Relief in Marseille: OM, whose recruitment had been supervised for a year by the DNCG, convinced the financial policeman of French football on Thursday to lift these constraints, facilitating the task of Marseille president Pablo Longoria to meet the requirements of the coach Jorge Sampaoli.
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In a press release, the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) indicated that it had taken "
no action with regard to the club
", a year after having pronounced a framework for OM's payroll and its allowances. of mutations.
The club is therefore freeing itself from the constraint regime imposed since the summer of 2021, in part thanks to the windfall expected thanks to qualification for the group stage of the Champions League: at least 15.64 million euros even before register the slightest point, plus a variable part according to past performance and the amount of TV rights.
In recent years, OM has been an economically fragile club and its accounts have been in the red for several years, forcing its American owner Frank McCourt to regularly make up for losses.
On May 31, the DNCG had not ruled on OM's case and had asked for "
additional
information " before rendering its decision.
Elements provided by OM, which said it was internally "
optimistic
" about lifting this framework.
Pablo Longoria will work on recruitment
President Longoria, a transfer window specialist, will therefore be able to work to strengthen his workforce and meet Sampaoli's expectations with a view to the resumption of Ligue 1 on August 6 and 7.
Last month, the Argentinian coach remained evasive about a possible extension of his contract ending in 2023 and invited club leaders to be "sincere" about OM's ambitions in Europe.
Internally, it is said to be targeting this summer "
two defenders, a big midfielder and a striker
", while two indisputable holders, Boubacar Kamara (free party at Aston Villa) and William Saliba (return from loan to Arsenal), have left the club. .
The green light from the DNCG at least allows Longoria to work calmly this summer and prepare for the future, while another sword of Damocles hangs over the construction of the Olympian workforce: a possible ban on recruitment in the case Pape Gueye, at the heart of a dispute with Watford, which will be examined in October by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.