http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/f550e909-a17a-465c-8e6d-0354c592de9b.jpg
02.07.2016: Dijon FCO 1-1 Olympique de Marseille![]()
![]()
34: M. Batshuayi
![]()
52: Natalio
06.07.2016: AS Nancy 0-0 Olympique de Marseille http://www.fnscout.com/assets/icons/draw.png
09.07.2017: Olympique de Marseille 4-2 Empoli![]()
![]()
19: L. Mchedlidze
![]()
26: U. Cosic
![]()
29: L. Ocampos
![]()
30: J. Porsan-Clemente
![]()
47: E. Chiti
![]()
73: G. Nkoudou
14.07.2016: AC Ajaccio 0-0 Olympique de Marseille![]()
17.06.2016: Grenoble Foot 2-1 Olympique de Marseille![]()
![]()
32: L. Ocampos
![]()
46: H. Amari
![]()
66: J. Moreau
23.07.2016: Olympique de Marseille 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg![]()
![]()
56: R. Cabella
![]()
57: T. Minamino
![]()
90+2: R. Cabella (pen)
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/UEFA%20Champions%20League.png
27.07.2016: Olympique de Marseille 1-0 PAOK Thessaloniki![]()
![]()
48: R. Cabella (pen)
![]()
JONAS MARTIN. The French midfielder signed from Montpellier is another player who has been tracked for a long time by manager Christophe Galtier. The playmaker who made 35 appearances for Montpellier last season as, scoring twice, was signed for a fee of £3.8 million, although this fee could rise up to £5.5 million should Martin reach certain requirements laid out in the deal agreed between the two managers.
![]()
FLORENTIN POGBA. Highly rated by Christophe Galtier during his time as AS Saint-Etienne manager, the deal to bring the central defender to the Stade Velodrome was a relatively cheap one costing Galtier £1.2 million. Whilst the initial fee may be low, if all goes to plan and Pogba gets the game time Galtier is believed to have offered him, the fee could rise to £1.5 million.
![]()
FRANCK TABANOU. Olympique de Marseille complete a double header of players Christophe Galtier used to work with at AS Saint-Etienne. Left back Tabanou joins from Swansea where he was deemed surplus to requirements at the Liberty Stadium, and manager Christophe Galtier saw a chance to reunite himself with the former AS Saint-Etienne player, who now joins Loic Perrin and Florentin Pogba at the Stade Velodrome.
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/Transfers%20Out.png
![]()
DORIA. The young Brazilian central defender was signed by Marcelo Bielsa, and immediately loaned out to Sao Paolo for the 2014-2015 season, before being loaned out to Granada for the 2015-2016 season. An impressive season in Spain, saw the La Liga club try and strike a deal to sign the player permanently but the Brazilian turned them down in favour of moving to Germany to sign for Borussia Monchengladbach, after never making an appearance for Marseille, in a deal worth £6.5 million to the French giants.
![]()
BRICE SAMBA. The young goalkeeper spent last season on loan at AS Nancy, but only made 6 appearances for the Ligue 2 side. This season he’ll be spending the season in Belgium with KAA Gent after Christophe Galtier reportedly told the goalkeeper that he wouldn’t be used much this season. However with Nicolas Douchez and Yohann Pele reaching the end of their careers, the 2017-2018 season may represent the best opportunity for the young goalkeeper to stake a claim in the first team.
We’ve had an okay pre-season. To have not picked up any results other than draws and the defeat to Grenoble is worrying and suggests that our away form from last season may be continuing. However we’re going to look at addressing the issues so hopefully we can work on solving that. The victories against Empoli and against Red Bull Salzburg were a little more pleasing and suggests we’ve got what it takes to do well at the Stade Velodrome again. IN the Champions League, the performance against PAOK was more convincing but in front of goal we lacked the composure to pick up a more convincing result, and hopefully in the Second Leg we can be a little bit more convincing. As for the Trophee des Champions, we were very poor in the first half, but lets not take anything away from the fact that PSG were brilliant and it would have been hard for anyone in French football, maybe even European football, to deal with a performance of that quality. We need to do better in these big games but there is a whole season ahead of us in which to improve. As for the transfer window we’ve done well in bringing in three players, two of which I’ve worked with before at Saint-Etienne and they’re two very capable players. As for Jonas Martin, he is a very promising player, so with any luck he can slot right into this squad and have a very impressive season for us this year. Losing Doria would perhaps have been a big blow to any other side, but having not played for us at all since he was brought in, I don’t feel its that big of a blow. Brice Samba is going to be a very good goalkeeper and hopefully at Gent he can develop well, and with Nicolas Douchez retiring at the end of the season, he can come back into the squad and become a contender for our first team Goalkeeper slot.
JULY ROUNDUP: PRE-SEASON AND TRANSFERS UPDATE
RESULTS
Pre-Season Friendlies02.07.2016: Dijon FCO 1-1 Olympique de Marseille
34: M. Batshuayi 52: Natalio06.07.2016: AS Nancy 0-0 Olympique de Marseille http://www.fnscout.com/assets/icons/draw.png
09.07.2017: Olympique de Marseille 4-2 Empoli
19: L. Mchedlidze
26: U. Cosic 29: L. Ocampos 30: J. Porsan-Clemente 47: E. Chiti 73: G. Nkoudou14.07.2016: AC Ajaccio 0-0 Olympique de Marseille
17.06.2016: Grenoble Foot 2-1 Olympique de Marseille
32: L. Ocampos 46: H. Amari 66: J. Moreau23.07.2016: Olympique de Marseille 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg
56: R. Cabella 57: T. Minamino 90+2: R. Cabella (pen)http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/UEFA%20Champions%20League.png
27.07.2016: Olympique de Marseille 1-0 PAOK Thessaloniki
48: R. Cabella (pen)TRANSFERS
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/Transfers%20In.jpg.png
JONAS MARTIN. The French midfielder signed from Montpellier is another player who has been tracked for a long time by manager Christophe Galtier. The playmaker who made 35 appearances for Montpellier last season as, scoring twice, was signed for a fee of £3.8 million, although this fee could rise up to £5.5 million should Martin reach certain requirements laid out in the deal agreed between the two managers. FLORENTIN POGBA. Highly rated by Christophe Galtier during his time as AS Saint-Etienne manager, the deal to bring the central defender to the Stade Velodrome was a relatively cheap one costing Galtier £1.2 million. Whilst the initial fee may be low, if all goes to plan and Pogba gets the game time Galtier is believed to have offered him, the fee could rise to £1.5 million. FRANCK TABANOU. Olympique de Marseille complete a double header of players Christophe Galtier used to work with at AS Saint-Etienne. Left back Tabanou joins from Swansea where he was deemed surplus to requirements at the Liberty Stadium, and manager Christophe Galtier saw a chance to reunite himself with the former AS Saint-Etienne player, who now joins Loic Perrin and Florentin Pogba at the Stade Velodrome.http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Banners/Transfers%20Out.png
DORIA. The young Brazilian central defender was signed by Marcelo Bielsa, and immediately loaned out to Sao Paolo for the 2014-2015 season, before being loaned out to Granada for the 2015-2016 season. An impressive season in Spain, saw the La Liga club try and strike a deal to sign the player permanently but the Brazilian turned them down in favour of moving to Germany to sign for Borussia Monchengladbach, after never making an appearance for Marseille, in a deal worth £6.5 million to the French giants. BRICE SAMBA. The young goalkeeper spent last season on loan at AS Nancy, but only made 6 appearances for the Ligue 2 side. This season he’ll be spending the season in Belgium with KAA Gent after Christophe Galtier reportedly told the goalkeeper that he wouldn’t be used much this season. However with Nicolas Douchez and Yohann Pele reaching the end of their careers, the 2017-2018 season may represent the best opportunity for the young goalkeeper to stake a claim in the first team.MANAGER'S THOUGHTS
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/Mg1001/Olympique%20de%20Marseille%20Manager%20Story/Uploads/59125d56-f5e8-4840-b0ca-92a5d93fea84.jpgWe’ve had an okay pre-season. To have not picked up any results other than draws and the defeat to Grenoble is worrying and suggests that our away form from last season may be continuing. However we’re going to look at addressing the issues so hopefully we can work on solving that. The victories against Empoli and against Red Bull Salzburg were a little more pleasing and suggests we’ve got what it takes to do well at the Stade Velodrome again. IN the Champions League, the performance against PAOK was more convincing but in front of goal we lacked the composure to pick up a more convincing result, and hopefully in the Second Leg we can be a little bit more convincing. As for the Trophee des Champions, we were very poor in the first half, but lets not take anything away from the fact that PSG were brilliant and it would have been hard for anyone in French football, maybe even European football, to deal with a performance of that quality. We need to do better in these big games but there is a whole season ahead of us in which to improve. As for the transfer window we’ve done well in bringing in three players, two of which I’ve worked with before at Saint-Etienne and they’re two very capable players. As for Jonas Martin, he is a very promising player, so with any luck he can slot right into this squad and have a very impressive season for us this year. Losing Doria would perhaps have been a big blow to any other side, but having not played for us at all since he was brought in, I don’t feel its that big of a blow. Brice Samba is going to be a very good goalkeeper and hopefully at Gent he can develop well, and with Nicolas Douchez retiring at the end of the season, he can come back into the squad and become a contender for our first team Goalkeeper slot.
46: 
