Medhi Benatia was President Pablo Longoria’s trump card to bring OM’s XXL transfer window to a successful conclusion. As revealed by Wesley Fofana, the sports advisor of the Marseille club contacted him by telephone to encourage him to sign with the Marseille team. Moreover, the Chelsea player would be ready to return to the French championship in the future.
During the international break this September, Free Foot broadcast an interview with Wesley Fofana (23 years old). The central defender of Chelsea where he is contractually until June 2029 was approached by Medhi Benatia during the summer transfer window. By virtue of his role as sports advisor to theABOUTthe Moroccan leader tried to attract the former player’ASSE at theOrange Velodrome.
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Benatia calls him, Fofana admits everything
“I had a call that touched me. It would be a lie to say that I didn’t calculate it. It was Medhi Benatia, from Olympique de Marseille, the sports director. And it sure touched me. I think everyone knows why and… I had a thought. But there you go, the objective at the moment is to succeed at Chelsea, to try to string together matches, to establish myself in my club”. Here is the testimony given by the native of Marseille to Free Foot. Wesley Fofana would indeed have been contacted by OM as CaughtOffside confirms this in recent hours.
Fofana wants to return to Ligue 1!
Moreover, CaughtOffside shares the will visibly displayed behind the scenes by Wesley Fofana about his future. Although he has been playing in the Premier League since 2020, the French international would like to return to the elite of French football before hanging up his boots. L’ABOUT could be a real option, but other Ligue 1 clubs would be in the running according to the media. It remains to be seen, when the time is right, whoMarseille Olympic or other Ligue 1 big names will win the stake in the file Breathing.
