Konrad de la Fuente in Marseille, it's done.
Announced for several days, the arrival of the 19-year-old American international winger (1 sel.) Is formalized on Tuesday.
Trained at FC Barcelona, he signed up for four years.
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Right-handed, de la Fuente can play on the right wing as well as on the left wing, which makes him a very versatile profile.
Dribbler, technical, fast, this Floridian of origin has all the qualities required to outsmart his opponents
”, we analyze on the side of OM.
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Arrived at Barça in 2014, De la Fuente played with the reserve of the Catalan club last season (21 matches, 6 goals).
We still saw him point the tip of his nose three times with the first team, twice in the Champions League (Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros) and one in the Copa del Rey (Cornella), for a total of 26 minutes on the meadow under the orders of Ronald Koeman.
If Olympique de Marseille did not specify the financial details of this transfer, FC Barcelona did: the Marseille club paid € 3 million to the Blaugrana, who "
reserve a percentage of the amount in the event of a future transfer
”.
He is OM's first recruit during this transfer window in the summer of 2021. Others will follow, starting with the Brazilian Gerson, already in Marseille for several days and who only has to spend his medical visit to officially join the ranks of Jorge Sampaoli's team. 24 years old, Gerson arrives from the carioca club of Flamengo. According to various sources, President Longoria is also working on the coming of Pau Lopez and Cengiz Ünder, two Roma players. One thing is certain: the summer will be hot in Marseille.