A Nantes resident moves away, competition on several targets … the OM transfer window darkens

While Olympique de Marseille is 2nd in Ligue 1 before the meeting this Sunday evening against AJ Auxerre, at the Stade Vélodrome, the Marseille club is already preparing, and in difficulty, its summer transfer window.

A past master in the art of the transfer window, Pablo Longoria, the president of OM, will he experience a less successful summer transfer market this summer? In recent times, the Marseille club has been associated with several elements. OM, which should let go of most of its loaned players and sell some others like Mattéo Guendouzi or even Jonathan Clauss, will have to rebuild in almost all lines.

As an attacking midfielder, OM are targeting Ludovic Blas. But the Nantes player, who is preparing to play the Coupe de France final against Toulouse this Saturday evening (9 p.m.), has his eye on OGC Nice instead. According to The Teamthe 25-year-old former Guigampais, who is thinking of the Blues, is interested in the idea of ​​joining the current 10th in Ligue 1. Under the nose and beard of OM, therefore.

Blas and Lafont to other skies?

In another case, that of goalkeeper, OM are also thinking of Alban Lafont (FC Nantes), while Ruben Blanco, Pau Lopez’s understudy, will leave Marseille to return to his club, Celta Vigo. Here too, according to The Team, the 24-year-old Frenchman could escape OM, while AS Monaco, which will lose the German Alexander Nübel, on loan from Bayern Munich, is interested in Nantes. Under contract with his club until 2024, Alban Lafont is valued at 20 million euros per Transfermarkt.

Finally, on the Wilfried Zaha file, OM will have to deal with competition from PSG. According to RMC, the Ivorian striker, at the end of his contract with Crystal Palace, has been offered to the Marseille club, but also to the leader of Ligue 1. If PSG positions itself concretely on Wilfried Zaha, the Ivorian international has a priori little chance of join OM, as the financial power of Paris is greater than that of the resident of the Vélodrome, and could be decisive on the file. Especially since some English clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea) and Saudis (Al-Nassr, Al-Sadd) are on the spot.