‘100% I talked with him’ – Timothy Weah on father’s influence on OM move | OneFootball

Another week, another signing at Olympique de Marseille. Several days after confirming the arrival of Brazilian winger Igor Paixao (25), Les Olympiens announced the signing of Juventus’s Timothy Weah (25) initially on a loan deal worth €1m with a mandatory €14m fee with bonuses up to €3m. At a press conference attended by Get French Football News, Weah revealed that he had consulted his father, former OM and PSG striker George Weah, before a move to the club. “Already 100% I talked to him before coming – he had six months here and the city was just perfect. There’s pressure here but there is pressure in every walk of life, it’s what I can deal with.”Weah was welcomed at Marseille Provence airport to the adulation of 300 OM supporters before he completed his medical and signed his contract yesterday. “There was a lot of emotion, I was never welcomed like that at a club before – you want to give everything for the club. In the past I’ve had some injuries and difficulties, but when I came here and heard the supporters shout my name it gave me so much joy.” Weah returns back to Ligue 1, a league where he has spent the majority of his career during spells at Paris Saint-Germain and Lille OSC. Roberto De Zerbi will be looking to use Weah as either a wingback or a backup for Greenwood on the right side of the Olympien attack. GFFN | George Boxall