End of the ordeal for Vitinha. A year after his arrival with great fanfare, the Portuguese striker is already leaving OM at the end of a complicated adventure, between long spells on the bench and missed opportunities, like against Monaco on Saturday, with a final miss in the saves game (2-2).
Exfiltrated by the Olympian management to Genoa, where he would be loaned with an option to purchase (not obligatory), the 23-year-old center forward nevertheless wanted to send a final message to the Marseille environment: “I am taking with me learning, experience and memories of my time spent in Marseille,” writes the former Braga man, from where he was poached for 32 million euros.
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An exorbitant transfer that he carried like a ball, especially among demanding OM supporters. Nevertheless, the Lusitano international hopeful had a little word for these supporters… and for the future: “I am grateful for the support received by the club and the supporters. Thanks Marseille, see you later!”
Author of four small goals this season, only two last year, Vitinha will have gone through a complicated year, carrying on his shoulders the price of his transfer and that of the status of the “great striker” dreamed of for a long time by supporters of OM. “It’s very difficult for an attacker to win at OM,” regretted its president Pablo Longoria on Monday. Once firm on the idea of selling his player, the Spanish leader resigned himself to selling him in the form of a loan with a purchase option estimated at 20 million euros according to the transalpine press.