Playmaker Dimitri Payet has announced his departure from OM with immediate effect this Friday, July 21.
The essential
- The summer transfer window opened on June 10 to close on September 1.
- At a press conference on Friday July 21, Pablo Longoria announced the departure with immediate effect of Dimitri Payet.
- Follow with us and live all the news of the transfer window with all the signatures and or rumours.
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14:20 – Pablo Longoria’s tribute
“It’s not an easy time. We called this press conference to announce that we’ve decided not to continue the adventure with Dimitri Payet. It’s been a lot of weeks of discussions. We’ve decided to go our separate ways. Dimitri, you’re a very important part of this club, you’ve inspired many supporters. We’ve shared good times, but even in times of difficulty, you’ve helped the club. to please our supporters and earn the respect of the footballing world. It’s a difficult decision to make as a club, but we take it knowing that this is the best thing for the club.”
2:13 p.m. – Payet leaves OM!
At a press conference this Friday, July 21, President Pablo Longoria announced the departure of former French international Dimitri Payet. In lack of playing time for a year, the OM midfielder was not guaranteed to be able to play a little more and made the decision to leave. “I would like to continue playing football. I’m coming out of a very difficult season with little playing time… (In tears, he cuts off for a long time). It’s going to be hard… I just want to play, to find pleasure on the pitch again.”
14:00 – Moussa Diaby chooses Aston Villa, Onana new United goalkeeper
Strongly courted by Saudi Arabia, Moussa Diaby finally turned to the Premier League and Aston Villa. The player wanted to participate in Unai Emery’s project. The English club paid 35 million euros. Simultaneously, André Onana officially signed up with Manchester United. He posed with the leaders and the jersey in his hands.
11:00 – Medical examination validated for Mahrez and Aubameyang!
Riyad Mahrez successfully passed his medical examination at Al-Ahli where he will sign a 4-year contract. The Saudi club will a priori pay 30 million euros to secure the services of the Algerian. The ex-Manchester City player will find Édouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino or even Ryad Boudebouz. At the same time, in Europe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang successfully validated his. He will therefore indeed be from Marseilles next year.
09:33 – Mané with Ronaldo
Arriving at Bayern Munich from Liverpool last year, Sadio Mané is already leaving Bavaria for Saudi Arabia. In the kingdom, the Senegalese player accepted the offer of Al-Nassr, current club of Cristiano Ronaldo, Seko Fofana and Marcelo Brozovic. The African striker did not meet the expectations of the German club, which expected more from the second in the 2022 Golden Ball.
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It is probably, and once again, the soap opera of the summer. Kylian Mbappé has announced that he will not exercise his option for an additional year with PSG, therefore wishing to leave at the end of 2024. After this announcement, rumors around a departure for Real continue to feed the web even if the 2018 world champion explained that he was very happy in Paris and that he wanted to do this last season in the capital. Problem, Paris does not want to see the French leave for free and could force the departure of the French as explained by the president of PSG during the presentation of Luis Enrique.