Leonardo Balerdi says Lens’ Facundo Medina wants to play for Marseille | OneFootball

Facundo Medina (25) will be allowed to leave RC Lens this summer. Les Sang et Or are needing to raise funds and have already sold his centre-back partners, Kevin Danso and Abdukodir Khusanov. He will be the next to depart Will Still’s back-line, in the event of a reasonable offer.

Bids are expected to be tabled for the Argentina international. There is interest from Crystal Palace, Bayer Leverkusen, and AS Roma, according to a report from L’Équipe. The publication has also reported an interest from Olympique de Marseille, who, despite their standing in second place in the Ligue 1 table, have been shaky defensively. This is a sector that Roberto De Zerbi wishes to reinforce during the upcoming transfer window.

Leonardo Balerdi, now club captain, has had a strong end to the campaign and as he tells Ici Provence, he would be keen for his compatriot to join him at the Vélodrome. “I have a good relationship with him and I am always telling him to come here,” began the Marseille captain, who then made a revelation about Medina’s intentions ahead of the upcoming transfer window.

“He would like to play here. I am speaking about it a bit with Medhi Benatia (OM’s sporting director). He has the character and I know that he can play here. So yes, I want him to come and play for OM,” added Balerdi.

GFFN | Luke Entwistle