President of the French Marseille Pablo Longoria commented on the transfer of Ukrainian midfielder Ruslan Malinovsky to his club from the Italian Atalanta.
“Malinovsky is exactly the football player we have been looking for for a long time. We wanted to sign it back in the summer, but then it didn’t work out. With the departure of Gerson, we were looking for a striker with the same characteristics as Malinovsky. It has a profile that matches what we were looking for.
Malinovsky is an excellent sniper who scored a lot of goals in Serie A. And in general, he showed himself excellently both in Genk and Atalanta. And especially in the Champions League.
I first spoke with representatives of Malinovsky back in January 2021. Last summer, we received consent from the footballer's agent for a transfer, but then the deal could not be concluded. But we stayed in touch, and with the departure of Gerson, we accelerated all the processes aimed at transferring Malinovsky to us, ”the website of the famous Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla quotes Longoria as saying.