Very active at the start of the transfer window, OM completed the transfer of Gerson for a little less than 20 ME excluding bonus.
A very big blow from Marseille, whose coach Jorge Sampaoli quickly made the Flamengo relay midfielder his priority in the transfer market. Pablo Longoria led the discussions from start to finish and reached a satisfactory agreement with Flamengo by disbursing 15 ME excluding bonuses according to French press estimates. This Wednesday, Gerson will play his final match with Flamengo before spending his medical visit in Marseille and flying to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Before that, the official TV channel from the Rio club devoted a farewell program to Gerson and the emotion was palpable for the neo-Olympian.
“I get emotional remembering the things I have experienced in my life and listening to the words of very important people, who are references inside and outside the field, idols for many people. These are words that I will carry with me for the rest of my life and I can only thank them ” Gerson said, in tears, before continuing by referring to his relationship with his former coach Jorge Jesus. “He made a big effort to get me to play for Flamengo. He called me daily, said he was counting on me in Flamengo. I was in Italy, I thought to put football aside, but he gave me confidence. Roma had said that they weren’t counting on me this season and that there weren’t a lot of clubs to go to, and he said: ‘if they don’t count on you there, I count on you here’. I was very happy with the confidence he placed in my football ” he remembers. It is now in Marseille, under the orders of Jorge Sampaoli, that Gerson will be eagerly awaited.
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