The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel
Match19 Aug 2028
12 unbeaten for Olympique de Marseille
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Olympique de Marseille did not have in the autumn.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Olympique de Marseille bid $6.5M for Lorenzo Palmisani
The offer went to Stade Rennais this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Age has not caught Pierre-Emile Højbjerg yet — 8.14
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.14 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Angel Gomes says Olympique de Marseille went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Bradley Barcola was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Olympique de Marseille
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Olympique de Marseille are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Olympique de Marseille
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Hervé Carpentier joins the Olympique de Marseille first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hervé Carpentier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: François Muller joins the Olympique de Marseille first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. François Muller is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Olympique de Marseille promote Christophe Collet from within
- Market Olympique de Marseille promote Bruno Nicolas from within
- Player ratings One of those days for Kingsley Coman