The big clearance sale at the Olympique de Marseille? This is what regulars of the Velodrome could fear, knowing that the Marseille club does not have unlimited means and a financial situation far from flamboyant. Moreover, the UEFA financial gendarme has tapped the fingers of Marseille leaders in recent days: three million euros fine and 15% less on European revenues in 2020-21. The good news is that OM will be able to play the next Champions League well, while we may have feared that financial fair play would cost it its place on the European scene, despite its 2nd place in Ligue 1 .
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The other good news is that it will be with international tri-color Steve Mandanda, Florian Thauvin and Dimitri Payet. Three players who retain a certain value on the market and which one would have thought that the Marseille management would part with in the event of an attractive offer. "Of course they will be there with a Marseille jersey," said OM president Jacques-Henri Eyraud on Tuesday on Europe 1 .
"Sports performance will always be the primary objective"
"There will be no big sales at OM," promises Mr. Eyraud. For four years, there have been massive investments to reshape the club. There is a desire to be as competitive as possible but on the basis of a sustainable economic mode. ” Very criticized in recent weeks, President Eyraud insists that the Marseille club "cannot support such massive investments for such a long period", he who has already explained that he wanted to see OM rely on training and the sales. "Sports performance will always be the primary objective," he promises. Reassuring for the people of Olympia?
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