OM: Mandanda speaks out on Lopez’s arrival

Unbeatable holder in the goal since defending the colors of Olympique de Marseille, goalkeeper Steve Mandanda (36 years old, 35 games in L1 this season) will have to face this season the arrival of Pau Lopez, on loan from AS Rome especially to compete with it. A new deal that the French international accepts with a lot of philosophy, as he explained in an interview with the newspaper La Provence.

“The competition, to talk about Pau who has just arrived, it’s normal. (…) I had a discussion with Pablo (Longoria, the president) last season, I knew that someone had to arrive I am 36 years old, I will not stay indefinitely, the goalkeeper position does not belong to me and, at some point, I will have to leave “, admitted” Il Fenomeno “, who does not count give way so easily.

“But I’m still here! I’m going to play as many matches as the coach will make me play and try to take as much pleasure as possible to finish as well as possible. (…) It’s good for everyone that there is something new … (…) Me, I have no problem, I consider that it is a logical continuation and I want to take a maximum of pleasure, that I play 10 or 30 matches “, concluded a very Mandanda. serene.