. Gone are Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) and Pape Gueye (Villarreal), while Hojbjerg and Ismael Kone (Watford) came in. De Zerbi is trying to bring more players from the Premier League, as he is to bid for his former player Billy Gilmour. Marseille opposed the left leaning, politics did not win: A loose cannon in the craziest French cityAs for the attack, even thou he has Greenwood, the Italian lost Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Iliman Ndiaye and Vitinha. Some new additions are needed and L‘Equipe are already mentioning Eddie Nketiah. The Marseille leaders must still find common ground with Arsenal with whom Nketiah is linked until 2027. President Pablo Longoria would like a loan with a mandatory purchase option in a year. The London native, who has passed through the youth academies of Chelsea and then Arsenal, has played 168 matches in all competitions and scored 38 goals with the Gunners since his debut in the first team at 18 years old, in 2017.##NAJAVA_MECA_8229040##
