The Senegalese midfielder Pape Gueye is under significant pressure from OM. Currently at the AFCON 2023, the 25-year-old player has reportedly been urged to find another club before Thursday, risking being sidelined for the rest of the season.
While Africans are focused on the Africa Cup of Nations, European clubs continue to compete. With the winter transfer window approaching its end after starting a few weeks ago, there is total agitation with the latest ongoing transactions. On the side of Olympique de Marseille, where several players are with their national teams for the AFCON 2023, it’s the perfect time to find a solution with Senegalese Pape Gueye, who has refused to extend his contract expiring in June. Faced with the demands of the former Havre player, OM wants to make a radical decision.
The contract dispute
This is what Foot Mercato reveals this Monday. Arriving at OM in 2020 at the age of 21, Pape Gueye has become a seasoned player who impresses. After 103 matches and 4 goals for the Lions of Teranga, the midfielder believes he deserves a better contract with the Marseille club. While his contract expires in June, the player had discussions with Pablo Longoria and the Marseille management throughout December. However, no agreement has been reached despite two proposals made to the player.
According to information from the French media, the latest contract submitted to Pape Gueye would be higher than his current earnings with a generous signing bonus. The indisputable player under Aliou Cissé, feeling he deserves better, declined and wants to become one of the highest-paid players in the OM squad. Marseille’s leaders, on their part, have decided not to go further in negotiations and threaten to apply a tough stance with the Teranga Lion who does not want to extend and does not want to leave the club this winter either.
Marseille threatens to exclude Pape until the end of the season
To receive a transfer fee for Pape Gueye, who is coveted by English clubs like Burnley, OM has decided to put pressure. Suspecting an already established agreement with the English club and the player’s camp for a free transfer in June, meaning a substantial signing bonus and a significant loss for them, Marseille no longer wants to waste time. According to information, Pape Gueye is ordered to leave the club within a week, or he will spend the rest of the season sidelined.
“OM made two contract extension proposals to Pape Gueye. As the president of OM, I must defend the interests of the club. Not responding is a way of not respecting the club. We want players fully committed to the project. If a player is not there mentally, he has nothing to do with us,” Pablo Longoria said in a press conference.
The blow for Gueye
In the midst of the Africa Cup, it’s a big headache for the 25-year-old player, currently injured and will miss the clash in the Round of 16 against Ivory Coast. At the moment, the big question is what decision the native of Montreuil in France will make, who is returning from a 4-month suspension after FIFA’s sanction for his controversial departure from Watford. Whatever is said, the point of no return is almost reached between the two camps. Within a week, we’ll see more clearly in this matter that could cause harm to everyone.
Brilliant with Senegal where he scored his country’s first goal at the AFCON 2023, Pape Gueye is reliving after his absence. After the Africa Cup, which he wants to win once again, he will need to continue his fine form by playing. For that, he needs to find an agreement with OM or go elsewhere where he will have the desired contract. Wait and see…
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