{
  "id": 4641446,
  "title": "Marseille manager Bruno Genesio: ‘Three of four [more] players have to leave us for us to be able to register one or two arrivals.’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/marseille-manager-bruno-genesio-three-of-four-more-players-have-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T12:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/marseille-manager-bruno-genesio-three-120500056.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Olympique de Marseille manager Bruno Genesio has warned that three more players need to depart for the club to make room for two new arrivals. This comes as OM is set to experience a potentially busy transfer window closing on Tuesday. Genesio confirmed that Mason Greenwood, Facundo Medina, Geronimo Rulli, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have already been sold, along with Leonardo Balerdi leaving on loan to Roma. Despite these sales, the team has yet to make their first signing of the summer. Genesio had previously pledged to UEFA and the DNCG to significantly reduce costs, primarily achieved through offloading the highest earners. However, high wage earners Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Geoffrey Kondogbia remain at the club. The manager expressed disappointment at a press conference, stating, \"There won’t be any recruits.\" Several local journalists responded with disbelief, questioning how this could be possible.",
  "summary": "It could be a busy end to the transfer window for Olympique de Marseille, however, as confirmed by Bruno Genesio, the chance of seeing any players arrive is very low. OM have sold Mason Greenwood, Fac...",
  "key_points": [
    "Three more players must leave Marseille to accommodate two new arrivals.",
    "Mason Greenwood, Facundo Medina, Geronimo Rulli, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang already sold.",
    "High wage earners Hojbjerg and Kondogbia remain at the club."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}