Angel Gomes, Mason Greenwood, and Neal Maupay present as Marseille pre-season begins this week | OneFootball

Olympique de Marseille’s pre-season has begun earnestly this week, as the first team squad have started returning to the Commanderie training ground. Players have started arriving at the training centre for the traditional medicals and kit distribution, with the first training session on the pitch scheduled for Thursday under Roberto De Zerbi, who is expected at the club on Tuesday – according to a report from La ProvenceThe group currently involved includes Jeffrey De Lange, Pol Lirola, Angel Gomes, Amine Harit, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Valentin Rongier, Bilal Nadir, Neal Maupay and Mason Greenwood, supported by a number of young players. Marseille’s internationals, including Adrien Rabiot, Leonardo Balerdi and Amine Gouiri, will return between 11 and 14 July following summer duty.Instead of remaining in Marseille, OM will travel to the Netherlands (17-24 July), before friendlies in Andorra and Spain, facing Girona (26 July) and Valencia (29 July). Les Olympiens will then face Sevilla and Aston Villa in their final two games at the Vélodrome before the season kicks off in mid-AugustGFFN | George Boxall