Hard on the financial side due to a deficit of just over 90 M € over the last accounting year, Olympique de Marseille will certainly have to part with a few elements this summer, without rushing André Villas- Boas. Linked to the Marseille club until June 2021, Maxime Lopez (22) is one of the players affected by this degreasing imposed by his contractual situation. Formed at the club, the midfielder was not one of the essential holders of AVB this season (13 tenures in 23 appearances in Ligue 1).
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On paper, number 27 is therefore one of the candidates for departure. Seville and Aston Villa have also expressed interest in it. Les Villans have also offered € 11 million to hire its services. However, the main stakeholder is not really ready to pack up. RMC Sport relayed comments made by Lopz in an exchange on the Twitch platform with the steamer Warkik. “I have one year left on the contract. At the moment, I have no sign of direction. I have nothing more to say. We don’t know what can happen. I would like to extend for sure but the ball is not in my court. I’m fine in Marseille. “
Lopez was really in touch with Barça
The message got through. but will it be heard by its leaders? Not sure. Finally, this exchange was also an opportunity for the player to review two highlights from the start of his young career: his aborted starts at Liverpool and FC Barcelona. Thus, Lopez reveals that the Reds have “Everything possible for me to sign. I hesitated a lot, but today I don’t regret it anymore. “ As for his failed adventure in Catalonia, Lopez assures us that these were not unfounded rumors.
“People make fun of me about it but it really was. They can say what they want but the general recruiter of Barça, Robert Fernandez, who recruited Ousmane Dembélé, was really in contact with my agent. He had said to him: ‘we will wait a year and if he is still performing, he will come to us.’ People can say what they want and have the right to laugh but it’s the truth. “ It is said !
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