A year after his transfer to OM, Vitinha Braga has never been far from the 32 million euro value paid by the Marseille club. His lack of technical quality and clumsiness in front of goal unnerved Eric Di Maco.
Some players find it difficult to cope with their transfer, especially when the price is high. Vitinha embodies this principle perfectly. The Portuguese has not performed since his arrival at OM. His first half-season in Ligue 1 ended with a total of just 2 goals. This can be explained by the late adaptation to Ligue 1 and Marseille. But, that excuse is no more this season. Vitinha is still struggling with 3 goals in L1 in 6 months. His lack of confidence was glaring and became more and more apparent as time went on. On Saturday, against Monaco, he hit rock bottom, missing the goal a few meters from goal. The error is so many that it now departs from its OM.
Who had the crazy idea to bet 32ME on Vitinha?
If Marseille supporters are happy with the news, they may also question the choice of Pablo Longoria and his teams. The abysmal level shown by Vitinha in the last year does not justify spending more than 30 million euros to acquire him from Braga. Eric de Maco observed this, without saying that he demanded that those responsible be punished for this great error.
💬 Eric Di Maco 🇫🇷 (ex-#OM) on Virage Marseille 📺: “When a recruitment is successful, everyone raises a finger and says it’s thanks to him. But there is still someone on OM who has been to Portugal several times to see Vitinha play, and who said that we should…
— ODM by Treize013 (@ODMByTreize013) January 30, 2024
” When a recruit succeeds, everyone raises a finger and says it’s thanks to him. But there is still someone at OM who went to Portugal several times to play Vitinha and who said they have to pay him €30 million. Or 25, 32, who cares. This one, you have to name me », he said on the Viraj Marseille show on BFM Marseille. OM’s major shareholder, Frank McCourt, is no doubt already asking himself the question.
