Transfers – OM: Longoria receives a big blow of pressure on the transfer window

Posted on July 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. by Arthur Montagne

For several days, the transfer of Darko Lazovic to OM seemed to be on the right track. Indeed, the Serbian international was close to joining the Marseille club as part of an operation with Kevin Strootman. But while the operation seems to have flipped over, Francesco Marrocco, sports director of Hellas Verona, comes out of silence on this file.

Very active in recent days on the transfer market, theOM has already completed the arrival of five new players, namely Isaac Toure, Chancel Mbemba, Jonathan Clauss, Ruben Blanco and Luis Suarez. But the transfer window of Pablo Longoria is still far from over since other recruits are expected, especially in the left piston position. In this perspective, theOM seemed very close to completing the transfer of Darko Lazovica player thatIgor Tudor knows well for having had him under his orders at theHellas Verona.

The Lazovic-Strootman deal falls through

Italian club executive, Darko Lazovic was thus close to signing at theOM as part of an operation that would have sent Kevin Strootman in exchange forHellas Verona. But while everything seemed to be complete for this transfer, the payment of the Dutchman’s salary posed a problem, hampering the arrival of Darko Lazovic in Marseilles, to the chagrin ofIgor Tudor who wanted to align the Serb at the left piston position. But while vagueness reigns over this file, theHellas Verona decided to break the silence.

Marrocco’s rant

Indeed, the sports director of the Italian club Francesco Marrocco, released his truths in the columns of The Arena. ” Lazovic still remains untransferable, as I would like Antonin Barak to stay here. I would like to hear the other side’s version, because the fans fall in love with the players and it’s normal, I am the sports director who arrived “tomorrow” and who must build his credibility. It’s easier to think that Lazovic didn’t want to leave and that Marroccu wanted to sell him, but it’s a truth to be rewritten since Marroccu never put Lazovic on the transfer window, never took him out of the plane since he never organized it “, he explains in remarks transcribed by Eurosport.

“And maybe one day Darko will tell the truth”

And Francesco Marrocco added a layer: It would be necessary to understand who organized it and with whom he had agreed. The truth, in my culture as in history, is always one and cannot be told in any other way. Hellas never put Lazovic on the transfer window. If the operation took off, it’s because someone gave its approval upstream. Hellas only did it secondarily. And maybe one day Darko will tell the truth. »