View Full Version : The Olympique Marseille Transfer Thread
MarocFAN
08 Jul 2008, 07:20 AM
Is it official with Alloudi?
Bonizzoni
08 Jul 2008, 11:46 AM
Is it official with Alloudi?
Somehow yes,Alloudi said he'll play at L'OM next season.Ain also said he's freee to negotiate,so I think he'll be put as a Marseille player in a few days.
Bonizzoni
08 Jul 2008, 06:40 PM
Negotiations for Baky Koné are over.He'll stay with Nice.
I liked it,believe me.We need a striker to make pair with Cissé,not to make bench.
prvev
08 Jul 2008, 06:48 PM
Kone wrote a long message on his own site which indicated that he still wants to come, and that he's upset with Cohen. We'll see if it changes anything. If not, pursue Klasnic or Jovanović. Maybe Saviola.
I think Niang-Cisse is a fine pair. It's unlikely anyone better will come. To me, the best thing that could come from the Kone deal falling apart would be the possibility of adding another defensive player.
NicolasN.
08 Jul 2008, 08:20 PM
Kone wrote a long message on his own site which indicated that he still wants to come, and that he's upset with Cohen. We'll see if it changes anything. If not, pursue Klasnic or Jovanović. Maybe Saviola.
I think Niang-Cisse is a fine pair. It's unlikely anyone better will come. To me, the best thing that could come from the Kone deal falling apart would be the possibility of adding another defensive player.
Klasnic will sign a four-year contract with Nantes after passing his medical.
prvev
08 Jul 2008, 08:56 PM
Oh, okay, thanks.
This whole transfer season has been...interesting.
SportBoy333
08 Jul 2008, 10:30 PM
I like the idea of signing another defensive player instead of Kone. If Djibril decides to leave before the window closes then that would really f up the team now if there is no Kone.
prvev
08 Jul 2008, 11:38 PM
Yea, it would be even worse than the Beye situation last year. But I think he'll stay, at least for this season.
SportBoy333
09 Jul 2008, 01:16 PM
Nice have already lost Lloris, Ederson and Balmont so I can see why they are fighting so hard to keep Kone. Their president is one of the worst in France I think. I hope the fans get fed up and demand he resign.
prvev
09 Jul 2008, 02:08 PM
It looks like he'll definately be leaving, I guess Cohen is just trying to maximize the transfer money. But if Kone is mad, that won't help him in negotiations.
Bonizzoni
09 Jul 2008, 10:27 PM
Klasnic will sign a four-year contract with Nantes after passing his medical.
Oh =/ Klasnic would be very nice IMO.
Although I think Alloudi will be a starter in some time.He's classy...
prvev
09 Jul 2008, 11:24 PM
Is Alloudi just a striker, or does he also play as an attacking midfielder?
By the way, Erbate was pretty good today. I liked what I saw from him.
SportBoy333
10 Jul 2008, 11:16 AM
^You forgot to mention that Ziani got injured and will be out 4-6 weeks.
prvev
10 Jul 2008, 01:14 PM
He was really good before that though, which was the annoying part. Ben Arfa and him were controlling the game, then he gets hurt.
SportBoy333
12 Jul 2008, 11:33 AM
What do you think about the supporters collecting money to buy Drogba ? I saw this story and I was like "Huh ?"
prvev
12 Jul 2008, 01:04 PM
I don't think they actually expect to get enough money to buy him, although it is kind of impressive that they've gone over 700K euro. I think they're just trying to draw attention from both Drogba, Pape Diouf, and even RLD. And with all the attention it drew, from both English and French papers, I'm sure they've noticed.
I think it's smart to make it clear to Drogba as often as possible how well liked he is in Marseille, in an attempt to get him to come back as soon as possible. I think it's extremely improbable that he'll come back this season, because of the price and because I think Drogba has said that he wants to win a Champions League. But I wouldn't be too surprised if he came back in summer of 2009 or 2010.
lefutur
14 Jul 2008, 03:25 PM
1.5 million raised so far...
SportBoy333
14 Jul 2008, 07:17 PM
Its a complete waste. As Diouf said, even if you "buy" Drogba you have to start selling off other players because his salary would be so high it would throw everything out of wack and you have to maintain some sort of financial balance in your roster. Thats why L1 cant compete with the big boys.
prvev
15 Jul 2008, 10:55 PM
Le Parisien and La Provence indicate that a deal for Kone is close to done, with it likely being 9M plus 1M if we get into the CL "proper".
Bonizzoni
18 Jul 2008, 08:44 AM
Now it's official : Koné is a L'OM player.
So,someone say Diouf that we can't stay with Bonnart as a Right Back.