While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 are on the verge of selling Lucho Gonzalez to Portuguese giants FC Porto, the Rhone giants could keep striker Brandao at the Stade Velodrome at least until the end of the current campaign
“I have a very limited number of players due to the CAN. It is always difficult, we are in four competitions, we have high ambitions and sometimes fall a little short. But I’m not the ultimate decision maker,” were the words of Olympique de Marseille coach
Didier Deschamps who has not really been as assertive as the club president Vincent Labrune.
Following their 2-1 win over Stade Rennais last night, news broke that midfielder Lucho Gonzalez’s move to former club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 is almost a done deal. Unless a big surprise is in the waiting, Gonzalez should indeed return to a club that gave him his first
European club experience.
Vincent Labrune had earlier stated that the player’s chances of joining Porto are 97% but the biggest question is whether the departure of the midfielder would be compensated or not. According to latest information, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 striker Lusitanian Silvestre
Varela was supposed to go the opposite way. However, these reports have not yet been confirmed.
L’Equipe understands that OM are still looking to find a replacement for Lucho Gonzalez. If a move for Varela is not sanctioned by Porto, Marseille could look elsewhere. Marseille were keeping tabs on Sochaux man Kevin Anin but have now ruled out signing
the player. reports further claim that Marseille might even consider ending the season with the current squad.
However, the departure of Lucho Gonzalez in the final days of January could mean that Brazilian striker Brandao’s stay at the Stade Velodrome could be extended. Though the former Shakhtar man was brought for a two-month spell, Didier Deschamps might consider
keeping the troublesome striker at the club at least until the current campaign draws to a conclusion.
With Marseille competing in Ligue 1, Coupe de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, Coupe de La Ligue and the UEFA Champions League, the French tactician knows that importance of having a deep squad which means that chances of Brandao staying at the club are almost as good as those of
Gonzalez’s of leaving the club.
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