Jean Onana will play in Ligue 1 again. After Bordeaux and Lance, his new club is Marseille.The Cameroonian is officially presented in the south of France as the first reinforcement in the winter transfer window, in the form of a loan until the end of the season, because he infamously (temporarily) parted ways with Beşiktaş. The reason is “a lack of effort in training and matches”, as the Turkish giant described a few weeks ago when they ‘kicked’ the midfielder out of the team, along with four other footballers, which blamed that group for the weaker than expected results in the Turkish championship and the Conference League.🔵⚪️ OFFICIEL ! 🇨🇲✍️Jean Onana rejoint officiellement l’Olympique de Marseille sous la forme d’un prêt avec OA non obligatoire. #TeamOM | #MercatOM pic.twitter.com/QRDd9nDoyR— La Minute OM (@LaMinuteOM_) January 8, 2024 A lot was expected from Onana, because he was paid 4,200,000 euros, after a great season in the Lens jersey, although he was mostly a reserve player. At the Vodafone Arena, they hoped that he could become the protagonist of the Besiktas’ gameplay, but after receiving a four-year contract, he spent only 188 minutes on the field spread over ten games. When it became clear that they did not want him in Istanbul, an option appeared in the form of Marseille.Truth be told, Onana was not the first choice. At Velodrome, they wanted Lucien Agoume, but Sevilla were faster and probably brought the Inter Milan player. That’s why Marseille turned to the backup option and on Monday made the arrival of Jean Onana official. It is a loan until the end of the season, after which the purchase of the contract can be negotiated.##NAJAVA_MECA_7781433##Onana was projected to, at least initially, compensate for the injured captain Valentin Rongier, and since he was not invited to the Cameroon national team, he will come in handy for coach Gennaro Gattuso in a tricky part of the year, when he has as many as seven footballers at the Cup of African Nations. Pape Gueye is among them, so there is room for Onana to make his debut against Strasbourg on Friday.
