Marseille’s big noise at the beginning of the summer about recruiting a big name striker is haunting them. A flurry of leaks to the French media led fans to expect an exciting striker signed, but it hasn’t happened yet.
Valère Germain arrived from AS Monaco, and although a good signing he’s not the blockbuster Marseille have been planning for. Celtic’s Moussa Dembele has repeatedly been brought into the equation, and now Leicester City’s Islam Slimani can join him.
A track to sign Dembele from Celtic remains ‘active’ report L’Equipe, and that’s been the case for some time. Dembele has repeatedly been linked with a Celtic exit this summer, but with less than a week left of the window Brendan Rodgers still has his man.
manager’s plans, Leicester aren’t eager to get him off the books, so a transfer would take a real effort.
That’s just the same as getting Dembele from Celtic then, and Marseille have learned the lesson that bragging about signing a big name striker can lead to a costly outcome or egg on face.
Stevan Jovetic and Divock Origi are other options who join the Celtic and Leicester strikers, and with just a few days left, Marseille need to back up their earlier leaks.
