Grégory Lorenzi nearing Marseille move
Grégory Lorenzi nearing Marseille move It had been expected that Stade Brestois sporting director Grégory Lorenzi would join OGC Nice, with whom he has a verbal agreement in the event that the club remains in the top-flight. However, L’Équipe now report that the Corsican is instead expected to take the role at Olympique de Marseille. Lorenzi’s impending exit from Brest, after 10 years at the club, was confirmed on Friday.
He is therefore looking for a new club and there is no shortage of suitors. He has given his priority to a move to the south of France, in order to be closer to his native Corsica. Nice have been heavily linked, and L’Équipe understands that he has had a verbal agreement in place with the club.
Only the club’s delicate league standing have prevented the officialisation of the move. And OM have now come swooping in. Medhi Benatia will leave the post at the Vélodrome at the end of the season, and it is the Moroccan who is pushing for Lorenzi to replace him.
Foot Mercato understands that there is even a verbal agreement in place between Marseille and Lorenzi. OM look, therefore, to have successfully hijacked Nice’s move. GFFN | Luke Entwistle