Follow the press conference introducing Quentin Merlin with Pablo Longoria

“It was a fairly successful match, even if it lacked success on both surfaces, especially offensively.”

“My goal is to participate in the Olympics. But for that, you have to be good at the club. You have to have your head for the club first. The Olympics is something else, it’s unique. I hope to experience that. But first you have to do very well here. should be.”

“I saw a big difference between Nantes and Marseille. Nantes was already good, but the Velodrome stadium is something extraordinary. It galvanizes me, it makes me want to finish KO matches.”

“I’m a versatile player. I’ve played on the left almost all the time. I got a taste for it. I’ll adapt if the coach plays me as a midfielder, left back or left midfielder.”

“When I arrived, the integration was easy when you know players like Valentin (Rongier). But everything went well, I was well received.”

“We contacted each other before the Laval match in the Coupe de France. The club (Nantes) asked me if I wanted to play, I said yes because it was just the beginning of the negotiations. Afterwards, I asked not to train because I wanted nothing negative in the group. Didn’t want to bring.”

“At one point, it stopped a little bit, I almost didn’t believe it anymore. But I really wanted to come here, I asked my father and my agents to push.”

“I have a good vision of the game, a good quality of passing. I know how to stay calm. I’m a consistent person. My mistakes? It’s defensive, because I’m a trained midfielder. I keep working day in and day out. am.”

“I am a competitor, who does not give up and who hates to lose. When I go on the pitch, I want to win. That is what I want to bring to the group, even if the group already has this spirit.”

“I needed to get out of my comfort zone. In Nantes, I was the most loved because I was trained there. I am leaving my family. Humanly, I want to learn to find myself. I want to measure myself against him. Am. My level.”

“It’s my first transfer. It’s a big club, a special, historic club. It was an obvious choice when they approached me. It’s a club that suits me with character. There are players who are similar to me. mentality. It was. A logical continuation in my career to come here.”

“After Renan Lodi’s departure, we decided to prioritize a player who knows Ligue 1 under the age of 25. Quentin fits all parameters of the club. He is one of the club’s best full-backs in the Championship. He showed a lot of good things in the European Cup, good matches with the French junior team. What impressed us was his mentality, his determination.”

“In the Championship, we lost to Nice and Lens alike. We also lost to Brighton in the last moments. What was important for us was a player with a good mentality.”

Longoria and Merlin have arrived.

The new Marseille left-back and Pablo Longoria are expected in the press room at 2:30 p.m.

Welcome to the RMC Sport website and app to follow Quentin Merlin’s presentation press conference live and in full. Recruited from FC Nantes for €10 million, the French junior international (21 years old) has signed up with OM until 2028.

In Marseille, Merlin aims to compensate for Renan Lodi’s departure to Saudi Arabia. In Gennaro Gattuso’s group, he will be competing with Ulysses Garcia, who was also recruited during this winter’s transfer window and has played two games under the Olympian colors.

Starting at 2:30 p.m., Pablo Longoria will join Marilyn in the press. In the home stretch of the transfer window, which closes its doors this Thursday, February 1, the OM president will be able to take stock of the latest files in progress.