Pape Gueye, Olympique de Marseille midfielder, prepares to face the Stade Rennais on Sunday (15:00), where Steve Mandanda plays, the player with the most appearances in OM history (613 games). The Senegalese player is looking forward to reuniting with his former captain, with whom he immediately befriended.
“We often exchange with Steve, on our social networks or by phonesays Gueye. I also congratulated him recently on his decisive pass (against Auxerre on 11 September for matchday 11 of Ligue 1). I am very attached to him, he helped me a lot when I arrived. Steve, this is Steve. We know everything he has done for the club, the love he has had and still has for this club, so I know …, I hope but I know the fans will welcome him as he should be at home. “
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“Steve talked to me a lot. In Le Havre I played with a person close to him, his family, he continues. We have a lot of mutual acquaintances, he was in Le Havre and left young, around my age, so he knows what it’s like to join a club like Olympique de Marseille (Mandanda trained in Le Havre and wore HAC colors then in Ligue 2 between 2004 and 2007, before moving to OM at the age of 22 in August 2007, first on loan before moving there. the following summer). What you can see on TV, like Steve is, is just like that, it’s adorable. To me he is an older brother. He has always protected me, he has always helped me, especially with Dimitri (Payment).
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“Steve told me if I scored against him, he would kill me! “
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Honestly, I’m very happy with what he’s doing. (reindeer). Afterwards we were all disappointed, I was not the only one who was disappointed with his departure, but it was a personal choice. But I am very happy to see him again. It will be a little strange to play against him. He told me that since I didn’t score many goals, if I scored against him he would kill me (laughs!). I hope we will have a good match and I hope that if I play I will score against him! In any case, we will give everything to win this match. […] A football match is always a football match, if I pass Steve, I don’t pass the ball, if I manage to score I’ll score, we’ll go behind. “
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