Napoli, Leeds, Leicester? Neither - Ounahi in Marseille for only 10,000,000 euros

A lot of noise about pretty much 'nothing'... We could hardly find a better way to describe the epilogue of the transfer saga of one of the revelations of the World Cup in Qatar - Azzedine Ounahi. Despite numerous bombastic announcements, the Moroccan midfielder will, in all probability, eventually stay in Ligue 1 and sign for Marseille.

And it will not be a bombastic amount - he leaves for the south of France for only 10,000,000 euros! That is, 8,000,000 fixed plus 2,000,000 through bonuses and certain percentages of subsequent sales. The French media write that Angers have already accepted the offer of Olympique who have already agreed to cooperate with Ounahi until the summer of 2027.

The question remains how Angers did not manage to charge more for the top performances of the 22-year-old midfielder at the World Cup. And it's not like there weren't any. Barcelona were the first to look at Ounahi, although they did not send offers, but that's why Napoli, Leicester and Leeds followed suit.

English clubs were somewhat more generous. Leeds allegedly offered 25,000,000 euros, Leicester 18,000,000, with the fact that the Premier League was not attractive to Ouhani. Primarily for the reason that with the aforementioned clubs he would not have the opportunity to play in the Champions League, which was his priority. And because of that, he was the closest to Napoli, with whom, according to some reports, he even agreed on personal terms.

However, at the last moment, Marseille called and apparently convinced Ounahi that he will immediately get a chance in Igor Tudor's starting line-up and have the opportunity to help them in their quest for a place in the group stage of the Champions League.