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Credited with another sluggish performance this weekend, Vitinha is more than ever on the start in Marseille. Pablo Longoria confirms it this Monday.
The little credit that Vitinha had left at OM undoubtedly disappeared with this unfortunate missed action in added time against Monaco on Saturday evening. Alone facing the opponent’s cage, at close range, the young Portuguese striker missed his recovery, and a ready goal. The end point of a generally failed performance, in line with his Olympian performances over the past year. With heart, of course, but too much technical waste.
This Monday at a press conference, on the sidelines of Quentin Merlin’s presentation, Pablo Longoria did not seek to avoid the question of the departure of the player recruited from Braga for more than 30 million euros a year ago. “ It’s difficult to win at Olympique de Marseille when you’re a striker. At a press conference in January, I spoke about trust. The confidence the coach gave him with several chances at a time when we have a lot of players at the CAN, injured and suspended… »
Genoa interested
And the boss of OM admits to contacts recently established with a Serie A team: “ It’s true that we are talking with Genoa, that there are ongoing conversations, and that there are other clubs who are interested. We are not interested in a dry loan. It’s true that in the conversations with Genoa there are still a lot of things to resolve, but it could lead to an interesting situation. This is why we opened the door to these discussions with Genoa. »
In today’s edition, Provence takes stock, and the performance of Vitinha, author of six goals in 42 Marseille outings, is very mediocre – the worst for an attacker of the McCourt era. Scorer every 321 minutes, the person concerned arrives at the back of the pack behind Valère Germain (292) and Dario Benedetto (249). The top 3 being embodied by Mario Balotelli (118), Arkadiusz Milik (126) and, surprisingly, Luis Suarez (134).
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