Sofiane Sidi Ali

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
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The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

$18.6M settles it between the clubs for Johann Lepenant

FC Nantes have accepted the money. What Olympique de Marseille do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

Failed medical for Krépin Diatta

The deal with Monaco died in the treatment room. Nobody will say what was found and everybody in the game will find out by Friday.

Market1 Feb 2027

Sofiane Sidi Ali puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Olympique de Marseille, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

Jelle Van Neck keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Olympique de Marseille may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Deadline passes with 2 signed and 2 gone

That is the business done at Olympique de Marseille until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Market1 Feb 2027

Igor Paixão wants more than Olympique de Marseille are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Market1 Feb 2027

Tadjidine Mmadi moves on

ESTAC Troyes pay $1.5M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Nobody could get near Timothy Weah

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Olympique de Marseille

Amine Gouiri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief