No room for doubt, Olympique de Marseille will at all costs want to take the three points against a poorly ranked FC Nantes, to best launch their new year 2026 in their Vélodrome garden. But for his part, Mehdi Benatia is already fully into the Mercato OM, which promises to be exciting again in January.
With a great offensive launched against Anis Hadj Moussa? If the agent of the Algerian international right winger has increased his appeals to OM for a possible transfer of his protégé, he will however have to face the very demanding leaders of Feyenoord Rotterdam, who had already pushed his Marseille counterparts last summer to increase up to €35 million (bonus included) for Igor Paixao. Not easy.
But the Marseille club coached by Roberto De Zerbi, who would have been rejected by Atalanta Bergamo for Lazar Samardzic, would have another XXL dream: Ismael Saibari. Adored by his compatriot Mehdi Benatia, the 24-year-old Moroccan international midfielder still shines as much with PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League as well as in the Eredivisie, as well as with Les Lions de l’Atlas in the national team. A player who has everything to become a big star in the south of France and who could allow the club led by Mason Greenwood to take a new serious step in its progression.
And here again, we will have to put the price… If Hadj Moussa is estimated between 20 and 25 M€, Saibari would be valued at at least 30 M€ by PSV. With the recent XXL transfer of Igor Paixao, Dutch teams will not hesitate to be very greedy in their negotiations with OM during the transfer window. Benatia and Longoria are warned on the Marseille side. To be continued!
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