OM struck a huge blow on the transfer market by securing, to everyone’s surprise, the services of Alexis Sanchez.
It had been years since supporters of Marseille Olympics had not hosted a player of such a level in the Marseille city. The enthusiasm is up to the caliber of the player at OM, where Alexis Sanchez was welcomed as a hero at the airport while waiting for his first steps in Ligue 1, perhaps as early as Sunday on the lawn of Brest. The enthusiasm is immense in Marseille, which some observers do not understand. This is for example the case of Grégory Schneider, who declared on the antenna of La Chaîne L’Equipe that in his eyes, it is above all a player in pre-retirement who set foot in Marseille. A virulent statement that will not please OM supporters and Pablo Longoria.
Grégory Schneider not convinced by Alexis Sanchez
“If it’s not a pre-retirement, I don’t really know what it looks like. I think he’s a player who has disappeared from the radar for three or four years. It went down the Manchester United siphon which admittedly doesn’t do much good. Last year, he was a player who only played parts of the game. So it’s true, you can get me his stats, but I’m always much more excited by young players. Alexis Sanchez him, I think he has gone a bit to the other side of the mountain “ launched the Liberation journalist, absolutely not convinced by the interest for Olympique de Marseille to recruit Alexis Sanchez, at 33 and coming out of a season where he was a substitute at Inter Milan. Defenders of the Chilean international will recall that despite his status as a joker, Alexis Sanchez was not injured last season and was decisive when his coach called him up with 9 goals and 5 assists in all competitions .