The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel
Squad7 Sep 2026
Quinten Timber in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Olympique de Marseille this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jeffrey de Lange lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Match5 Sep 2026
LOSC Lille take the points off Olympique de Marseille
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 214% of everything Olympique de Marseille earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Timothy Weah
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Timothy Weah, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the eights
A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Victor Joseph stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Joseph and Olympique de Marseille agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market7 Sep 2026
Valenciennes are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Olympique de Marseille will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
The one thing Mason Greenwood could not do
Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Hamed Traoré could not do
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Himad Abdelli
- Market Olympique de Marseille pick up Igor Silva for nothing