Already broken, Roger Scotti's record will be shattered. With his 549 appearances for OM, Steve Mandanda has long been the player who knows the Vélodrome best. If he is spared from injuries, “Il Fenomeno” could exceed 600 games with OM: the club announced on Wednesday the extension of its captain and guardian until 2024. Steve Mandanda will then be 39 years old.
Steve Mandanda "is a legendary player," said Olympique de Marseille, delighted to see him register "in the long term. "
No retraining at the club
This is the second extension of weight signed by Jacques-Henri Eyraud: at the end of June, he obtained, after intense negotiations, the extension of Dimitri Payet until 2024. The OM playmaker agreed to drop significantly his salary and provides for a retraining in the Marseille staff.
Payet extends to Marseille and significantly reduces his salary via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/QB0PIW8RgR
- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) June 27, 2020Steve Mandanda, on the contrary, "does not plan on the post-career at this stage", according to a source familiar with the matter. The OM goalkeeper did not mention integrating a possible reconversion within the Marseille staff during the negotiations for this extension.
Has he agreed, like Dimitri Payet, to lower his salary? No details of the arrangement have yet filtered. OM is in a complicated economic situation. Already weakened by the health crisis, Frank McCourt's club was fined three million euros for violating the rules of financial fair play.
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