Mercato: Already cornered at OM, he must silence the critics

Arrived during the January transfer window with the label of the biggest transfer in the history of Olympique de Marseille, Vitinha has still not scored a single goal. A situation that is starting to make people cringe, with more and more observers questioning Pablo Longoria’s decision to bet more than €30m on a Portuguese striker barely 22 years old.

With the departure ofArkadiusz Milik last summer, Pablo Longoria had to offer new offensive weapons to Igor Tudor. This was thus the case with Alexis Sanchez, who has achieved great things since the start of the season, but also Luis Suarez… who greatly disappointed and who left theOM only a few months later.

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A transfer of €32m and 0 goals

President Longoria thus had to start from the beginning during the January transfer window and while several names were announced at theOM, he finally decided to bet on Vitinha. Not only a little moreover, since the attacker of Braga became with its 32M€ bonus included the biggest transfer in the history of the Marseille club. Problem, it still has not justified this price.

“Vitinha is on the rise”

Because a month after his arrival, Vitinha still hasn’t scored a single goal with theOM ! A situation that is starting to react, since the criticisms are more and more numerous, even if the player can count on the support of Igor Tudor. ” He is training well, he is progressing “confided the coach of theOMon the eve of the quarter-final of the Coupe de France against Annecy. ” Will he start tomorrow? As usual, I say nothing about the composition “.

“You have to give him time”

In the locker room, Vitinha can also count on the support of Chancel Mbemba, whom he had already met in the past. ” We played against each other, I know his qualities. The most important thing is that I believe in him but you have to give him time “explained the defender of theOMpassed through the FC Porto. ” The Portuguese championship is different from the French championship. But I believe in him. When he will score, everything will go wonderfully for him “.