When a new coach arrives in a club, he wants to get comfortable as soon as possible. So, if he can buy some player with whom he used to cooperate in another club, that’s great. He will be useful since he already knows what the coach wants, and he can also help his new teammates as he knows the boss’s habits and requirements. It’s been just days since Marcellino was appointed Olympique Marseille coach, and the club already brought him his former player – Geoffrey Kondogbia.💥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐛𝐢𝐚 est olympien ! 🏛Le milieu de terrain 🇨🇫 est 𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞̀𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 de l’#OdysséeMASSALIA 23/24 🪨🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/jZL6MO8cfg— Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) June 30, 2023 The former Atletico Madrid midfielder officially signed for Marseille for around eight million euros and will stay at the club for another four years. The experienced midfielder spent his entire career between his native France and Spain, with a short excursion in Italy (Inter Milan 2015-2018), and after Lens and Monaco, he will now be in Marseille. In Spain, he played in Seville, Atletico Madrid, with whom he won La Liga in 2021 and Valencia, where he worked with Marcellino. The pair won the King’s Cup against FC Barcelona in 2019 and qualified the club for two seasons in a row for the Champions League.Marseille get a new coach, and it’s president’s longtime friendKondogbia was born in France and started his international career with the French youth team before making his debut for the senior team in 2013 at a 0–0 friendly draw away to Belgium. His next four games for France were all friendlies, so he was free to switch alliances, which he eventually did. He got a call from the Central African Republic in 2018 and has played for them since. This is Marseille’s second signing as Amine Harit came on a loan from Schalke with an obligation to buy, which the club fulfilled. On the departure side, the biggest one is Alexis Sanchez. One of the club’s best players in the last season is out of contract, but the club believes they will persuade the 34-year-old to sign another deal.##NAJAVA_MECA_7347262##
