The Marseille club recorded four recruits in a few hours, including that of the world champion Benjamin Pavard.
OM, launched Monday in a last day of frantic transfer window, announced the signing of the left-down side Italian-Brazilian Emerson Palmieri, while those of Nayef Aguerd and Matt O’riley were confirmed to AFP by a source in fact of the discussions.
These three recruitments are added to that of the 2018 world champion Benjamin Pavard, also announced on Monday and which is the big blow of the Marseille transfer window.
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Emerson, who is 31 years old, arrives from West Ham. It comes to strengthen a position that is little supplied at OM, with Ultisses Garcia as the only specialist, in addition to Facundo Medina, central rear which can play on the left.
He signed a two -year contract with OM, for an amount that has not been specified.
Born and trained in Brazil, Emerson turned out to be in Europe with successful passages to Palermo and AS Rome, in Serie A. He then evolved in England, Chelsea and West Ham. He also played a season in Lyon, in 2021-2022.
Naturalized Italian in 2017, he wore the Nazionale jersey 29 times and won the Euro-20121 with his selection.
While the transfer market closed at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, OM has not yet officially confirmed the signatures of the Moroccan central defender Nayef Aguerd and the Danish attacking midfielder Matt O’riley. But according to a source available to the negotiations interviewed by AFP, these two files are also completed “100%”.
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Like Emerson, Aguerd arrives from West Ham, who lent him last season to Real Sociedad. International more than 50 times with Morocco, he was semi-finalist of the World-2022 in Qatar.
Danish international, O’riley arrives from Brighton after several seasons at Celtic Glasgow.
In the direction of departures, defender Bamo Meïté was loaned with option to buy in Lorient, the club where OM recruited it in 2023. Last season, he was loaned to Montpellier.
