Alexis Sanchez arrive à l’OM : “Agoumé m’a dit : ‘Marseille, c’est le plus grand club de France'”

Rarely, in recent years, Olympique de Marseille had managed to welcome a player of this stature. Sanchez was revealed in Italy with Udinese, he won in Spain with FC Barcelona and he shone in England with Arsenal. If Longoria wanted it, it was for this experiment. Also because the striker has shown Inter that he is “competitive.” And for everything else too.

This is why the strongman of the Olympian club focused on this player in particular. By meticulously preparing his shot. Longoria had made contact with Sanchez’s agent, Felipe Felicevitch, as early as last season. Knowing full well that the arrival of Joaquin Correa at Inter could end up pushing the Chilean to leave the Lombard club.

“It’s teamwork and patienceand Souri Longoria. I thank Alexis but also his agent, because I was sometimes a little heavy, with a lot of phone calls. […] But Alexis had a very clear idea of ​​what he wanted from the club, his ambitions, his style of play. That’s what allowed us to get there..”

Sanchez likes the pressure

Because in reality, Alexis Sanchez does not know much about OM and Marseille, with the exception of Mattéo Guendouzi, whom he met at Arsenal. He did not even exchange with Marcelo Bielsa and Jorge Sampaoli, two outstanding coaches in Marseille who were also coaches of Chile. On the other hand, at Inter, he had discussed with Lucien Agoumé, the young French midfielder belonging to the Lombard club. “He said to me: ‘Marseille is the biggest club in France, everyone wants to play there‘, to tell the Boy Wonder. I analyzed all this and I said to myself that it was time.”