Why Grégory Lorenzi’s first Marseille window yielded no signings | OneFootball

Player sales did not meet expectations, leaving Marseille sporting director Grégory Lorenzi on course to finish his first window without a signing.

According to L'Équipe, the club could not free transfer funds, so Lorenzi has been unable to spend a single euro or conclude any incoming deal.

Switching from Brest to Marseille typically brings a step up in resources, yet Lorenzi has encountered the opposite and a different scale of constraints.

Used to working miracles on a tight budget in Brittany, the Corsican, 42, has endured a testing introduction at OM.

He agreed in May to lead a leaner project than the one previously fronted by Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia, aware there would be no red carpet and that he would have to manage an inheritance few wished to assume.

Source: L'Équipe

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