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Mercato: Historic transfer to OM, the verdict falls for his successor!
Published on January 30, 2024 at 12:15 a.m.
Vitinha is not likely to last forever at OM. Indeed, his departure for Genoa would be about to be completed through a loan with a purchase option of up to €25M. However, despite the void he will leave in Marseille, Vitinha should not be replaced.
On January 31, 2023, Pablo Longoria finally got his hands on the top striker he was looking for during the entire transfer window in question. After failures with Terem Moffi, Gonçalo Guedes or Leandro Trossard in another register, the president of theOM finally broke the piggy bank of the Marseille club by dropping €32 million to Braga for the transfer of Vitinha.
Vitinha leaving for Genoa?
Vitinha thus became the most expensive recruit in the history of Olympique de Marseille. And the Portuguese striker carried this label all calendar year like a burden. At the point where his departure for the Genoa through a loan with a non-obligatory purchase option of between €20 and €25 million would be imminent.
“There will be no top striker to replace Vitinha”
L’OM will he find a replacement for him in the coming hours? Absolutely not according to Florence Germain. “There will be no top striker to replace Vitinha. OM believes that there are enough players including rookie Faris Moumbagna. confided the journalist of RMC during the broadcast Rothen bursts into flames.