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OM: Like Cristiano Ronaldo, these stars have been introduced at OM
Introduced with insistence on the departure to Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo has logically develop into the nice fantasy of OM supporters whereas an curiosity has been introduced in current weeks for the Portuguese striker. And lengthy earlier than CR7, different huge stars have been introduced to Marseille and by no means got here…
Diego Maradona
After all, how to not point out the abortive switch of Diego Maradona on theOM. The info date again to the summer season of 1989, when the legendary Argentinian quantity 10 performed for Naples since 5 years. Courted by Bernard Tapie who needed to make him the star of his venture on theOM, Maradona virtually signed. And Michael Hidalgowho on the time was sports activities director of the Marseille membership, confided on this failure with Maradona within the columns of SoFoot : “ It’s easy, we have been searching for “the” participant who was going to carry OM to a degree. And at the moment, “the” participant was Maradona. We knew he was not 100% blissful together with his membership, info had leaked out. Tapie rushed off, defined to me that it was not a query of cash and provided to take his personal aircraft to fulfill Maradona at his house in Naples (…) Within the night we had dinner with three of his buddies. I informed him that we have been ready for him in Marseille, that he would have an impressive villa in Cassis, by the ocean, with a swimming pool and a big backyard. “, entrusts Hidalgo. However lastly, Maradona by no means signed upOM…
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Youri Djorkaeff
A couple of years after this failure Maradona, Bernard carpet had as soon as once more seen issues huge for theOM in 2001 and attempting to herald a legend of French soccer: Youri Djorkaeff. 1998 World Champion and 2000 European Champion with theFrench workforcethe tricolor striker was in problem in his German membership of Kaiserslauternand carpet due to this fact had plans to relaunch it on theOM : “ OM is a giant problem to take up. A problem made for me. After all I wish to come to Marseille “, confided furthermore Djorkaeff at the moment. However’OM by no means managed to finish the operation.
Mario Jardel
The identical summer season, in 2001, Bernard Tapie had activated one other XXL monitor in assault on theOM : Mario Jardelthe Brazilian serial scorer of Galatasaray. Furthermore, the latter was very attracted by the venture, which had not lastly seen the sunshine of day for questions of cash and disagreements between theOM and Galatasaray : “I’m very sorry, sincerely. I might have liked to play in France in Marseille. And I hope to have the ability to come to France someday as a coach why not », will confess Mario Jardel a number of years in a while this aborted switch.
N’Golo Kante
Exhausting to consider right this moment, however theOM failed N’Golo Kante barely seven years in the past… Throughout the switch window summer season of 2015, whereas taking part in at Caenthe present midfielder of chelsea needed to affix the Marseille membership as a precedence. However Vincent Labrunthe president on the time, refused to match the €9 million claimed by Caenand Kante ended up getting concerned with Leicester with whom he’ll shortly be topped Premier League champion.