With less than 72 hours before the end of the winter transfer window, European clubs continue to work to expand their respective squads to prepare for the second half of the season. Among them are Olympique Lyonnais, in the race for the Champions League in Ligue 1 and still in contention in the Coupe de France, in which they will face Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 at the Orange Vélodrome this Wednesday. evening.
At the end of January, the Marseille sports management is still working to allow its coach, Igor Tudor, to have the best possible squad to end the 2022-2023 financial year as it should. If Ruslan Malinvoskyi has already arrived from Atalanta to replace Amine Harit’s long absence numerically and the club has reached an agreement with Angers for Azzedine Ounahi, Pablo Longoria is now interested in a Portuguese championship striker.
OM ready to put a big check for Vitinha
Indeed, according to the latest information from Record, Olympique de Marseille would have entered the race to try to enlist the Portuguese striker Vitinha, under contract with Sporting Braga until June 2027. It is not the first club in the European top 5, since the player 22-year-old has already animated the winter transfer window with the interests of Newcastle and Atlético de Madrid, for a transfer this winter. The Portuguese publication adds that the Marseille management is determined to pay no less than 20 million euros to secure its services.
As a reminder, the release clause present in the contract of the Portuguese international Espoirs (5 selections, 2 goals) is estimated at 30 million euros. If this clause is lifted, it could become the second biggest sale in the history of the club behind the 31 M€ which brought Francisco Trincão to FC Barcelona. For the moment, OM do not seem willing to pay this amount to release Vitinha from his four and a half year contract, he who has already scored 13 goals and 5 assists in 27 matches in all competitions.
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