The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel
Match18 Aug 2029
A derby to forget for Olympique de Marseille
Beaten 0‑1 by Paris Saint-Germain in the one fixture where losing is not allowed. The football was bad enough; the week ahead will be worse.
Market20 Aug 2029
Olympique de Marseille turn down SC Bastia for Hamed Traoré
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
Ilan Kebbal 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.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Door shut on Fabio Baldé
Olympique de Marseille asked and RC Strasbourg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Olympique de Marseille bid $170.0K for Lukás Hrádecký
The offer went to Monaco 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.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Olympique de Marseille baulk at the price for Lukás Hrádecký
Monaco wanted more than $160.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
The dugout20 Aug 2029
Igor Paixão back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Olympique de Marseille has worked with Igor Paixão before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Olympique de Marseille
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market20 Aug 2029
Olympique de Marseille promote Christophe Robert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christophe Robert has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Olympique de Marseille promote Daniel Lopez from within
- Market One of our own: Emmanuel Marty joins the Olympique de Marseille first team
- Squad Tempers go at Olympique de Marseille