Marseille still have doubts about what they are going to do with Ismael Bennacer and his option to buy, a report claims.
Bennacer suffered a major muscle injury which kept him out until the new year, and then he departed the club right at the end of the most recent transfer window. Warren Bondo came in to replace him, signing on a permanent deal from Monza.
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According to Luca Bendoni of the Di Marzio network, Marseille are holding ‘internal talks’ regarding the option that they have to buy Bennacer permanently from Marseille, which they would have to pay €12m to enforce.
There is ‘no decision yet’ and this is partly because there is ‘no urge to sign a midfielder’ at present, in the eyes of Roberto De Zerbi. Moreover, Bennacer’s ‘weighty salary’ is another factor to consider, given his past with injuries.
As a reminder, Bennacer spoke about Marseille’s ‘philosophy’ as the reason for wanting to move there, clearly implying that De Zerbi – who will remain the head coach after they finished second – was a big factor.
He is believed to have demanded a transfer on deadline day which irritated the management, as per reports, so him returning could create an awkward situation.
Please stay at OM. He has mentally given up on us for a long time.
He was good, but not anymore in AC… if we manage to sell him for 10-12m€ it would be great. Same with Pobega , hope he stay in Bologna… 22-25m€ from sale of both would be great
Keep dreaming
More deadwood to sell. Sadly, not the player from the Scudetto campaign.
He is finished. Injury prone and dropped market value. 12m euro pricetag? Only saudi club are willing to pay that amount for him
Remember the time he had a 50M€ release clause? LOL, me neither. 😀 😀 😀
Now even with 5m euro release clause, i doubt marseille want to trigger that release clause
Yep. As someone here has said recently: Better sell them too early than too late.