Le OM market takes a long time to get started, and the recent surprise departure of Jorge Sampaoli hasn’t really helped Pablo Longoria’s affairs on this transfer market summer on the side of Olympique de Marseille.
In addition to the rare arrivals already recorded (Isaak Touré, Chancel Mbemba, without forgetting Samuel Gigot), OM hopes to complete the recruitment of the French international Jonathan Clauss (RC Lens), and the Marseille leaders have also started looking for a stand-in for Pau Lopez, following the departure of Steve Mandanda to Rennes at the start of the summer transfer window.
According to information from our colleagues in the newspaper The TeamOlympique de Marseille would have set its sights on Ruben Blanco (26 years old, 1m88), who has just extended his contract until June 2027 with Celta Vigo where he held a position as understudy behind Matias Dituro during this season 2021-2022.
Matias Dituro having left for CD Universidad Catolica (D1 Chile), Celta Vigo has still not found its new number one and would have alerted Pablo Longoria to tell him that he was not against a transfer from Ruben Blanco to OM, but that the La Liga team first wanted to hire its future titular goalkeeper before formalizing their deal with the Marseille club, now coached by Igor Tudor and where Dimitri Payet plays as well as Gerson and Mattéo Guendouzi.
However, the agent of the Spanish goalkeeper is expected in Marseille on Monday and it could be that things are finally moving faster than expected between OM and Celta Vigo regarding Ruben Blanco. Case to follow in the next few hours on the side of the Cannebière!