It doesn’t matter how well Yohan Pelé plays, he won’t be Marseille’s number one goalkeeper next season.
The 34-year-old pulled off one of the performances of the season on Sunday night against Bordeaux as Marseille drew 1-1 to maintain their chances of playing Europa League football next year, but the south of France club are still looking for someone else for the future.
L’Equipe on Monday are the ones revealing this, which suggests their reported number one target for the role, Crystal Palace’s Steve Mandanda, is still an option for them in the summer.
The Eagles’ goalkeeper hasn’t played under Sam Allardyce yet, with both Wayne Hennessey and Julian Speroni ahead of him in the pecking order, and their recent run of results is unlikely to change that any time soon.
Any transfer fee received by Crystal Palace will represent a profit for the club, meaning waving him goodbye so soon after his arrival isn’t the end of the world, even if Steve 
Parish would have loved for the move to work.
Football is a cruel sport, something both Pelé and Mandanda will both be able to agree with.
One because his Premier League dream move was hindered by a bad injury, the other because regardless of performances, his future remains the same: he won’t be starting next year.
