Foot OM – OM: Bamba Dieng in Marseille, his agent gets angry

Decisive against Angers on Sunday evening (3-2) with a penalty obtained, Bamba Dieng was definitively recruited by OM.

On loan from the Diambars Institute, the 21-year-old Senegalese striker convinced Jorge Sampaoli and Pablo Longoria to recruit him permanently. The case is in the bag and Bamba Dieng is now under contract for three years with Olympique de Marseille. The player has been training with the professionals for almost six months, but a snag is threatening Dieng’s future in Marseille. And for good reason, Provence reveals that Dieng has a salary barely higher than that of an intern, and that it doesn’t look like it’s going to budge. However, in the agreement concluded at the time with Jacques-Henri Eyraud, Dieng’s salary had to increase considerably if the player managed to move from the National 2 team to the pros, as is the case today.

A situation that challenges his agents, and which could well push Bamba Dieng to leave Olympique de Marseille during the next transfer window. This hypothesis is all the more plausible given that Dieng’s representatives are regularly called upon by French, Belgian and Dutch teams. The Marseille management leaves a few days of reflection to settle this matter, and could opt for a loan without an option to purchase Dieng before a possible salary increase according to his services in the loaned club. Note also that the representatives of the Senegalese, now suspicious, are working on the option of a loan but also a final transfer, in case a very good financial proposal arrives on the table. “Whatever the outcome of the case, there is now a good chance that Dieng will evolve under other colors during the next financial year or leave Marseille permanently” launches the media. A departure from which Jorge Sampaoli, who has only used Dieng once since taking office, will recover. But that will raise a number of questions …

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