A loan that suits everyone. On August 26, Olympique de Marseille reached an agreement with Juventus regarding the loan of Arkadiusz Milik. If Memphis Depay was the Bianconeri’s priority, he was far too expensive. The Italians therefore fell back on the Pole who also had the advantage of knowing Serie A well following his time in Naples a few years before. For this reason and also because he was available and cheaper, the centre-forward therefore joined the Turinese a few weeks ago.
“The Polish striker, Arkadiusz Milik, will wear the colors of Juventus in 2022-2023. Olympique de Marseille and Juventus have reached an agreement for the loan with option to buy Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik for the 2022-2023 season., had also specified OM in a press release published on its official website. According to the various information published in the press, it was also a paying loan of €2 million with an option to buy €8 million. It’s not necessarily a lot for a No. 9.
Longoria defends itself on the Milik file
Especially since Igor Tudor had revived him and established him during the first 2 days of L1, he who had experienced difficulties with Jorge Sampaoli. Despite this, the Olympian leaders felt that he could do without it. A mistake ? Some observers believe this is the case since the Pole has a profile that could stick to that of Alexis Sanchez, who arrived this summer after a stint with Inter Milan. The two men could have evolved together in attack in Marseille. Instead, Milik seems to be in good shape in Turin, where he has scored 6 goals in 17 appearances in all competitions (10 starts).
Anyway, Pablo Longoria assumes this choice. He also spoke about it this Thursday at Provencewho asked him if he felt he had given Juve a gift. “We consider that the departure of Arkadiusz is a reflection that everyone must ask themselves in modern football. Do you prefer to have a high level player or a player adaptable to your team? If you have both, it’s magic. It is believed that Milik is a very high level player, one of the best European scorers, but that he is not suited to the style of play that we want to develop. That’s our feeling, maybe we’re wrong. But we had to make a decision, to know what to do in the market with one of the highest salaries in the workforce but who is not the most adaptable..
The door is open for a return of the Pole
He added : “For me, the highest paid player in the squad has to be the most important in the team. We have found solutions. Juve have always been interested. We found a good loan. Putting a player in a very good club, a team of Champions League level and which will fight for the title in Italy, that gives him value. It would have been easier to send him to a lower club to protect us, and say that he didn’t have the level at OM. He is performing very well with Juve, we are very happy for him. Juve have an option to buy the player, but maybe he can come back in the future”. An important statement from the President of Marseille.
However, it is difficult to imagine the 28-year-old returning, especially since he likes Turin. He had nevertheless explained last month that he had felt good in Marseille where he had exchanged with Pablo Longoria who had told him that he wanted to sell him. On the side of Juventus, we are rather happy with the Polish striker, unlike other elements like Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes or Paul Pogba. Lifting his option, which is a priori 8 million euros, should not be a problem. The ball is in Juve’s court. For his part, Pablo Longoria is patient to find out if he can eventually recover Milik.
