Mercato | Mercato – OM: Longoria has found an attacker for Villas-Boas!

Posted on January 14, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. by AC

André Villas Boas has been asking for an additional striker at Olympique de Marseille for several months and Pablo Longoria seems to have found him.

Serie A is a field known for Pablo Longoria.  The  head of football of Olympique de Marseille cut his teeth in the Italian championship, at theAtalanta as a recruiter, then to Sassuolo and at the Juventus as director of recruitment. Thus, he naturally turned to Italy when reinforcing the Marseille workforce and has already completed a first shot, with Pol Lirola. He shouldn’t be the only one. Sport Italia spoke at the beginning of January of a concrete interest of theIF for Arkadiusz Milik. At the end of the contract, the Pole does not wish to extend and the Naples therefore dismissed it since the start of the season. A first offer would have been made according to Sky Sport Italy, amounting to 5 / 6M €, but the Naples would have refused, claiming 15M €. Track Belong therefore seemed to be complicated for theIF and André Villas-Boas was somewhat pessimistic. ” Milik? He is not the only option, but perhaps the most difficult to achieve because he is an important player »Said the coach ofIF, at a press conference. ” We showed an interest, which unfortunately came out in the Italian press, but we are not in advanced conversation, neither with the club nor with the player ». More Longoria does not seem to have said his last word …

A second offer from OM refused

This Thursday, Gianluca Di Marzio announces that Olympique de Marseille have made a second offer for Arkadiusz Milik. It would be higher than the first, since the journalist of Sky Sport Italy speaks of 7 / 8M € plus bonus.  The  response from Naples however, would not have changed. New refusal from the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, who would claim more. A situation that does not necessarily help Belong, who has not played a club game since last August and who risks a white season, if he does not leave this winter.

Longoria continues to negotiate with Napoli

However, the transfer window is still long and Pablo Longoria seems determined to try everything with Arkadiusz Milik. Always this Thursday, Alfredo Pedulla confirmed the information of Sky Sport Italy, concerning a second offer fromOlympic Marseille for Belong.  The  journalist of Sport Italia and of  The  Gazzetta dello Sport goes it further, announcing that if the offer ofIF was refused, Longoria would continue to negotiate with the Naples !  The  exchanges would relate to a base of 10M €, with however a percentage in favor of the Neapolitans on a future resale.