Mason Greenwood, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Amine Harit have already left, while Bilal Nadir's contract has expired, but the departures from the Velodrome will not end there. Marseille are facing financial difficulties that can most easily be addressed by selling players, and the next to be sacrificed could be Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. At the Velodrome, the 31-year-old midfielder is valued at 17.5 million euros, and the only interested club in Newcastle (believe it or not). The Magpies just lost their talismanic captain Bruno Guimaraes and intend to replace his with the Dane, much to the dismay of their supporters. But Hojbjerg is not the last one to go from Marseille. BREAKING: Manchester City have agreed a £1.7m deal for Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli 🚨 pic.twitter.com/RoOwImIGbg— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 8, 2026 The French giant found themselves in a difficult financial situation and are under close scrutiny from the French football financial watchdog DNCG because of significant budget restrictions. With the club needing to cut costs and replenish its coffers before the end of the transfer window, Marseille's management will not stand in the way of their players if satisfactory offers arrive. Geronimo Rulli (Manchester City), Facundo Medina (Leverkusen) and Nayef Aguerd (Real Sociedad) are also expected to leave. And let’s not forget that Olympique also loaned Hamed Junior Traore to Genova, while their own loanees Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) Arthur Vermeeren (RB Leipzig) and Benjamin Pavard (Inter Milan) have all come back to their clubs. Blockbuster transfer in Turkey: Greenwood joins FenerbahceIn the past few years, Marseille tried to get back on track and become a regular in the Champions League but they failed most of the time and now a payment is due. American owner Franc McCourt has injected 120 million euros into the club's coffers since the beginning of the year in order to cover losses according to L’Equipe, but the club still needs to offload players and the quality of those incoming won’t be the same for sure. Good luck with that! New Marseille president aims for ‘stability’"For those happy to write that it was Benatia who left OM in this financial situation, with 15 out of 23 players for sale, what's my fault? The 35 transfers per transfer window existed before I arrived" said former sporting director Medhi Benatia in an interview with France Football, obviously putting all the blame on former president (and now a sporting director at River Plate) Pablo Longoria. They are both gone from Olympique but the problems remain. ##NAJAVA_MECA_9883888##
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