Mercato OM: The team revises the offer for Clauss downwards [MàJ] – Around OM

Update 11:15 p.m.: According The TeamOM have made a new offer for Jonathan Claussbut the price is lower than for the English press, and the Lensois leaders are still not satisfied: “After two initial offers refused, the Marseille leaders made a new proposal to their Lensois counterparts over the weekend. €.5 M. Still insufficient for the Artois club which immediately refused it, once again (…) Even if Clauss is indeed the recruitment priority in the right lane and this lead has been validated by the new coach Igor Tudor, Pablo Longoria does not want to overpay a player who will be thirty years old next September and will be out of contract in a year”explains the sports daily.

21h05 : There is no longer any doubt: OM really want to sign Jonathan Clauss as quickly as possible. Last week, the Marseille leaders made a first offer to Racing Club de Lens of € 5 million + 1 bonus, immediately refused by the Sang-et-Or. Lensois who want at least double for their 29-year-old right side, under contract until next June.

But OM do not intend to stop there, especially since the new French international wants to join Marseille. According to the English journalist of Evening Standard Nizaar Kinsellathe Olympian leaders would have formulated a second much more telling proposal for an amount of 11 million euros. An offer that would have a good chance of being accepted, even if the competition remains fierce with clubs of the caliber of Chelsea, MU, or Atlético Madrid.