Neal Maupay’s exile at Marseille revealed | OneFootball

Neal Maupay (29) wasn’t expecting to still be at Olympique de Marseille. After a middling first season at the Vélodrome, his buy option was triggered, however, he was expected to be quickly shifted on.

Maupay has rarely been prolific and his lack of stats and the arrival of new forwards in the shape of Amine Gouiri (who joined in January), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Igor Paixao was clearly going to further reduce the Frenchman’s game time.

However, there were no buyers for the former Brentford and Everton centre-forward, and so he remained at OM but very much on the margins. The centre-forward is not in Marseille’s UEFA Champions League squad and L’Équipe have now revealed the extent of Maupay’s exile.

As per the publication, he only participates in the warm-ups and then for the rest of the session, does passes with the assistant manager and laps of the pitch. Maupay is no longer included in matchday squads and is no longer even summoned to team meetings. It is a situation from which he will surely look to escape in January.

GFFN | Luke Entwistle