Mancini, a dribbler to the OM

Didier Deschamps has been successful ... The coach of Olympique Marseille will soon be able to count on a new player in its workforce at the time to begin the return phase of Ligue 1. This Friday, Jean-Claude Dassier, the Marseille chairman, told Europe 1 Alessandro Mancini, partner of Inter Milan, will enter Monday with the OM in the form of a loan (without option of purchasing) which will end at the same time as 2009-2010.

Within a few hours, everything has accelerated ... Since the friendly match played Wednesday by Olympique de Marseille against a selection of Languedoc-Roussillon (4-1), Didier Deschamps was pouting under the condition of his troops. Among the wounded (Niang, Lucho, Heinze, Gnabouyou), the players left at the CAN (Taiwo, Kabore, Kone), Mathieu Valbuena on departure and interrogation Hatem Ben Arfa, the French engineer probably felt a bit helpless mainly in the area offensive.

A loan of 6 months

At the beginning of January already decisive, the OM should not remain apathetic. And Friday night, Jean-Claude Dassier, the strong man of the club, told Europe 1 that an agreement has been reached with Inter Milan striker Alessandro Mancini. Which will be presented to the press on Monday on the Canebière. Initially, the Olympians wanted above all a player leaves the club to avoid a deficit, but the urgency of the competition took over. Mathieu Valbuena, who expects a door opens to pack is still there despite the arrival of Brazilian striker.

The Sky and White have therefore reached an agreement with the Nerazzurri to retrieve the dribbler South America, as capable of occupying the right lane as the left flank and join the OM for six months in the form of a loan. A priori, this is therefore a very good rookie who arrived on the quayside. At first only because the former prodigy of Atletico Mineiro is not the best for 18 months. Sparkling with AS Roma, the native of Belo Horizonte has lost its great since he started with Inter Milan in 2008 and with José Mourinho, had hitherto been tenured that only once in Serie A since last August.

Brandao to the?

Despite certain technical qualities (French spectators still remember the treatment at Lyonnais Réveillère, March 6, 2007, in the Champions League), the level land the player remains a mystery. The bet is risky for the OM, which will likely benefit from Auriverde that until May, since it does not have an option to purchase. At 29 years, the challenge offered by representatives of Ligue 1 is important for one who was also tracked in the month of January by the Greeks Olympiakos or Sampdoria of Genoa. A return to AS Rome had even been contemplated as part of an exchange with "the Beast", Julio Baptista ...

Ultimately, it is the France that will discover Alessandro Mancini. The attacking trident Olympian of January is a little more shape. Pending the return from injury of Mamadou Niang and the end of the episode Ivorian Bakari Kone, Hatem Ben Arfa, Brandao Mancini and therefore should facilitate the Marseille attack. On paper, the association has great looks, remains to be seen what will make the ground truth. As for the future, if the entrant is required, the hypothesis to see Brandao move progressively towards the bench in favor of a Niang repositioned in line to leave Inter at the former Nice and Ben Arfa care to compete for two spots remaining holders, is real.

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