Not in the squad today: 📋 STARTING XI | #OM v @ogcnice_eng Here's your starting 1⃣1⃣ for a huge clash against Les Aiglons this evening.#OMOGCN | ⚪️🔵 pic.twitter.com/5SQ3Ga8SWl— Olympique de Marseille 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@OM_English) March 20, 2022
Out with a knee injury, probably for the rest of the season: https://www.foot01.com/equipe/marseille/om-saison-terminee-pour-konrad-de-la-fuente-401189 Barring a medical miracle, Konrad de la Fuente will not play again with Olympique de Marseille this season. the American international winger will have to undergo an arthroscopy.
That's unfortunate. But it doesn't seem like he was going to get much more playing time regardless this season. Not counting Marseille's 6-1 aggregate win over Qarabağ FK in the Conference League, it's been three months since Konrad has played a minute for them.
Are there any sites that track injury metrics by nationality? US senior player pool has to be up there with the highest rate over the last year.
It does seem ridiculous at this point, doesn’t it? When you look at what happened during qualies we should probably be happier than we might actually feel. When you throw Wes’s suspension in there it truly is ugly.
Despite Konrad's lack of playing time, OM are making a good push for the CL next year. A win (at Rennes) and Monaco draw or loss in the next round will clinch the group stage. But I think they have a good chance to make either the group stage or qualifying regardless.
Back training: Konrad de la Fuente is back in training! pic.twitter.com/RGUy3NucrU— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) May 18, 2022
Meanwhile, l’OM lost and Monaco won. They need a draw in their last game to guarantee a CL spot. I guess they can also go through if they lose and Rennes doesn’t win. Rennes has a much better GD though.
Olympique Marseille won today and finished 2nd in the league. They will join the Champions League in the group stage next season. Konrad didn't make the squad according to what I saw.
Decent season besides the injury. People will harp on the comments from the coach about maturity but he did well for his first season of first team minutes at a high level for a very good team.
Interest in Spain: A club from La Liga that is qualified for an European competition is interested in signing Konrad de la Fuente. Barça have reserved 50% of a future transfer.— @FutbolTotalCF pic.twitter.com/S8C6imlrub— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) June 7, 2022
Not sure how this works but from what I can figure. Top 4 are Champions League and the next 4? are Europa League. So a top 8 team is interested in him?
Obviously not Real or Barca and very unlikely to be Atletico. That leaves Sevilla (unlikely), Real Betis, Real Sociedad and Villareal (Conference League). Since Real Betis qualified for the EL through their league placing and also qualified through winning the Copa del Rey, Valencia might be added to that list as losing Copa del Rey finalists. I'd take any of those except Valencia - there's been too much instability there over the last decade - but the other sides have been doing great in recent years.
After so many great thread titles - no, not all of them mine - fell by the wayside upthread, I think Konrad really needs a change of scenery to change his fortune. Nomen est omen!
Since they will get 50% of the transfer fee that Marseille paid, they'd be paying 50% of it to themselves so, yes, they'd be getting a 50% discount. Then again, it depends on whether VAT is payable on transfer fees in France or Spain. If it is, the tax they'll have to pay will reduce that a bit.
Of course that deal makes it harder for Marseille to sell, as they only get 50 percent of the upside.
Unless Marseille retains a further sell on clause. Seems to me he did not fit in so he didn't play. This sounds like a way to get him off the books.
Looks like OM will have a new manager. Parts ways with Sampaoli: Official, confirmed. It’s over between OM and Jorge Sampaoli - French club and Argentinian manager decided to part ways after different views on the strategies. 🚨🔵 #OMOlympique Marseille are already at work to replace Sampaoli. pic.twitter.com/sdDxJ5JlnQ— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 1, 2022 Igor Tudor is a candidate: Olympique Marseille have contacted former Hellas Verona manager Igor Tudor as candidate for head coach job. @MatteMoretto 🚨🔵 #OMBeen told Roberto De Zerbi is not in talks with OM now - Tudor, one of main options considered by the board.— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 1, 2022
Losing cup finalists aren't allowed pass-down spots in Europe anymore. Redundant qualification spots all go through the league table. Real, Barca, Atletico, Sevilla - Champions League Betis, Sociedad - Europa Villarreal - Conference The Champions League teams all seem unrealistic, but the other 3 are interesting.