If we exclude the untouchable and too rich Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique de Marseille are on their way with the most attractive transfer window this summer in the rest of football France.The Velodrome club completed two more reinforcements today. One was agreed, the other was officially confirmed.Spanish goalkeeper Ruben Blanco signed a contract with Marseille from Celta. He was on loan in Marseille last season, and now the French club bought him for around 2,000,000 euros. Blanco will be an alternative for compatriot Pau Lopez. He didn’t have a place in Celta, given that the experienced Agustin Marchezin has recovered, and also the fact that the club from Vigo is looking for another goalkeeper – it will most likely be Alban Lafont from Nantes.##NAJAVA_MECA_7395570##A much bigger boost for Marseille will be the Senegalese striker born in France, Iliman Ndiaye (23). Today, his return from Sheffield United was agreed for around 17,000,000 euros. Ndiaye is a child of Marseille, he grew up in the club but left at the age of 14, went to Senegal and then two years later arrived in England. He worked his way through smaller clubs and ended up at Sheffield United. He played two senior seasons for the Blades, and in the last one he shone and with 11 goals and 14 assists he was among the most deserving of the upgrade to the Premier League.A key meeting was held today in London between the leaders of Sheffield, Marseille’s director Pablo Longoria and the player’s agents. The amount of the compensation and the five-year contract were agreed upon, and Ndiaye will travel to the south of France tonight and undergo medical checks and sign the contract tomorrow.🚨⚪️🔵🇸🇳 #Ligue1 |◉ Comme évoqué par @MarwanBelkacem, Iliman Ndiaye va signer à l’Olympique de Marseille.◉ L’OM va débourser 17M€.◉ L’attaquant sénégalais avait déjà trouvé un accord avec l’OM, comme révélé il y a quelques semaines.@Des_shfc pic.twitter.com/Rp0y3fo2SN— Santi Aouna (@Santi_J_FM) July 30, 2023 With the transfers of Ndiaye and Blanco, Olympique de Marseille reached the barrier of almost 70,000,000 euros spent in this transfer window. They set aside 13,000,000 euros each for Watford’s winger Ismaila Sarr and Atletico Madrid’s left back Renan Lodi. They paid 10,000,000 euros to buy Ruslan Malinovskyi from Atalanta, and twice less for Amine Harit from Schalke. The purchase of Geoffrey Kondogbia from Atletico Madrid cost them another 8,000,000 euros, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang arrived from Chelsea as a free agent.Among the more important players this summer, they lost Alexis Sanchez, Dimitri Payet and Sead Kolasinac, whose contracts expired, and left back Nuno Tavares, who returned from his loan to Arsenal.
