nico_france Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Welcome to The Olympique de Marseille thread 2023 Founded in 1899, the club plays in our beloved "farmers league" and have spent most of their history in the top tier of French Football . The club has won ten Ligue 1 titles, ten Coupe de France and three Coupe de la Ligue. In 1993, belgian coach Raymond Goethals led the team to become the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League, defeating Milan 1–0 in the final, the first under the UEFA Champions League branding of the tournament. In 2010, Marseille won its first Ligue 1 title in 18 years under the management of former club captain and France icon Didier Deschamps. 12 years without any titles is far too much for such a club Now you inherit Tudor's vision with a solid core of players, will you bring back trophies to the Velodrome and make the fans proud ? Stadium If you take in charge Marseille you will discover the wonderful Stade Velodrome, fully renovated in 2014, you now have a breath taking place of 67.354 fans which are going to help you to win ! It's obviously the biggest stadium available for a French Ligue 1 team so far, but you will have to be good enough to fill all the empty seats that the stadium used to have in the last years...and Marseille fans are really tough to convince so be smart ! Your facilities are also excellent, and will need few improvements Board expectations and club vision The board wants you to achieve a top 3 finish, as usual, PSG will be the favorite for the league tittle, but you'll have others teams to compete with, such as Monaco, Lyon, Rennes and Nice This year you have interesting players in important aeras, but you will need to work on the transfer market to strenghten some weak positions, as usual with marseille... You will get 11M€ available, and no wages left at all Fans Expectations At least you know which are the matches you should not lose Kits ALLEZ L'OM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) SQUAD ANALYSIS Goalkeepers PAU LOPEZ On loan, last year, the deal is now permanent Your starter between the stick,s, reliable lad RUBEN BLANCO (on loan, no buyout) Useful back up, as you don't have good replacements options in your youth teams Transfers Recommandations: Not a priority area for this season, but you will need to invest in a near future Defenders Centre Back MBEMBA Superb find from Longoria's here, the solid CB joined Marseille on a free from FC Porto, and it's a great addition to the team Your best CB in the squad BAILLY (on loan, 9.75M€ buyout clause) For PL lovers, a well known face joined Marseille from Manchester United this year For the team you inherit, and for Ligue 1, it's obviously a good CB Bear in mind that the buyout clause will be automatically triggerred if Eric plays 19 games in Ligue 1, to consider if you don't want to keep him as his salary will be important in that hypothesis BALERDI Surprisingly remained at the club this summer Like last year, not your starter, but will provide depth in this area GIGOT Again a nice freebie brought in by Longoria The french lad signe a precontract last January to leave Spartak Moscow and join Marseille this summer Good CB here, you can rely on him to start a lot of matches for you this season TOURÉ The giant (2m04!) french national left footeed CB is considered as a real prospect in France, 19 y/o and room to grow, you might be consider loaning him this season Transfers Recommandations: If you want to play like Tudor with a back 3, investments are mandatories in this area during the first season, lack of quality when a starter is missing Wingbacks Right side CLAUSS French full international is joining your side this year, and it's great addition to the squad He has all you need to shine in a WB position where his attacking abilities will be fully exploited Can cover your left flank in case you need it KABORÉ (on loan from City, 19.75M buyout clause) Nice option to cover your right wing as well, Less impactful than Clauss, but will definitely do the job for you this season as a back up Left side NUNO TAVARES (on loan from Arsenal, no buyout) Season after season the connection beteween Marseille and Arsenal is still working hard No room for Nuno in Arsenal this year ? No problems, we need him in Marseille ! Great addition for our set up, your starter And who knows ? The lad might be as efficient as Saliba this year when he will be coming back to London KOLASINAC Arsenal's connection strikes back Joined Marseille last winter, the bosnian will cover the left flank and the CB spot, will run out of contract at the end of the season Transfers Reccomandations: The leftback spot is a concern in the short term, investements are a priority here Midfielders VERETOUT Summer signing from AS Roma, the french international is a great addition for the team Good defensive abilities and also gifted with his feet to deliver passes Definitely a starter GUENDOUZI Deal is now permanent for the former (oh surprise) Arsenal player Matteo is now a full french international player, and a reliable impact player for most of the teams Your starter for years to come and obviously a must keep GERSON A more attacking minded midfielder Great player for the team, the brazilian international is a viable option for the AMC spot as well A must keep RONGIER Club vice captain, he can provide depth as B2B midfielder and also in more defensive role Can help you out on the right flank as well Useful team player with good mentality GUEYE Useful for the rotation, not a starter imo Transfers Recommandations: Not a priority area for the current season, this is where you have the more quality in the team Attacking midfielders Right side UNDER Deal is now permanent for the former AS Roma player Only natural option for the spot, he can be really interesting in AMC position if you want to stick with Tudor's approach Left side HARIT (on loan from Schalke, 5M€ buyout clause) Loaned once again this year at the end of the transfer window He's completely capable to play in this position if you want it to But he has more impact as AMC for my taste 5M€ is cheap for this quality, Homegrown player Central PAYET Club captain, ageing player but can offer a lot Your best set pieces taker Up to you if you want him to be a starter or more likely a super sub and a rotation player Transfers Recommandations: Lack of depth in this area, you should be considering investing shortly Strikers ALEXIS SANCHEZ One more freebie snapped by Longoria in Inter, and again one great former Arsenal player Even if the chilean is already 33y/o he still has to offer a lot for your team A starter, only one year contract for him LUIS SUAREZ The colombian joined the club this summer, interesting striker as he can play alone upfront Definitely a good option, i've been really surprised by its performance IG Play him DIENG Winner of the African Nations Cup with Sengeal The young striker has room to grow, useful for the rotation Transfers Recommandations: An area where you don't need to invest right away, but next summer you will have to do something especially if Milik is joining Juventus on a permanent deal INTERESTING PLAYERS ON LOAN Milik is in Juventus this season, and they have a cheap buyout clause for him, if hopefully they dont buy him, you will inherit a very good striker next season Pol Lirola is Elche this season, with a buyout clause, if he's coming back in Marseille next season, you will have a good right WB to cover Clauss De la Fuente is in Olympiakos this season, buyout clause as well, can be decent for the AML spot Radonjic is in Torino with a tiny buyout clause, and he's running out of contract in 2023, might be some changes for release as the buyout clause is not working properly at the moment Edited October 26, 2022 by nico_france 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) TACTICS If you want to stick with Tudor's vision, as i do, this is the set up i will recommend, obviously there are others options, like 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 This set up will allow your WB to be part of your matches, your midfield will be harrasing your opponent, Tudor's mentality is definitely gegenpress oriented, and you have the right players to do so Best of luck with your stay in Marseille this season ! Edited October 25, 2022 by nico_france 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyro Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 as usual great thread on OM. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 il y a 23 minutes, tyro a dit : as usual great thread on OM. Thank @tyro May be you'll fancy a stay in Velodrome this year 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoarau Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Great thread. I'm doing an online save with a friend, we did a wheel spinning mega draw to disccover our teams, he landed Newcastle United and i got Bordeaux. My goal with them is to win Ligue 2 first season then solidify the clubs position in Ligue 1. I done this last year where i started out at Auxerre in our online save before moving onto Lille, this year my eye is firmly on Marseille & Issak Toure. Will definitely be checking in here throughout FM23. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Il y a 21 heures, Hoarau a dit : Great thread. I'm doing an online save with a friend, we did a wheel spinning mega draw to disccover our teams, he landed Newcastle United and i got Bordeaux. My goal with them is to win Ligue 2 first season then solidify the clubs position in Ligue 1. I done this last year where i started out at Auxerre in our online save before moving onto Lille, this year my eye is firmly on Marseille & Issak Toure. Will definitely be checking in here throughout FM23. Thanks for your words, Bordeaux is definitely another good shout this season, same for St Etienne, where the challenge could even more important, especially because only 2 spots are granted for promotion Hopefully Touré could become a good player, I did not go that far in the save in order not to spoil myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 Well after one season, These are the firsts observations First of all PSG is definitely in another galaxy, Mbappé scoring like 50 goals in the League The struggle will be real this year to clinch the title Regarding Marseille, if you start with transfers disabled like I do, there is something a bit annoying, you will be given more than 20M€ to spend in the winter, which is good to strengthen the team BUT, despite getting champions league football this season, I'm getting almost no money to spend for the summer, which is annoying Will post a proper recap when possible, but bear in mind this if you start a save There are good freebies available in S1 so, I will recommend this area to strengthen the team on a budget On the other hand, I would not recommend signing Bailly on a permanent deal (buyout triggered automatically after 19 leagues appearances) as he we will be earning around 500K€/month, which is completely absurd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) SEASON 1 LIGUE 1 Well, as I mentionned in my post above, "the farmers league" is a complicated one, when you have to face PSG billions and stars As a result, and as expected, I could not even compete with them for the domestic title Mbappé scoring roughly half of the goals for his team (53 league goals), might have helped them a little bit to reach these numbers OGCNice had been a real pain for me this year, they beat me home and away, still manage to lose only one game against PSG this year, but definitely, there was nothing I could do COUPE DE FRANCE Long story short, unlucky to draw Monaco away for my first game, lost on penalties See you next year ! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Obviously, this is not our competition at the moment, it's most of all important money wise for a club like Marseille But surprisingly, we did better than expected I reckon, starting in the 4th bracket, we've been extremely lucky with the draw, no "big boys" actually The really good surprise had been to beat Juventus, it was a disappointment to lose against Porto after our brilliant win at home Hopefully, we'll do better next year TRANSFERS No big surprises here, nor big moves, given 23M€ to spend for the winter window, secured almost all these moves during the World Cup VALERI: Really good attacking left wing back on a budget, as I can afford Tavares next year and I don't have any back up in my team atm, it was an absolute priority for me, 23 y/o as well, important for the club vision as well FARIAS: Really promising Argentinian AMC, good addition for the team as backup right now, but definitely an important player for the future, can't recommend him more GOMEZ: Once again, an Argentinian talent, the left footed CB is here to replace BAILLY in my back 3 , I don't want to trigger his automatic buyout clause (19 league games) and giving him nearly 500K€/month is absolutely not considered BORSET: Found by my scouts at the end of the transfer window, young Norwegian CB on budget, to hopefully develop into a good player, will remain on loan till next season HARIT: his move will become permanent next season, his automatic buyout clause (5M€ after 15 league games has been triggered), btw top performer for me from the AMC spot, scoring 17 goals and also really interesting on set pieces On the other hand, for the outs, I tried to shift as much deadwood as I could, quite happy to get this money from Gueye, who was barely playing for me, same for Kolasinac who was running out of contract I would have liked to strengthen more positions but, this money, in the current economic state of the game, is not so much considering the asking price for average players I've been lucky enough to snap a few interesting freebies for the upcoming season, and this is an area I will strongly recommend to focus on, as your board won't giving you money to spend despite Champions League, think smart before you make a move TOP PERFORMERS LUIS SUAREZ: Played him a lot after Alexis injury, this guy is just too good (I will review it next winter), banging for fun as an advanced forward or complete forward, I wish he would have done half of this IRL AMINE HARIT: AS mentionned above, impact player, good in scoring goals and assist, 5M€ is a great deal (home grown btw) CLAUSS: This WB position is perfectly adapted to his quality, excellent crossing abilities, assisting for fun, 14 in the league Next season, we'll try to do better obviously, and most of all for the domestics competition, I don't want to go through the qualifying fixtures to reach Champions League football Edited November 15, 2022 by nico_france 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) SEASON 2 LIGUE 1 That was better this year, but PSG i still flying high in the league, Glatier left the club to manage France, and Lucien Favre is now in charge, Mbappé still banging more than 50 goals in the League The good thing for us is that we now reach Champions League football directly Hopefully next year we'll be closer in order to struggle against PSG Still a disappointing Lyon, i kind of like it COUPE DE FRANCE This is the good surprise this season ! First trophy on our shelves under my management ! And against our more competitive rival ! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE That was a tough group for us with Inter and Chelsea, but i'm really happy with the results Some of my new signings had a really good impact on those games, especially against Inter, will detailed it just below Liverpool was far too good for me this season, we're still learning at this level, i'm building a squad for the future atm TRANSFERS As stated in my previous post, the biggest downside with Marseille this year, is that your board won't give you money to spend, even if you have good results So you rally need to play smart on the market HARIT: Seen in my previous post, best 5M€ spend for this player, must keep BARAK: What a deal for this guy ! He's total class as an AMC, he qualified me in CL against Inter on his own, as a result, because of his age and the lack of money, when...Inter came in in January, those 58M€ were too good to refuse for a feebie, i recommend to have a look to this player, real quality NDOUR: Top prospect from the wonderkid factory of Benfica, a must buy for any side, as the lad should be developping in a really important player, GAGLIARDINI: Another good freebie for my CM spot, will be perfect for my rotation, not asking for big wages TRUFFERT:Transferlisted by Rennes, the young left FB will provide depth for this position, Tavares is now back to Arsenal and i can't loan him anymore THIAW: Great find here for the CB spot, he has everything to shine for my sweeper spot, i hardly recommend him ESCALES: Freebie GK, raised in the club, only brought in for Champions League registration, not good otherwise FABIANSKI: Brought in as an emergency signing, Pau Lopez was injured SEIMEN: May be the better GK in the game, Loan with a 22M€ buyout clause that i can't afford at the end of the season LUNIN: Opportunity signing for a great GK at a very convenient price, must sign at these conditions FOFANA: Great box to box and superb opportunity for a player City bought one year ago for 40M€, already knows the league, good addition to the team AMPADU: Nice addition to the team for that money, will strengthen my CB spots as a cover Already arranged an exciting move for the next summer window, you'll see Reagrding the outs, Luis Henrique departure is set at the beggining of the game Shift Rongier out for good money, Amavi and Dieng are not good for my team Would not have sold Pau Lopez, but when the opportunity of signing Lunin was there, it was mandatory to sell him Already talked about Barak, after only 6 months and really good performances, 58M€ in my financial situation for a 29 y/o player are just impossible to refuse Payet was still good as a super sub during the first season, but he's declining way too much physically Overall feeling is that i could strenghten the team in a lot of areas with better players, i'm more confortable to play each competition now But i need to find better options in the short term TOP PERFORMERS MILIK: Thanks God, Juventus did not trigger his ridiculous (8M€) buyout clause, i renewed his expiring contract and give him the keys upfront, lethal FACUNDO FARIAS: Brought in last winter, he's now a starter for me, goals and assists for fun THIAW: Wonderful sweeper, nice pairing with Mbemba Next season, we will try to chase PSG for the title, on Champions League as usual, we'll do our best and quite curious to see this new CL formula ! Edited November 16, 2022 by nico_france 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 19 minutes ago, nico_france said: SEASON 2 LIGUE 1 That was better this year, but PSG i still flying high in the league, Glatier left the club to manage France, and Lucien Favre is now in charge, Mbappé still banging more than 50 goals in the League The good thing for us is that we now reach Champions League football directly Hopefully next year we'll be closer in order to struggle against PSG Still a disappointing Lyon, i kind of like it COUPE DE FRANCE This is the good surprise this season ! First trophy on our shelves under my management ! And against our more competitive rival ! CHAMPIONS LEAGUE That was a tough group for us with Inter and Chelsea, but i'm really happy with the results Some of my new signings had a really good impact on those games, especially against Inter, will detailed it just below Liverpool was far too good for me this season, we're still learning at this level, i'm building a squad for the future atm TRANSFERS As stated in my previous post, the biggest downside with Marseille this year, is that your board won't give you money to spend, even if you have good results So you rally need to play smart on the market HARIT: Seen in my previous post, best 5M€ spend for this player, must keep BARAK: What a deal for this guy ! He's total class as an AMC, he qualified me in CL against Inter on his own, as a result, because of his age and the lack of money, when...Inter came in in January, those 58M€ were too good to refuse for a feebie, i recommend to have a look to this player, real quality NDOUR: Top prospect from the wonderkid factory of Benfica, a must buy for any side, as the lad should be developping in a really important player, GAGLIARDINI: Another good freebie for my CM spot, will be perfect for my rotation, not asking for big wages TRUFFERT:Transferlisted by Rennes, the young left FB will provide depth for this position, Tavares is now back to Arsenal and i can't loan him anymore THIAW: Great find here for the CB spot, he has everything to shine for my sweeper spot, i hardly recommend him ESCALES: Freebie GK, raised in the club, only brought in for Champions League registration, not good otherwise FABIANSKI: Brought in as an emergency signing, Pau Lopez was injured SEIMEN: May be the better GK in the game, Loan with a 22M€ buyout clause that i can't afford at the end of the season LUNIN: Opportunity signing for a great GK at a very convenient price, must sign at these conditions FOFANA: Great box to box and superb opportunity for a player City bought one year ago for 40M€, already knows the league, good addition to the team AMPADU: Nice addition to the team for that money, will strengthen my CB spots as a cover Already arranged an exciting move for the next summer window, you'll see Reagrding the outs, Luis Henrique departure is set at the beggining of the game Shift Rongier out for good money, Amavi and Dieng are not good for my team Would not have sold Pau Lopez, but when the opportunity of signing Lunin was there, it was mandatory to sell him Already talked about Barak, after only 6 months and really good performances, 58M€ in my financial situation for a 29 y/o player are just impossible to refuse Payet was still good as a super sub during the first season, but he's declining way too much physically Overall feeling is that i could strenghten the team in a lot of areas with better players, i'm more confortable to play each competition now But i need to find better options in the short term TOP PERFORMERS MILIK: Thanks God, Juventus did not trigger his ridiculous (8M€) buyout clause, i renewed his expiring contract and give him the keys upfront, lethal FACUNDO FARIAS: Brought in last winter, he's now a starter for me, goals and assists for fun THIAW: Wonderful sweeper, nice pairing with Mbemba Next season, we will try to chase PSG for the title, on Champions League as usual, we'll do our best and quite curious to see this new CL formula ! Is the exciting summer signing a young Brazilian wonderkid striker by any chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Il y a 1 heure, Ronaldo Beckham a dit : Is the exciting summer signing a young Brazilian wonderkid striker by any chance When you see 2024 coming, he is the only one you can have in mind actually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Beckham Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, nico_france said: When you see 2024 coming, he is the only one you can have in mind actually Yeah sorry for spoilering it lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batigoal__ Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) It's official: Igor Tudor will no longer be coach of Olympique de Marseille next season. The project will be in new hands. Discussions are open. Edited June 24, 2023 by Batigoal__ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batigoal__ Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Marcelino García Toral is the new coach at Olympique de Marseille. A new project for a new topic Edited June 24, 2023 by Batigoal__ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_france Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Well we're gonna switch to a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 I'm a big 4-4-2 fan so I will try to work something good for FM24 This year's set up was really fun actually but now, back to basics ;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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