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Ismaël Bennacer’s Surprising Move to Olympique de Marseille

San Siro, Milan, Italy. 02nd Feb, 2025. Ismael Bennacer of AC Milan during the Italian Serie A, 2024/25 season, football match between AC Milan and Inter FC on 02 February 2025 at ‘'Giuseppe Meazza Stadium San Siro, Milan, Italy. Credit: Nderim Kaceli/Alamy Live News
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Ismaël Bennacer is about to make a big career move as he gets ready to leave AC Milan for Olympique de Marseille. The deal is going to cost €1 million for the loan and there’s a €10 million option to buy which shows how Marseille wants to get good players with experience. Bennacer decided to move because of what Marseille’s people like Mehdi Benatia and Pablo Longoria told him, plus what Roberto De Zerbi wants to do with the team.

  • Marseille going to pay €1 million to loan him and can buy him for €10 million if they want
  • They might have to pay up to €3 million more in bonus stuff
  • People like Mehdi Benatia and Pablo Longoria really helped make this happen

Bennacer’s Move to Marseille

Ismaël Bennacer going to Olympique de Marseille is going to change things up for him. Since he joined AC Milan from Empoli in 2019 he’s been real good in the middle helping out with defense and controlling how fast the game goes. Marseille getting him is part of what they want to do to make their team better with players who know what they’re doing.


Influential Figures in the Transfer

Mehdi Benatia who’s played as a defender for lots of teams and now works for Marseille, really helped get this deal done. He convinced Bennacer that the club’s plans were good. Also Roberto De Zerbi who’s good at helping young players get better made Bennacer think this would be good for his career and stuff.

Marseille’s Strategic Vision

With Pablo Longoria in charge Olympique de Marseille is trying to make a really good team. Longoria knows a lot about running football teams which helps him know what to do. Getting Bennacer shows how much he wants to make the team better. They want to do good in France and in Europe and getting players like Bennacer is part of that plan.

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