OM targets Armand Laurienté at €25m as Greenwood heads to Roma

Olympique de Marseille is working behind the scenes despite the freeze imposed by its financial case before UEFA. According to Italian journalists Alfredo Pedulla and Antonio Parrotto, the Marseille club has identified Armand Laurienté, winger at Sassuolo, as a priority target to strengthen its attack this summer.

Author of 7 goals and 9 assists this season, the 26-year-old former Lorient player recently extended his contract with the Modena club until 2029, which gives Sassuolo the means to demand €25 million. OM is not alone in the race: Besiktas and AS Monaco are also reportedly interested, competition that could push the price even higher.

To finance these ambitions, Marseille is counting on the sale of Mason Greenwood. Roma is said to have already reached an agreement with the English international and submitted an initial offer around €40 million. The Marseille board, who hope to get at least €50 million from it, have no intention of selling their best attacking asset despite the player’s end-of-season statements, where he claimed he wanted to stay.

Stéphane Richard, OM’s new president, and sporting director Grégory Lorenzi are therefore managing a delicate double issue: maximizing the proceeds from the Greenwood sale while securing a signing capable of compensating for his departure. The arrival of Bruno Genesio on the Marseille bench, presented as imminent, also remains suspended on the settlement of the dispute with UEFA before major moves can officially begin.