Lorient: not hot for OM, Moffi will sign in Nice

Terem Moffi should join the ranks of the OGCN in the coming hours. His agent is in the city of Nice. OM will probably have to turn to another possibility to strengthen their offensive sector.

Tuesday, OM agreed with Lorient for the transfer of Terem Moffi. The operation included an exchange with Bamba Dieng, who is very popular with Le Merlus. But the deal fell through: for whatever reason, Terem Moffi does not seem thrilled at the idea of ​​​​joining Marseille. On social media, the attacker’s agent posted an image showing the OGC Nice logo. Which finally confirms what some newspapers have suggested in recent hours, namely that the player preferred to sign in Nice rather than Marseille. The Team even believes that the player would have failed the leaders of OM.

Moffi is worried about not playing enough?

Information that surprises, while the OGCN points to the 10^e position in the Ligue 1 standings and that OM are in the running for a place on the podium, and therefore for qualification for the next edition of the Champions League. The Lorient player could have been afraid of being confronted with too much competition, even with a context often deemed difficult, when things go badly (but things are going well, this winter). The Aiglons also seemed to have taken the lead in discussions with his agent, compared to their Marseille counterparts.

The deal seeming close to overturning, the departure of Bamba Dieng in Lorient is also called into question. The Senegalese flew to Brittany on Tuesday evening with the idea of ​​joining the Hakes. Lorient would now offer 9 million euros to recruit him. But OM do not intend to let their only striker slip away with Alexis Sanchez, without having found a replacement for him. As a reminder, the native of Pikine is 22 years old and has a contract that runs until June 2024.